United_Nations_General_Committee
United Nations General Committee
Function of the United Nations General Assembly
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.
| Legal status | Active |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
Membership | 28 members |
Parent organization | United Nations General Assembly |
| Website | www |
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.
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]
President of the General Assembly
| Name | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|
| H.E.Abdulla Shahid |  Maldives | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | |||||
Chairpersons of the Six Main Committees
| 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 |
- "General Committee: Composition for the 75th session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- Manhire, Vanessa, ed. (2021). "United Nations Handbook 2021–22" (PDF). United Nations Handbook:: An Annual Guide for Those Working within the United Nations (58th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. ISSN 0110-1951. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2019.
- 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2018.