The 74th Session of the General Assembly – OUTCOMES

• Climate Action https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/announcements.shtml
• Universal Health Coverage
  Political declaration (adopted on 23 Sept): www.un.org/pga/73/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/07/FINAL-draft-UHC-Political-Declaration.pdf Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (launched on 24 Sept): www.who.int/sdg/global-action-plan
• Sustainable Development Goals 
  Political declaration (adopted on 24 Sept): https://undocs.org/en/A/HLPF/2019/L.1
• Decade of action  www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/09/un-sdg-summit-opens/
• 2019 Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization https://www.un.org/annualreport/

The People’s Assembly – OUTCOMES

• Declaration http://bit.ly/2n97FSg

The Main Committees of the UN General Assembly

First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

•  This committee is tasked with dealing with threats to peace and the international community
•  The sessions for the First Committee include: general debate, thematic discussions, and action on drafts

Second Committee: Economic and Financial

•  The committee focuses on the economic and financial issues related to sustainable development and economic growth
•  It operates through general debate and acting on draft proposals

Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Issues

•  A wide range of issues are deliberated in this committee, including human rights, social development, women, and fundamental freedoms
•  This committee operates using draft resolutions

Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization

•  This committee’s agenda reviews topics related to decolonization: atomic radiation effects, information, peacekeeping operations, special political missions, the Israel/Palestine conflict, and peaceful uses of outer space.
•  These issues are addressed annually

Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary

•  The function of the committee is to approve the UN budget
•  It has an extended session due to the immense workload

Sixth Committee: Legal

•  Considers the legal questions of the General Assembly, and represents all member states

Important Days of the UN:

1 December: World AIDS Day

2 December: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

3 December: International Day of Persons with Disabilities

5 December: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development & World Soil Day

9 December: Int. Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crimes of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime

10 December: Human Rights Day

12 December: International Day of Neutrality

20 December: International Human Solidarity Day

1 January : New Years Day

27 January: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

5 June: World Environment Day

7 June: World food Safety Day

8 June: World Oceans Day

12 June: World Day Against Child Labor

8-18 July: High Level Political Forum, Deadline is June 15 to Apply for HLPF

Useful Links

United Nations Website: https://www.un.org/en/

UN WebTV: http://webtv.un.org