Second Committee
Status of draft proposals
(as of 11 December 2013)
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| ♦ ITEM 16: Information and communications technologies for development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.18 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International Day for the Promotion and Protection of Telework |
Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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A/C.2/68/L.73 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Information and communications technologies for development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ ITEM 17: Macroeconomic policy questions: | ||
| ♦ Item 17 (a): International trade and development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.47 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International trade and development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 38th meeting, 27 November No PBI |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 38th meeting, 27 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.12 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries |
Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and joined by Belarus and Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Adopted by recorded vote of 124-2-52 at |
Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.29 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Venue of the fourteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in 2016 [draft decision] |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica), on the basis of informal consultations | Adopted at 36th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ Item 17 (b): International financial system and development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.60 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International financial system and development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ Item 17 (c): External debt sustainability and development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.70 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] External debt sustainability and development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ Item 17 (d): Commodities | ||
A/C.2/68/L.71 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Commodities - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 18: Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2008 Review Conference | ||
A/C.2/68/L.75 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ ITEM 19: Sustainable development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.48 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] World Wildlife Day - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted at 39th meeting, 3 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 39th meeting, 3 December |
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A/C.2/68/L.26 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Oil slick on Lebanese shores |
Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Adopted as orally corrected, by recorded vote of
165-6-6, at 36th meeting,
14 November |
Introduced with oral correction at
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A/C.2/68/L.30 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America |
Panama, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Australia, Barbados, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka, and joined by Ukraine | Adopted as orally corrected at 39th meeting, |
| Panama, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Finland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Spain and United States | Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.37/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] A/C.2/68/L.37 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea |
Lithuania, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Benin and Iceland, and joined by Madagascar | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Lithuania, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Georgia, Honduras, Monaco, Norway, Panama, Serbia, Somalia and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.38/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] A/C.2/68/L.38 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Agricultural technology for development |
Israel, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Montenegro, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Serbia and South Sudan | Adopted as orally corrected by recorded vote of 138-1-34 at 39th meeting,
3 December |
| Israel, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Republic of Moldova, and joined by Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Nepal | Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ Item 19 (a): Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.62* [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ Item 19 (b): Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States | ||
A/C.2/68/L.67 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Follow-up to and implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted as orally corrected at PBI statement contained in document |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ Item 19 (c): International Strategy for Disaster Reduction | ||
A/C.2/68/L.66 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International Strategy for Disaster Reduction - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ Item 19 (d): Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind | ||
A/C.2/68/L.44 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted as orally corrected at 36th meeting, |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 36th meeting,
14 November |
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| ♦ Item 19 (e): Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa | ||
A/C.2/68/L.64 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ Item 19 (f): Convention on Biological Diversity | ||
A/C.2/68/L.72 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its contribution to sustainable development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ Item 19 (g): Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its first universal session | ||
A/C.2/68/L.63 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its first universal session and the implementation of section IV.C entitled "Environmental pillar in the context of sustainable development", of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ Item 19 (h): Harmony with Nature | ||
A/C.2/68/L.59 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Harmony with Nature - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Rapporteur (New Zealand) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ Item 19 (i): Sustainable mountain development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.31/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] A/C.2/68/L.31 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Sustainable mountain development |
Argentina, Guatemala, Italy and Peru, on behalf of sponsors listed in the document, as well as Kenya, Liechtenstein, Morocco and Spain, and joined by Afghanistan, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia and Ukraine, and joined by Andorra, Costa Rica and Kazakhstan | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced by Peru at 39th meeting, |
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| ♦ Item 19 (j): The role of the international community in the prevention of the radiation threat in Central Asia | ||
A/C.2/68/L.36 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] The role of the international community in averting the radiation threat in Central Asia |
Kyrgyzstan, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Azerbaijan, Canada, Republic of Moldova and United States | Adopted as orally corrected at 36th meeting, 14 November |
Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 20: Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) | ||
A/C.2/68/L.61 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December PBI statement contained in document |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 21: Globalization and interdependence: | ||
| ♦ Item 21 (a): Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence | ||
A/C.2/68/L.50 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted at 39th meeting, 3 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 39th meeting, 3 December |
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| ♦ Item 21 (b): Science and technology for development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.49 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Science, technology and innovation for development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution A/C.2/68/L.11 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Science and technology for development |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted at 39th meeting, 3 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 39th meeting, 3 December |
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A/C.2/68/L.13/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] A/C.2/68/L.13 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, 2015 |
Mexico, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Colombia, Mauritius, Nepal and Palau, joined by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, Guinea, Montenegro, Morocco and Tunisia | Adopted at 39th meeting, 3 December |
| Mexico, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as China, Cuba and Ukraine | Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ Item 21 (c): Development cooperation with middle-income countries | ||
A/C.2/68/L.65 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Development cooperation with middle-income countries - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ Item 21 (d): Culture and development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.69 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Culture and sustainable development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ ITEM 22: Groups of countries in special situations: | ||
| ♦ Item 22 (a): Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries | ||
A/C.2/68/L.58 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Romania) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ Item 22 (b): Comprehensive 10-year Review Conference on the Implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action | ||
A/C.2/68/L.55 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Specific actions related to the particular needs and problems of landlocked developing countries: outcome of the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Romania) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 23: Eradication of poverty and other development issues: | ||
| ♦ Item 23 (a): Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) | ||
A/C.2/68/L.57 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Romania) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ Item 23 (b): Women in development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.51 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Women in development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Romania) | Adopted at 39th meeting, 3 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 39th meeting, 3 December |
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| ♦ Item 23 (c): Human resources development | ||
A/C.2/68/L.68 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Human resources development - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Romania) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ ITEM 24: Operational activities for development: | ||
| ♦ Item 24 (a): Operational activities for development of the United Nations system | ||
A/C.2/68/L.45 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Operational activities for development of the United Nations system - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted at 37th meeting, 21 November |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 37th meeting, 21 November |
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| ♦ Item 24 (b): South-South cooperation | ||
A/C.2/68/L.74 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] South-South cooperation - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Sri Lanka) | Adopted at 41st meeting, 11 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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| ♦ ITEM 25: Agriculture development, food security and nutrition | ||
A/C.2/68/L.20/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] A/C.2/68/L.20 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] International Year of Pulses, 2016 |
Pakistan and Turkey, on behalf of sponsors listed in the document, as well as Mauritius, and joined by Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Pakistan and Turkey, joined by Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Niger, Sri Lanka and Ukraine | Introduced by Turkey at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.52 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] World Soil Day and International Year of Soils - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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A/C.2/68/L.56 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Agriculture development, food security and nutrition - on the basis of informal consultations on draft resolution |
Vice-Chair (Jamaica) | Adopted as orally corrected at |
| Fiji, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China | Withdrawn at 40th meeting, 6 December Introduced at 35th meeting, 14 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 26: Towards global partnerships | ||
A/C.2/68/L.24/Rev.1 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Towards global partnerships: a principle-based approach to enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners A/C.2/68/L.24 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Towards global partnerships: a principle-based approach to enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector |
Lithuania, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Armenia, Australia, Bahamas, Chile, Republic of Moldova and San Marino, and joined by Azerbaijan | Adopted at 40th meeting, 6 December |
| Lithuania, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, joined by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monaco, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine | Introduced by Lithuania at 32nd meeting, 6 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 61: Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources | ||
A/C.2/68/L.27 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusamem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources |
Sponsors listed in the document as well as Bolivia, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Viet Nam, joined by Brunei Darussalam, Namibia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Zimbabwe | Adopted by recorded vote of 162-5-9 |
Introduced by Egypt at 32nd meeting, |
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| ♦ ITEM 174: United Nations University | ||
A/C.2/68/L.46 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Amendments to the Charter of the United Nations University |
Japan announced that Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Iceland, Israel, Malaysia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Norway, Republic of Korea, Serbia and Switzerland had joined as sponsors; subsequently joined by Brazil, Ukraine and United States | Adopted at 38th meeting, 27 November |
| Japan, on behalf of the sponsors listed in the document, as well as Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and Sri Lanka, joined by Senegal | Introduced at 37th meeting, 21 November |
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| ♦ ITEM 122: Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly | ||
A/C.2/68/L.76 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R] Draft programme of work of the Second Committee for the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly |
Approved at 41st meeting, 11 December |
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