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Year after year, the General Assembly allocates to its Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee, commonly referred to as the “Third Committee”, agenda items relating to a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues that affect peoples all over the world.
An important part of the Committee’s work focuses on the examination of human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the newly established Human Rights Council.
The Committee also discusses the advancement of women, the protection of children, indigenous issues, the treatment of refugees, the promotion of fundamental freedoms through the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, and the promotion of the right to self- determination. The Committee also addresses important social development questions such as issues related to youth, family, ageing, persons with disabilities, crime prevention, criminal justice, and drug control.
 UN General Assembly Third Committee Website
2009 | 2008 | Past Sessions
Year 2009 - 64th session of the General Assembly |
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Statements
 Statement by Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 5 October 2009.
Statement by Mr. Jean-Pierre Gonnot, Acting Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, 5 October 2009 [French].
Documents for the Social Development Agenda
Item 61: Social development:
(a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
- A/64/157 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the implementation of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly.
(b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family
- A/64/180 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Secretary-General on realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities through the implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- A/64/134 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family.
- A/64/61-E/2009/3 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Secretary-General on implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth: progress and constraints with respect to the well-being of youth and their role in civil society.
(c) Follow-up to the International Year of Older Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing
- A/64/127 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing.
Item 66: Indigenous issues:
- A/64/338 [F] [S] [A] [C] [R]
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedom of indigenous people.
Item 69: Promotion and protection of human rights:
Draft Resolutions for the Social Development Agenda
- A/C.3/64/L.4 Item 61(b) – Social development – Portugal, Republic of Moldova and Senegal: draft resolution – Policies and programmes involving youth [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.5 Item 61 – Social development – Philippines and United Republic of Tanzania: draft
resolution – Inclusion of persons with disabilities in realizing the Millennium Development Goals [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.6 Item 61 (c) – Social development: follow-up to the International Year of Older
Persons: Second World Assembly on Ageing –– Sudan: draft resolution – Follow-up to
the Second World Assembly on Ageing [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.7 Item 61 (b) –– Social development: social development, including questions relating to
the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family –
Sudan: draft resolution –– Follow-up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year
of the Family and beyond [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.8 Item 61 (b) – Social development: social development, including questions relating to
the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family –
Sudan: draft resolution – Proclamation of 2010 as International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.9 Item 61 (a) – Social development: implementation of the outcome of the World
Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General
Assembly – Sudan: draft resolution [A C E F R S].
A/C.3/64/L.9/Rev.1 Item 61 (a) – Social development: implementation of the outcome of the World
Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General
Assembly – Sudan: draft resolution [A C E F R S].
- A/C.3/64/L.10 Item 61 (b) – Social development: social development, including questions relating to
the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family –
Argentina, Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Panama and Sudan:
draft resolution –– Cooperatives in social development
[A C E F R S].
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