Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at the main part of its 54th session containing a comprehensive analysis of the organizational structure and technical, personnel and financial resources of the Non-Governmental Organizations Section, commensurate with the increased workload and the level of responsibility necessary to implement the Secretariat's mandate, as contained in Council resolution 1996/31; urges the Secretary-General to provide the resources necessary within existing resources, without diverting resources from development programmes, to the Section to enable it to carry out its responsibilities efficiently, effectively and expeditiously.

Adopted without vote, 44th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1999, New York, 20 Jan. and 2-5 Feb. 1999; resumed organizational session for 1999, New York, 25 March, 6 and 7 May and 23 June 1999; substantive session of 1999, Geneva, 5-30 July 1999; resumed substantive session of 1999, New York, 16 Sept., 26 Oct., 15 Nov. and 16 Dec. 1999 - E/1999/99 - p. 65 - (ESCOR, 1999, Suppl. no. 1).