Resolutions on Culture of Peace, Cultural Property Also Adopted. 3. ], Panel discussion with the representatives of the United Nations system, Panel discussion with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, young people, academia and civil society representatives, 1. Harmony with Nature [item 20 (i)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.35), 5. Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/483) [item 170], 18. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Rights of indigenous peoples [item 71]: draft decision (A/76/L.51) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate item 71), 2. On Sept 14th, 1000s of diplomats from nearly 200 countries will be arriving to Manhattan for the UN general Assembly. 3. UN--BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS, A/76/251 3a Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee. Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development [item 20 (l)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/533/Add.11), 23. sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/76/447) [item 103], 13. . of the President. In 1997 the credentials of the government of deposed Sierra Leonean President, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, were accepted without objection. Report of the International Court of Justice [item 76] (A/76/4); Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/196) and Note by the Secretariat (A/76/431) - continuation of the debate, 2. ], Informal thematic consultation as a follow-up to the report of the Secretary-General entitled Our Common Agenda, 5th thematic cluster on the theme Enhancing international cooperation, Morning:Plenary segment, including statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, Member States and observers of the General Assembly Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2], 4. Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 76th Session of the General Assembly. (b) Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/299) General and complete disarmament [item 100]: high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests, [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 July 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace: report of the First Committee (A/76/437) [item 93], 3. A recent report from the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) found that due to resistance from armed ethnic groups and the Peoples Defence Force, a network of civilian armed groups established by the NUG in 2021, the military regime can be said to have stable control of 17 percent of Myanmars territory. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 15]: draft resolution (A/76/L.36), 3. Further criticism of the UN was recently directed towards Noeleen Heyzer, the special envoy of the secretary-general on Myanmar, who was appointed last December and visited the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw last month. (b) Notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/960 and A/75/960/Add.1) Shahid also specified that apart from the letter from the Taliban last month, no other communication has been received from the group. The backdrop to this year's 76th UN General Assembly was a world that felt fractured just when we needed to come together against the continued ravages of COVID-19, the accelerating climate emergency, unfolding humanitarian disasters, rising inequality, and much more. ], (a) Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/76/35) ], 3. 2. |. Each year before the regular session begins, the Office of Legal Affairs recommends a group of candidates to the President of the General Assembly for the Credentials Committee. 4. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/76/438) [item 94], 4. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [item 117 (g)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/365), 4. Date [New York] : UN, 1 Dec. 2021. Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/76/443) [item 99], 9. ], Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement, [Letters the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 8 October 2021 and 11 October 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives [item 74 (c)]: Report of the Third Committee (A/76/462/Add.3, draft resolution V) Crime prevention and criminal justice [item 108]: draft decision (A/76/L.5), 1. On September 20, on the eve of the commencement of the high-level UN General Debate, the Secretary-General had received a communication with the letterhead Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated September 20, 2021, signed by Ameer Khan Muttaqi as Minister of Foreign Affairs, requesting to participate in the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on September 21-27, 2021. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit [item 119]: specific meeting focused on development (resolution 60/265). . Armed conflict has intensified, displacing 230,000 people. The 77th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is scheduled to meet from 3 October-4 November 2022 in New York. ], Thematic dialogue on investment in road safety (resolution 75/308), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 6 October 2021, 11 October 2021, 29 November 2021 and 2 December 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns [item 117 (h)], Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba [item 42]: draft decision (A/76/L.54), Thematic debate on working methods, including briefing by the Chairs of the Main Committees on any best practices and lessons learned with a view to improving working methods, Informal consultations on the preparations for the high-level meeting on improving global road safety Second round of negotiations, Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing in preparation for the International Migration Review Forum (resolution 73/326), International Migration Review Forum (Day 1), International Migration Review Forum (Day 2), Round table 3 (Trusteeship Council Chamber), International Migration Review Forum (Day 3), Plenary segment: opening segment, followed by the general debate, Tribute to the memory of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, the late President of the United Arab Emirates, [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 May 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Its Credentials Committee will debate whether to accept the credentials of the junta which seized power on 1 February, or those of the National Unity Government (NUG), made up of elected representatives whose parties won a landslide victory in elections last November. The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on Strengthening the Role of the Organization today failed to approve its annual draft report as a whole, approving instead one section of the text to forward to the General Assembly, as members concluded their 2023 session without consensus on several elements. ], 1. Macroeconomic policy questions [item 18]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531), 3. International trade and development [item 18 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531/Add.1), 4. International financial system and development [item 18 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531/Add.2), 5. President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations; Founding Executive Director, Human Rights Watch; Distinguished Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Paris (2012-2017), Dr. SripraphaPetcharamesree ], 1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. The normally obscure UN Credentials Committee has also been in the spotlight, as questions were raised about who will represent Myanmar and Afghanistan in the General Assembly. The credentials of representatives and the names of members of the delegation of each Member State are submitted to the Secretary-General and are issued either by the Head of the State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly). 2. International cooperation on access to justice for survivors of sexual Violence [item 133]: draft resolution (A/76/L.80) and draft amendments (A/76/L.81, A/76/L.82, A/76/L.83 and A/76/L.84). : 2021-2022). General Assembly. Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences [item 117 (f)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/106), 3. The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will open on Tuesday, 14 September 2021 at the UN Headquarters in New York, in a hybrid (virtual/in-person) format, with limited in-person presence, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-fourth session: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/471) [item 80], 3. They must be sent by the Head of State, Head of Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.[1][3]. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction: report of the First Committee (A/76/451) [item 107], 17. ], 2. [5], The members of the Credentials Committee for the 76th Session of the General Assembly are:[6]. The Taliban have nominated the Doha-based spokesman Shaheen as Afghanistans new Permanent Representative to the UN. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace [item 66]: draft resolution (A/76/L.86), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 September 2022 and 7 September 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Delegations may wish to inform their capitals accordingly. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [item 117 (g)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/637), 7. This will be interactive in nature and will not have a prepared list of speakers. Programme budget for 2022 [item 138]: Report of the Fifth Committee (A/76/633/Add.1), 4. The agenda of the 76th session is contained inA/76/251and the allocation of items for the session is contained inA/76/252.The annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the 76th session has been issued as documentA/76/100. ): (A/76/L.14), 4. 21 July 2022. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. (a) Note by the Secretary-General (A/76/232); 3. 3 p. Collections Resource Type > Documents and Publications > Draft Resolutions and Decisions. : 2021-2022)--PRAYER OR MEDITATION. Organization of work: letter from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences (A/76/316), [The General Assembly will also take note of the letter from the Secretary-General (A/76/318) concerning Member States in arrears in the payment of financial contributions to the United Nations within the terms of Article 19 of the Charter. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa [item 20 (e)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/533/Add.5), 17. Prevention of an arms race in outer space [item 98]: Report of the First Committee (A/76/442, draft resolutions III and IV) In the case of Libya, the Assembly accepted the credentials of the opposition National Transitional Council in 2011, even though it was not in effective control. (Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly). GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination [item 116 (a)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/364), 2. [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated9 June 2022was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns [item 117 (h)], Intergovernmental consultations on the Progress Declaration of the International Migration Review Forum, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated21 January 2022,24 January 2022, 8 February 2022, 18 February 2022 and 17 March 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Informal meeting of the plenary on the priorities of the Secretary-General for 2022, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 January 2022 and 11 January 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. of Procedure of the General Assembly, Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, Functions and Powers of the General Assembly, Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, Outcomes of resolutions on revitalization, Arrears in the payment of contributions (Article 19). Sexual exploitation and abuse [item 132]: Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/702); draft resolution (A/76/L.78). The situation in the Middle East [item 38]: draft resolutions (A/76/L.15 and A/76/L.16), 1. ], [List of proposals contained in the report of the Committee for consideration by the General Assembly A/C.2/76/INF.1], 1. Isaczai was listed as the head of delegation. Observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/481) [item 168], 16. Over one thousand people have been killed and over six thousand have been arbitrarily detained, including elected parliamentarians, with many tortured to death in detention. ], High-level meeting of the General Assembly on improving global road safety (resolution 75/308), 10:00 to 11:30: Multi-stakeholder panel 1, 11:30 to 13:00: Multi-stakeholder panel 2, 15:00 to 16:30: Multi-stakeholder panel 3, Improving global road safety [item 13]:high-level meeting of the General Assembly on improving global road safety (resolution 75/308), 16:30 to 17:30: Plenary segment (continued), Informal consultations on the Declaration on Future Generations, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 6 June 2022 and 27 June 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. The schedule is set out in the draft programme of work and timetable. (A/76/338 and A/76/339), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021 and 29 October 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Afghanistan had joined the UN on November 19, 1946 and Myanmar has been a UN member since April 19, 1948. Rebecca Barber isResearch Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, School of Political Scienceand International Studies, University of Queensland; William Bourdon is a lawyer at the Paris Bar, founding president of Sherpa and president of PPLAF (Platform to Protect Whistle Blowers in Africa); John Dugard is Emeritus Professor of Law, Universities of Leiden and the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and former member of UN International Law Commission and UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; Baltasar Garzonis a magistrate-judge, lawyer and director of the legal office ILOCA SL (International Legal Organization for Cooperation and Development), Spain; Jared Genser is an international human rights lawyer and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center;Justice Richard J. Goldstone is founding chief prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda and retired Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa; Aryeh Neier is President Emeritus, Open Society Foundations, founding executive director of Human Rights Watch and Distinguished Visiting Professor, Sciences Po, Paris (2012-2017); Dr. SripraphaPetcharamesree is a former Thai representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights; Chris Sidoti is an international human rights lawyer, member of the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar and former member of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar; Nelum Deepika Udagama is a professor of law at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and former chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (2015-20); and Yuyun Wahyuningrum is the representative of Indonesia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Operational activities for development of the United Nations system [item 25 (a)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.4) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (a) of agenda item 25), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021 and 22 October 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Also see: Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: report of the First Committee (A/76/441) [item 97], 7. 1. Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly. UEL: Do away goals count in Europa League 2023. 1. The United Nations General Assembly is due to consider an issue in the coming weeks that will profoundly affect the lives of 55 million people in Myanmar. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/76/450) [item 106], 16. The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will officially open on Tuesday, with the General Debate - an opportunity for representatives from all 193 member . ], [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021, 26 October 2021, 29 October 2021 and 16 November 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. ], Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on the preparations for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to assess progress on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021, 19 November 2021 and 28 November 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 122]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/542), 42. (b) Election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council, (a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/798) Myanmar's Credentials at the UN. The Taliban letter further indicates that the mission of the Permanent Representative is considered over and that Isaczai no longer represents Afghanistan. (c) Draft resolution (A/76/L.57), 3. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: report of the First Committee (A/76/448) [item 104], 14. Observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/485) [item 172], 20. Observer status for the International Solar Alliance in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/497) [item 176], Explanation of vote after the vote continued. ], Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/76/1) [item 112], Briefing by the Secretary-General on his priorities for 2022, 2. The Assembly's Credentials Committee verifies that the requirements described in Rule 27 have been satisfied, and on that basis makes a recommendation to the Assembly.