Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
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President of the 74th General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
Host countryFlag of the United Nations.svg United Nations
Cities New York City, United States
Venues General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters
Participants United Nations Member States
President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
Website www.un.org/en/ga/74

The Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly which was opened on 17 of September 2019 until 16 September 2020.

Contents

The theme for the 74th session was "Effective responses to global crises: strengthening multilateralism and dialogue among civilizations for international peace, security and development." [1]

Organisation for the session

President

On 4 June 2019, Nigerian diplomat and politician Tijjani Muhammad-Bande was elected by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly. At the time of his election, Muhammad-Bande was serving as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [2]

In his first speech as President-elect of the General Assembly, Muhammad-Bande laid out some of his priorities for the session. Paramount among them was the need to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, with particular attention being paid to peace and security, poverty eradication, zero hunger, quality education and climate action. He also pledged to focus on the promotion of human rights, as well as the empowerment of women and youth and gender parity in the United Nations system. [2] [3] [4]

Vice-Presidents

On 4 June 2019, the General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 74th Session: [2] [5] [6]

The five permanent members of the Security Council:

As well as the following nations:

Committees

The following were elected as Chairs and officers of the General Assembly's Main Committees for the 74th Session:

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) [2] [6] [7]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Sacha Llorenty Solíz Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Chair
Honorine BonkoungouFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Vice-Chair
Amal MudallaliFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Vice-Chair
Peter HorneFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Vice-Chair
Szilvia BalázsFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Rapporteur
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) [2] [6] [8]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Cheikh NiangFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Chair
Ahmad Saif al-KuwariFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Vice-Chair
Yuliana Zhivkova AngelovaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Vice-Chair
Anat Fisher-TsinFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Vice-Chair
David MuletFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Rapporteur
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) [2] [6] [9]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Christian BraunFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Chairperson
Gail FarngaloFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia Vice-Chair
Ara MargarianFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Vice-Chair
María Emilia EyheraldeFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Vice-Chair
Firas Hassan JabbarFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Rapporteur
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) [2] [6] [10]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Mohammed Hussein Bahr AluloomFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Chairperson
Ahmadou AhidjoFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Vice-Chair
Andrea BacherFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Vice-Chair
Peter PindjákFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Vice-Chair
Juan Antonio Benard EstradaFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Rapporteur
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) [2] [6] [11]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Andreas MavroyiannisFlag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Chairperson
Mohamed Fouad AhmedFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Vice-Chair
Giorgi MikeladzeFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Vice-Chair
Luiz Feldman (17 September – 18 October 2019)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Vice-Chair
Thiago Poggio Padua (18 October 2019 – Present)
Yaron WaxFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Rapporteur
Sixth Committee (Legal) [2] [6] [12]
NameCountryPosition
H.E. Michal MlynárFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Chairperson
Cecilia AnderbergFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Vice-Chair
Amadou JaitehFlag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Vice-Chair
Pablo Arrocha OlabuenagaFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Vice-Chair
Mohamed Hamad Al-ThaniFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Rapporteur

Seat allocation

As is tradition before each session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General drew lots to see which member state would occupy the first seat in the General Assembly Chamber, with the other member states following according to the English translation of their name. For the 74th Session, Ghana was selected to sit in the first seat by Secretary-General António Guterres. This same order is followed in the six main committees, as well as other United Nations bodies. [2] [13]

General Debate

Each member of the General Assembly had a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA would do. This was an opportunity for the member states to opine on international issues of their concern. The General Debate occurred from the 24th of September to the 30th of September 2019.

The order of speakers is given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observers entities have a chance to speak at the end of the debate if they so choose. Speakers were put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in one of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators. Each speaker is requested to provide 20 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. Speeches are requested to be limited to five minutes, with seven minutes for supranational bodies. [14]

Resolutions

The following are resolutions the General Assembly has passed in its 74th session.

ResolutionDatePlenary or CommitteeAgenda ItemVotePassedTopic

References

  1. ↑ "74th session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations General Assembly. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United Nations (4 June 2019). "Delegates Elect Permanent Representative of Nigeria President of Seventy-Fourth General Assembly by Acclamation, Also Choosing 20 Vice-Presidents". United Nations Meetings Coverage & Press Releases. United Nations. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Muhammad-Bande, Tijjani (4 June 2019). Tijjani Muhammad Bande (President-elect of the General Assembly) on his election as the President of the 74th session of the General Assembly (Speech). United Nations General Assembly Meeting. New York: United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (n.d.). "Vision Statement by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as Candidate for President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly" (PDF). General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Delegates Handbook: Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly" (PDF). United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. 2019. p. 21. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2019). United Nations Handbook 2019-20 (PDF) (77th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. pp. 18–25. ISSN   0110-1951.
  7. ↑ "Disarmament and International Security (First Committee): Bureau of the 74th Session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee: Bureau of the 74th Session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee): Bureau of the 74th Session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth Committee): Bureau of the 74th Session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee): Bureau of the Fifth Committee of the 74th Session". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Sixth Committee (Legal) — 74th session: Bureau". United Nations General Assembly. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "63rd Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme: Information Note" (PDF). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "63rd Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Geneva, 1 - 5 October 2012" (PDF). Unhcr.org. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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