Decides that the UN Pledging Conference for Development Activities shall remain the principal opportunity for Member States and others to pledge their contributions to UN development activities, that it shall continue to be convened early in November and that its basic format shall remain unchanged; decides also that: (a) the Conference shall be limited to 2 working sessions; (b) the Conference shall continue to be opened by the Secretary-General; (c) greater use should be made of written pledges and that delegations should be given an opportunity to make pledges in writing before the Conference takes place and to have them circulated during the Conference; (d) as a general rule, statements by participants in the Conference shall be limited to 5 minutes each; (e) a speakers's list shall be established for Member States and others wishing to speak; (f) delegations which are not in a position to make a definitive pledge should make known their pledges as soon as possible; (g) the adoption and signing of the Final Act of the Conference shall be replaced by the adoption of a procedural report of the Conference.

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 21 Dec. 1990.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 45th session, Volume 1, 18 September-21 December 1990. - A/45/49. - 1991. - p. 151-152. - (GAOR, 45th sess., Suppl. no. 49).