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