AGLC4 Rule 9.2.7: Meeting Number

Give the meeting number as an ordinal followed by mtg, or plen mtg for a plenary meeting.

AGLC4 page 146

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 146
Ordinal Number of Meeting mtg

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The meeting number is an ordinal in figures with superscript letters.
  • A single space and mtg follow, with no full stop.
  • A plenary meeting takes plen mtg, with no full stops.
  • A comma follows.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 146
  1. 15
    SC Res 1546, UN SCOR, 59th sess, 4987th mtg, UN Doc S/RES/1546 (8 June 2004).
  2. 16
    Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, GA Res 49/60, UN GAOR, 49th sess, 84th plen mtg, UN Doc A/RES/49/60 (9 December 1994).

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 146
  • ‘37th mtg’
  • ‘plenary meeting’
  • ‘mtg’
  • ‘plen mtg’

See also

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