Every year, Member States' representatives in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the United Nations General Assembly discuss and vote on resolutions dealing with such issues as advancement of women, international drug control, protection of migrants and religious intolerance.
Below are links to the UN Chronicle coverage of the Third Committee's proceedings during the current and previous sessions of the General Assembly, as well as useful links to other websites with a focus
on issues dealt with by the Third Committee.
This issue of the UN Chronicle E-Alert is a continuation of a series on the work and proceedings of the General Assembly. It is intended to give an insight to the reader on how global issues have been approached over the years by the main deliberative organs of the United Nations.
Previous E-Alerts in this series:
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: A Review of the General Debate
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: A Review of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) of the General Assembly
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: A Review of the Second Committee(Economic and Financial) of the General Assembly
THE 59TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE 58TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE 57TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE 56TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE 55TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY - MILLENNIUM SUMMIT
LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES AT THE UNITED NATIONS
>> 59th Session of the General Assembly
>> Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the General Assembly
>> Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
>> Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
>> United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
>> Division for Social Policy and Development
These stories and more can be found at UN Chronicle online at www.un.org/chronicle. The UN Chronicle print edition is published by the Department of Public Information of United Nations in English and French, and co-published in Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish. It is not an official record; the views expressed in individual articles do not necessarily imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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