United Nations General Assembly Third Committee

Last updated
United Nations General Assembly Third Committee
AbbreviationSOCHUM, C3
Legal statusActive
Headquarters New York, United States
Head
Chairperson
Zéphyrin Maniratanga
Parent organization
 United Nations General Assembly
Website www.un.org/en/ga/third
A coloured voting box.svg Politicsportal

The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee (also known as the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee or SOCHUM or C3) is one of six main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with human rights, humanitarian affairs and social matters.

Contents

The Third Committee meets every year in early October and aims to finish its work by the end of November. All 193 member states of the UN can attend. As in previous sessions, an important part of the work of the committee will focus on the examination of human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006.

Mandate

The work of the committee focuses on human rights, humanitarian affairs and social issues. In addition, it also considers issues relating to: [1]

Working methods

The work of the Third Committee begins in early October and is usually finished by the end of November.

Unlike most other bodies of the General Assembly, the work of the Third Committee does not begin with a general debate between its members. Instead, its agenda items are debated individually from the beginning of the session. [1]

The Third Committee hosts interactive dialogues with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the High Commissioner for Refugees each year. [1]

Current state

In its 79th Session, the committee focused on: [2]

A. Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences

B. Maintenance of international peace and security

C. Promotion of human rights

D. Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations

Bureau

The following make up the bureau of the Third Committee for the 79th Session of the General Assembly: [3]

NameCountryPosition
Zéphyrin ManiratangaFlag of Burundi.svg Burundi Chairperson
Nur Azura Abd KarimFlag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Vice-Chair
Ekaterine LortkipanidzeFlag of Georgia.svg Georgia Vice-Chair
Mayra Lisseth Sorto RosalesFlag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Vice-Chair
Robin de VogelFlag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Rapporteur

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 The GA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly (PDF) (2nd ed.). New York: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. 2017. ISBN   978-0-615-49660-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2018.
  2. ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 79 Annex1. Allocation of agenda items to the Third CommitteeA/C.3/79/1 13 September 2024. Retrieved accessdate.
  3. ↑ "Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee): Bureau of the 75th Session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 29 September 2020.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.