Requests the Secretary-General to pursue the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 50/51, 51/208, 52/162, 53/107, 54/107 and 55/157 and to ensure that the competent units within the Secretariat develop the adequate capacity and appropriate modalities, technical procedures and guidelines to continue to collate and coordinate information about international assistance available to 3rd States affected by the implementation of sanctions; requests the Secretary-General to expedite the preparation of a report to the General Assembly containing his views on the deliberations and main findings, including the recommendations, of the ad hoc expert group on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions; requests the Special Committee on the Charter of the UN and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, at its session in 2002, to continue to consider on a priority basis the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to 3rd States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter; decides to consider, within the 6th Committee or a working group of the Committee, at the 57th session of the General Assembly, further progress in the elaboration of effective measures aimed at the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to 3rd States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter.

Adopted without vote, 85th plenary meeting

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