United Nations General Committee

The United Nations General Committee is a committee of the United Nations General Assembly whose main purpose is to organise the body's agenda, among other things.

Mandate

The Mandate of the General Committee consists of the following:[1][2][3]

Creating a provisional agenda for the General Assembly, as well as any supplementary lists,
Assisting the President of the General Assembly and the General Assembly in drawing up the agenda for each plenary meeting,
Making recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the recess and closing dates of the session,
Coordinating the proceedings of the main committees by allocating agenda items, as well as determining priority of said items,
Entertaining requests for the inclusion of additional items in the agenda,
Assisting in the general conduct of the work of the General Assembly,
Making recommendations to the General Assembly.

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.

Members

The composition of the Committee for the 74th 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]

President of the General Assembly

Name	Country	Position
H.E.Tijjani Muhammad-Bande	Nigeria	President of the General Assembly

Vice-Presidents

African States	Asia-Pacific States	Eastern European States	Latin American and Caribbean States	Western European and Other States	Permanent Members of the Security Council
Cabo Verde	Indonesia	Croatia	Argentina	Malta	China
Congo	Oman		Belize		France
Ethiopia	Papua New Guinea		Trinidad and Tobago		Russian Federation
Tunisia	Singapore				United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Zimbabwe	Turkey				United States of America
	Uzbekistan

Chairpersons of the Six Main Committees

Name	Country	Position
H.E. Sacha Sergio Llorentty Solíz	Bolivia (Plurunational State of)	Chair of the First Committee
H.E. Cheikh Niang	Senegal	Chair of the Second Committee
H.E. Christian Braun	Luxembourg	Chair of the Third Committee
H.E. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom	Iraq	Chair of the Fourth Committee
Andreas Mavroyiannis	Cyprus	Chair of the Fifth Committee
H.E. Michal Mlnár	Slovakia	Chair of the Sixth Committee

References

"General Committee: Composition for the 74th session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2019). United Nations Handbook 2019–20 (PDF) (57th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. ISSN 0110-1951.
Ruder, Nicole; Nakano, Kenji; Aeschlimann, Johann (2017). Aeschlimann, Johann; Regan, Mary (eds.). 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. ISBN 978-0-615-49660-3.

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[UNGC-1] "General Committee: Composition for the 74th session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

[UN_Handbook_19-2] Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2019). United Nations Handbook 2019–20 (PDF) (57th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. ISSN 0110-1951.

[Swiss_Guidebook-3] Ruder, Nicole; Nakano, Kenji; Aeschlimann, Johann (2017). Aeschlimann, Johann; Regan, Mary (eds.). 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. ISBN 978-0-615-49660-3.