It's a free-admission festival with multicultural performances, international food, bazaar tables, and a raffle draw. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Promotion and protection of human rights [Item 68]: Draft resolution (A/77/L.37) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 68), 3. Dag Hammarskjld Library; DHL Research Guides; . [5] Until moving to its permanent home in Manhattan in 1951, the Assembly convened at the former New York City Pavilion of the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing, New York. Climate goals remain largely unmet. Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly [item 1], 2. Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee [Item 118 (k)]: (A/77/572), 6. Racism, intolerance, inequality, climate change, poverty, hunger, armed conflict, and other ills remain global challenges. (b) [32], The general debate of each new session of the General Assembly is held the week following the official opening of the session, typically the following Tuesday, and is held without interruption for nine working days. Prevention of an arms race in outer space: Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space [Item 97 (c)]: Report of the First Committee (A/77/383); Report of the Fifth Committee (A/77/XX), Action on the draft resolution contained in A/77/383, 8. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly [item 6], [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated11 January 2023, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Currently in its 77th session, its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [Item 118 (j)]: Note by the Secretary- General (A/77/643), 6. Beginning in the Thirty-First Session, resolutions are numbered by individual session (for example Resolution 41/10 represents the 10th resolution adopted at the Forty-First Session). The Fourth Committee formerly handled Trusteeship and Decolonization matters. Each main committee consists of all the members of the General Assembly. 1. A week has passed since the opening of the annual General Debate of the UN General Assembly (UNGA). The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council, appointing the UN secretary-general, receiving reports from other parts of the UN system, and making recommendations through resolutions. Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [Item 116 (b)], Secret ballot (continued for one remaining vacancy for a member from the Eastern European States). The 77th UN General Assembly took place September 13 to 27, 2022, as complex, overlapping crises unfolded around the world. ], Functions and powers of the General Assembly, Arrears in the Payment of Contributions (Article 19), First Committee (Disarmament & International Security), Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian & Cultural), Fourth Committee (Special Political & Decolonization), Fifth Committee (Administrative & Budgetary), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:00 a.m.- General Assembly Hall, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 3:00 p.m.- General Assembly Hall, Thursday, 17 November 2022 10:00 a.m.- General Assembly Hall, Thursday, 17 November 2022 3:00 p.m.- General Assembly Hall, Friday, 18 November 2022 10:00 a.m.- General Assembly Hall, Monday, 21 November 2022 10:00 a.m.- General Assembly Hall, Monday, 21 November 2022 3:00 p.m.- General Assembly Hall, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 10:00 a.m.- General Assembly Hall, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 3:00 p.m.- General Assembly Hall. 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Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy[Item 131]: Draft resolution (A/77/L.8), Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency [Item 89]: Notes by the Secretary-General (A/77/308 and A/77/308/Add.1); Draft resolution (A/77/L.9), Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency [Item 89]: Notes by the Secretary-General (A/77/308 and A/77/308/Add.1); Draft resolution (A/77/L.9), Debate on the item (continued) and action on the draft resolution, The situation in Afghanistan [item 34]: report of the Secretary-General (A/77/340); Draft resolution (A/77/L.11), Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (Resumed: 15th Plenary meeting) Draft programme of work of the plenary for the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly was issued as document A/76/903. [22], The General Assembly is entrusted in the United Nations Charter with electing members to various organs within the United Nations system. ], Monday, 13 February 2023 [3] They are not issued as individual documents and have no document series symbol. The UNGA also makes key decisions for the UN, including: The Assembly meets in regular sessions from September to December each year, and thereafter as required. Groups of countries in special situations: follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries [Item 21 (b)]: Report of the Second Committee (A/77/446/Add.2); Report of the Fifth Committee (A/77/XX), Action on the draft resolution contained in A/77/446/Add.2, 4. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific: A/RES/71/77: C.1: 99 (e) A/71/PV.51 5 December 2016 GA/11866 without a vote A/71/451 DR V: United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: A/RES/71/76: C.1: 99 (d) A/71/PV.51 5 December 2016 GA/11866 . [1] It also establishes numerous subsidiary organs to advance or assist in its broad mandate. Thus, member states of the United Nations are informally divided into five regions, with most bodies in the United Nations system having a specific number of seats allocated for each regional group. The United Nations General Assembly declared 11th February this day in 2015, in order to drive support and advocacy in the global community for inspiring and engaging women and girls in this critical. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations [Item 127 (a) to (aa)]. Crimes against humanity [Item 78]: Report of the Sixth Committee (A/77/416); Report of the Fifth Committee (A/77/XX), Action on the draft resolution contained in A/77/416, 7. The General Assembly subsidiary organs are divided into five categories: committees (30 total, six main), commissions (six), boards (seven), councils (four) and panels (one), working groups, and "other". Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit [item 120]: specific meeting focused on development (resolution 60/265), One-day preparatory meeting for the United Nations Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action Water for Sustainable Development, 20182028 (resolution 75/212), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 July 2022, 8 September 2022 and 18 October 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Resolution adopted. . The first session was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of the 51 founding nations. This power was given to the Assembly in Resolution 377(V) of 3 November 1950. 1. Here, UN News gives you a front row seat to all the action. It deplored Russia's invasion of Ukraine and demanded a full withdrawal of Russian forces and a reversal of its decision to recognise the self . 10 a.m. General Assembly Hall, Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [item 116 (b)], Plenary items scheduled for consideration during the resumed part of the session on a date to be determined, Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10], 20012010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa [item 12]; New Partnership for Africas Development: progress in implementation and international support [item 62 (a) and (b)]: Report of the Secretary-General (A/77/XX): joint debate, Report of the Security Council [item 27], Report of the Peacebuilding Commission [28]; Peacebuilding and sustaining peace[item 58]; Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund [item 114]: joint debate, The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict [item 29], Prevention of armed conflict [item 30 (a) and (b)], Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development [item 31], The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine [item 59], Zone of peace, trust and cooperation of Central Asia [item 61], Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 [item 87], Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia residual functions [item 88], Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations [item 115]: Note by the Secretary- General (A/77/300), Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns [item 118 (i)], Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade [item 122]: commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Global health and foreign policy [Item 128]; Note by the Secretary- General (A/77/529); Report of the Secretary- General (A/77/527), Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy [item 131], The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity [item 132], Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets [item 133], Report of the United Nations Youth Office [item 134], 1. The situation in the Middle East [item 32]; Draft resolution (A/77/L.27), Sport for development and peace [item 11]: Report of the Secretary- General (A/77/161); Draft resolution (A/77/L.28), Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution, [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 November 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. ], Tuesday, 24 January 2023 Delegations may wish to inform their capitals accordingly. (c) Report on the work of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea at its twenty-second meeting (A/77/119) [DATES TO BE CONFIRMED] . (c) Draft resolutions (A/77/L.23, A/77/L.24, A/77/L.25, A/77/L.26), 2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Eradication of poverty and other development issues [item 22]: Draft resolution (A/77/L.43) (item 7 to reallocate item 22), Monday, 6 February 2023 Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 37th session: GAOR, 37th Session, Supplement No. Sessions are held at United Nations Headquarters in New York unless changed by the General Assembly by a majority vote. 3:00 p.m. Conference Room 2, Informal consultations on the annual theme of the 2024 session of the Economic and Social Council and the 2024 HLPF on sustainable development and the set of Goals to be reviewed, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 [32][39][40], Emergency special sessions can be called by the Security Council, if supported by at least seven members, or by a majority of Member States of the United Nations. ], 4. UN General Assembly - Schedule of General Assembly plenary and related meetings Schedule of General Assembly Plenary and Related Meetings 77th Session LAST UPDATE: 13 January 2023 The. 1. In addition to the regular budget, member states are assessed for the costs of the international tribunals and, in accordance with a modified version of the basic scale, for the costs of peacekeeping operations. [16] Most General Assembly resolutions are not enforceable as a legal or practical matter, because the General Assembly lacks enforcement powers with respect to most issues. Appointment of members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee [Item118 (e)]: Report of the Fifth Committee (A/77/571/Add.1), Statements in explanation of vote after the vote (continued), (a) Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/77/35); Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories [Item 47]: Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/77/400, draft resolution I); Report of the Fifth Committee (A/77/XX), Action on draft resolution I contained in A/77/400, 5. (d) Draft resolutions (A/77/L.33 and A/77/L.36*), Debate on the item as a whole and action on draft resolution A/77/L.33 [47], On 21 March 2005, Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented a report, In Larger Freedom, that criticized the General Assembly for focusing so much on consensus that it was passing watered-down resolutions reflecting "the lowest common denominator of widely different opinions". September 14-30, 2021. World leaders will discuss global issues. [10], It moved to the permanent Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City at the start of its seventh regular annual session, on 14 October 1952. UN General Assembly - Schedule of General Assembly plenary and related meetings Schedule of General Assembly Plenary and Related Meetings 77th Session LAST UPDATE: 20 December 2022. The United Nations member states are the 193 sovereign states that are members of the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and the only body in which every member of the organization is represented and allowed to vote. The budget covers the costs of United Nations programmes in areas such as political affairs, international justice and law, international cooperation for development, public information, human rights, and humanitarian affairs. Check out who is attending exhibiting speaking schedule & agenda reviews timing entry ticket fees. Resolutions and Decisions, . A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually could allow for direct election of UN parliament members by citizens all over the world.