Chapter 5 has attempted to describe ACC's central role in inter-organizational coordination; it has hinted at some of ACC's unfulfilled potentialities and suggested that the Council might call on ACC directly or through the Secretary-General more than in the past for advice on the best means of modifying the resources of the system; it has also made clear some of ACC's inherent limitations. There is reason to think that the need for ACC and its importance will continue to increase; indeed the actions of the two special sessions of the General Assembly imply an extensive further enlargement of its responsibilities. Resolution 3362 of the General Assembly's Seventh Special Session sets in motion a series of measures ‘as the basis and framework for the work of competent bodies and organizations of the UN system’; and to the considerable degree to which these measures (which include not just studies and reports, but international conferences and meetings of experts, intergovernmental negotiations and in some cases institutional changes) involve joint or collective action by several organizations, a clear responsibility falls upon ACC. How is it to be strengthened and restructured to meet its enhanced responsibilities in the new context that has been moulded by the General Assembly, which aspects of its structure and functioning should be preserved and which modified? The ACC has been wrest-ling with these questions and much of what follows reflects ideas and decisions that have emerged from this exercise.