UNITED NATIONS General AssemblyA Distr. LIMI'l'ED AlC.4/45/L.1 25September 1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH 1IIOII"__Wl_.-::l_._1I:1lll'~~"!~ nrexeM;&••JK=:DlIl:J:ll/lllW_C::lI*:I:l' lI:liI:lS IIlI_~!II!'=__IIJ'D!'lIl=m__B.lllI.I!lI_IlI:..a_ Forty-fifth session FOURTH CO~lMITTEE ORGANIZATION OFWORK 1.Theitemsontheagenda oftheGeneral Assembly allocated totheFourth Committee forconsideration andrepoct arelistedindocument A/C.4/45/1. Background information ontheseitems. iucludiwJ references totherelated documentation, issetoutintheannotated preliminary listufitemsonthe provisional agenda oftheforty-fifth session (A/45/100 andAdd.l*). 1/ 2.Underrule99,paragraph (b),oftherulesofprocedure oftheGeneral Assembly, eachMainCommittee "shallatthebeginning ofthesession adopt a programrr.d ofworkindicating, ifpoc;sible, atarget datetortheconclusion ofits work,theapproximate datesofconsideration ofi•.emsandthenumber ofmeet.ings to beallocated toeachitem". 3.Inpursuance oftheaboveruleandtakingintoaccount itsexperience in previous years, theFourth Committee maywish,forthepurpose ofplanning, to consider adopting asaprovisional guideline theapproximate datessetoutbelow fortheconsideration oftheitemsonitsagenda: Agenda item Election ofofficersl organization ofwork Item112 Items18,111,113and 12,114and115Number ofmeetin~ 1 8-10 11-132October 4-12October 15-25October *A/45/100/Add.l tobeissued. 90-23902 1711c(E) /... Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library;VC.4/45/L.l Ex'gUsh Pd.q(~2 '1.InUwpreparation ofU,p ab,lv~ t.i.mp~"\bl(', tlwChairman wasguided byUw followin~ cQnsider~ti0ns: (a)IndGGOI,j,Ult'f' wit.hHstablishn'l l'l',wedurf>s <lllltbearing inmindt.he availability l,fthtc,dOCtUN."nl.dt i<"ll,theF'cux-th COllunittep maywishtoholdgeneral debates, onl?coverinq agenda item1".2amithe:..>ther, itl'ms18,Ill,113and12,114 and115,itbein~ understn0~ thrlt ~raft rc~olutions an~!orproposals willbe c0nsid~red separately; (b)ItIsund~rGtooct th~t,should c0nsidrratiu~ bytheGeneral Assembly in ph>;li 1rymeetings 01tht'quest.iOlI ofthpFalkland Islan<ls (Malvinas) (36)fall withintheperiOd inrti~ated ahove,thetimetahle fortheworkoftheFourth Committee wouldbemodified ,mt.hpbdS.iSofconsu~tat.i()ns; (c)Inaccordi1uc(' withestablished prol'edurt:', theGeneral Assembly is expected totakeupinplenary meetings thequestion oftheimplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence LoColonial Countries andPeoples [lR] asawholefollowing thecompletion ofitsconsideration oftheother decolonization itemsallocated toitandaf~ertheFourth Committee hascompleted itsworkforthesession; (d)Petitioners willbeheardasearJyaspt~S6iblE. during theFourth Committee'S ~onsiderati0n oftherelated items. Boiies andindividuals having an intere: tinthequestion oftheFalkland Islands (Mdlvinas) [36]willbeheardin theFom:th Committf'p inconjunction \"it.htheconsidGration oftheiteminplenrlry meetinq; (e)Theavailable ,'onference facilities willenable theFourth Committee to holduptosevenmeetings perweek. 5.Subject totheal'<)veprovisional programme ofworkbeingacceptable tothe Fourth Committee andinordertofdciliL\te t.heworkoftheCommittee, theChairman wishestosuggest thatthelistofspeakers inthegeneral debatecovering item112 beclosed onThursday, 4October, at.6p.m.andtl13tontheremaining items, on Tuesday, 16October, at6p.m. 6.TheChairman wishesalsotodrawattention totherelated decisions and practices ~ftheGeneral Asspmbly ontheorganization ofitsworkascontained in docUJ11Ant A/45/250 having par'ticularrelevance tot.heworkoftheMainCommittees. Particular attention isdrawntoadecision adopted bytheAssembly that,asa cost-saving measure, morning meetings shouldstartat10a.m.promptly bothforall plenary meetings andmeetings oftheMain Comm~tt.ees dur.ing theforty-fifth session (A/45/250, para.7).Members' attention isalsodrawntoadecision adopted bythe