General Assembly of the United Nations

Six Main Committees

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security Committee) is concerned with disarmament and related international security questions;
Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee) is concerned with economic questions;
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee) deals with social and humanitarian issues;
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) deals with a variety of political subjects not dealt with by the First Committee, as well as with decolonization;
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) deals with the administration and budget of the United Nations; and
Sixth Committee (Legal Committee) deals with international legal matters.

Other Committees

The Credentials Committee is mandated to examine the credentials of representatives of Member States and to report to the General Assembly.

The General Committee meets periodically throughout each session to review the progress of the General Assembly and its committees and to make recommendations for furthering such progress.

Other committees and subsidiary bodies

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Because of the great number of questions it is called upon to consider, the Assembly allocates items relevant to its work among its six Main Committees, which discuss them, seeking where possible to harmonize the various approaches of States, and then present to a plenary meeting of the Assembly draft resolutions and decisions for consideration.