STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY OF THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

GORDANIĆ Jelica (Jelica Gordanić, Research Associate. Institute of International Politics and Econimics, Belgrade), jelica@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs

Strengthening the Institutional Memory of the Office of the President of the General Assembly becomes a separate cluster of the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly on the 64th session. The Office of the President of the General Assembly is faced with many problems, including the lack of financial resources as well as the lack of human resources. This function is relatively unknown to the general public and it had been overshadowed by the Secretary General. The paper analyses the role and the position of the President of the General Assembly as well as the work and progress of the Ad Hoc Working Group for the revitalization of the General Assembly on this issue. Some progress has been achieved, but the most important problems remain unsolved.

Keywords: President of the General Assembly, revitalization, General Assembly, Ad Hoc Working Group, United Nations