 | |
| Legal status | Active |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
Membership | 28 members |
Parent organization | United Nations General Assembly |
| Website | www |
The United Nations General Committee is a committee of the United Nations General Assembly whose main purpose is to organize the body's agenda, among other things.
The Mandate of the General Committee consists of the following: [1] [2] [3]
The Committee meets periodically to review the progress of the General Assembly and its committees. It also meets at such times as the President deems necessary or upon the request of any other of its members.
The composition of the Committee for the 76th Session of the General Assembly is as follows: the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and the chairs of the six main committees. The current members are as follow: [1] [2]
| Name | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| H.E.Abdulla Shahid |  Maldives | President of the General Assembly |
| African States | Asia-Pacific States | Eastern European States | Latin American and Caribbean States | Western European and Other States | Permanent Members of the Security Council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Côte d'Ivoire |  Bangladesh |  Slovenia |  Costa Rica |  Belgium |  China |
 Egypt |  Kuwait |  Dominican Republic |  Finland |  France | |
 Equatorial Guinea |  Lao People's Democratic Republic |  Haiti |  Russian Federation | ||
 Mozambique |  Philippines |  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |||
 Sierra Leone |  United States of America | ||||
 United Republic of Tanzania | |||||
| Name | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| H.E. Omar Hilale |  Morocco | Chair of the First Committee |
| H.E. Vanessa Frazier |  Malta | Chair of the Second Committee |
| H.E. Mohamed Siad Doualeh |  Djibouti | Chair of the Third Committee |
| H.E. Egriselda Aracely González López |  El Salvador | Chair of the Fourth Committee |
| H.E. Mher Margaryan |  Armenia | Chair of the Fifth Committee |
| H.E. Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani |  Qatar | Chair of the Sixth Committee |
The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Currently, in its 76th session, its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter. The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council, appointing the UN secretary-general, receiving reports from other parts of the UN system, and making recommendations through resolutions. It also establishes numerous subsidiary organs to advance or assist in its broad mandate. The UNGA is the only UN organ wherein all member states have equal representation.
The United Nations member states are the 193 sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The UN is the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
An Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly is an unscheduled meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to make urgent recommendations on a particular issue.
The International Law Commission (ILC) is a body of experts responsible for helping develop and codify international law. It is composed of 34 individuals recognized for their expertise and qualifications in international law, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every five years.
The United Nations General Assembly First Committee is one of six main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with disarmament and international security matters.
The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is a United Nations intergovernmental advisory body of both the General Assembly and the Security Council that supports peace efforts in conflict affected countries. A key addition to the capacity of the international community in the broad peace agenda, it was established in 2005 with the passage of both A/RES/60/180 and S/RES/1645 Rabab Fatima is the incumbent chair of PBC.
The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee is one of the six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with global finance and economic matters.
The United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee is one of six main committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals primarily with legal matters and is the primary forum for the consideration of international law and other legal matters concerning the United Nations.
The United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee is one of six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with a diverse set of political issues, including UN peacekeeping and peaceful uses of outer space. However, the issues of decolonization and the Middle East take up most of its time.
The Sixty-Ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 16 September 2014. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was chosen from the African Group with Uganda's Sam Kutesa being the unanimous African Union's Executive Council's candidate, thus bypassing the need for an election.
The Seventieth Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 15 September 2015. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the Western European and Others Group.
The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee is one of six main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with human rights, humanitarian affairs and social matters.
The United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee is one of six main committees at the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with internal United Nations administrative and budgetary matters.
The United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC) is a United Nations commission under the United Nations General Assembly which primarily deals with issues relating to Disarmament.
The Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on 18 September 2018. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the GRULAC group.
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.
A Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly, or UNGASS, occurs when the United Nations General Assembly meets in order to discuss an important wide-ranging topic.
The Seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly which ran from 16 September 2020 to 15 September 2021. The President for the session was Volkan Bozkır, who stated that the session's theme was "The future we want, the United Nations we need; reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism".
The United Nations Committee on Relations with the Host Country is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly that is responsible for dealing with a variety of issues concerning the relationship between the Host Country, the United States of America, and the United Nations in New York City.
The Seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly is the ongoing session of the United Nations General Assembly which was opened on 14 September 2021. The President of the UN General Assembly is from Asia-Pacific Group.