United Nations General Committee

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 NigeriaPresident 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 SenegalChair of the Second Committee
H.E. Christian Braun LuxembourgChair of the Third Committee
H.E. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom IraqChair of the Fourth Committee
Andreas Mavroyiannis CyprusChair of the Fifth Committee
H.E. Michal Mlnár SlovakiaChair of the Sixth Committee
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References
  1. "General Committee: Composition for the 74th session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  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.
  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.
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