List of Agenda items

In accordance with rule 1 of the rules of procedure, the General Assembly shall meet every year in regular session commencing on the Tuesday of the third week in September, counting from the first week that contains at least one working day. The seventy-sixth session of the Assembly will open on Tuesday, 14 September 2021. Rules 30 and 31 of the rules of procedure also apply. 

Rule 62 of the rules of procedure provides that, immediately after the opening of the 1st plenary meeting and immediately preceding the closing of the final plenary meeting of each session of the General Assembly, the President shall invite the representatives to observe one minute of silence dedicated to prayer or meditation. 

                (a)     Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee 

 

                (b)     Report of the Credentials Committee 

 

In accordance with rule 27 of the rules of procedure, the credentials of representatives and the names of members of a delegation are to be submitted to the Secretary-General, if possible not less than one week before the opening of the session. The credentials must be issued by either the Head of State or Government or the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Under rule 28 of the rules of procedure, a Credentials Committee consisting of nine members is appointed by the General Assembly at the beginning of each session on the proposal of the President. The members of the Committee are traditionally appointed at the 1st plenary meeting, on the proposal of the President (decisions adopted at the first to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/301, 32/301, 33/301, 34/301, 35/301, 36/301, 37/301, 38/301, 39/301, 40/301, 41/301, 42/301, 43/301, 44/301, 45/301, 46/301, 47/301 A and B, 48/301, 49/301, 50/301, 51/301, 52/301, 53/301, 54/301, 55/301, 56/301, 57/401, 58/401, 59/401, 60/401, 61/401, 62/401, 63/401, 64/401, 65/401, 66/401, 67/401, 68/401, 69/401, 70/401, 71/401, 72/401, 73/401, 74/401 and 75/401).

On completion of its work, the Committee submits a report to the Assembly, normally containing a draft resolution for consideration by the Assembly. The Assembly then takes appropriate action (resolutions 609 A and B (VII), 700 (VII), 710 (VII), 713 A and B (VIII), 807 A and B (IX), 908 A and B (X), 1009 (XI), 1183 (XII), 1346 (XIII), 1457 (XIV), 1498 (XV), 1618 (XV), 1693 (XVI), 1871 (XVII), 1977 (XVIII), 2113 A and B (XX), 2219 (XXI), 2322 (XXII), 2374 (XXII), 2375 (XXII), 2492 (XXIII), 2589 (XXIV), 2636 A and B (XXV), 2862 (XXVI), 2948 (XXVII), 3181 (XXVIII), 3206 (XXIX), 3323 (XXIX), 3367 A and B (XXX), 31/16 A and B, 32/21 A and B, 33/9 A and B, 34/2 A and B, 35/4 A to C, 36/2 A and B, 37/5 A and B, 38/2, 39/3 A and B, 40/2 A and B, 41/7 A and B, 42/2 A and B, 43/10 A and B, 44/5 A and B, 48/13 A to C, 49/4 A and B, 50/4 A and B, 51/9 A and B, 52/178, 53/23 A to C, 54/6 A and B, 55/16 A and B, 56/221, 57/114, 58/125, 59/208, 60/181, 61/227, 62/212, 63/238, 64/126, 65/237, 66/1 A and B, 67/103, 68/22, 69/138, 70/18, 71/132, 72/135, 73/193, 74/179, and 75/19 and decisions adopted at the first to sixth and nineteenth and twenty-eighth sessions). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly appointed a Credentials Committee consisting of the following Member States: Cameroon, China, Iceland, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Trinidad and Tobago, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America and Uruguay (decision 75/401).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Credentials Committee.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 3)

 

 

Report of the Credentials Committee	A/75/606
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.1 and 33
Resolution	75/19
Decision	75/401

In accordance with Article 21 of the Charter, the General Assembly shall elect its President for each session. Under rule 30 of the rules of procedure, the Assembly shall elect a President at least three months before the opening of the session over which the President is to preside. The President so elected will assume the functions only at the beginning of that session for which the President is elected and shall hold office until the close of that session. The Assembly has had the item entitled “Election of the President of the General Assembly” on its agenda annually since its first session (decisions adopted at the first to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/302, 32/302, 33/302, 34/302, 35/302, 36/302, 37/302, 38/302, 39/302, 40/302, 41/302, 42/302, 43/302, 44/302, 45/302, 46/302, 47/302, 48/302, 49/302, 50/302, 51/302, 52/302, 53/302, 54/302, 55/302, 56/302, 56/320, 57/418, 58/418, 59/421, 60/418, 61/418, 62/416, 63/421, 64/422, 65/416, 66/424, 67/420, 68/418, 69/421, 70/421, 71/419, 72/417, 73/418, 74/417 and 75/417).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly elected Abdulla Shahid (Maldives) as its President for the seventy-sixth session (decision 75/417). 

At its thirty-third session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations”, decided (resolution 33/138, annex, para. 1) that, in the election of the President, regard should be had for equitable geographical rotation of the office among the following groups of States: 

(a)     African States; 

(b)     Asia-Pacific States; 

(c)     Eastern European States; 

(d)     Latin American and Caribbean States; 

(e)     Western European and other States. 

In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure, the election is held by secret ballot. At its thirty-fourth session, however, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Adoption of the agenda and organization of work”, decided that the practice of dispensing with the secret ballot for elections to subsidiary organs when the number of candidates corresponded to the number of seats to be filled should become standard and that the same practice should apply to the election of the President of the Assembly, unless a delegation specifically requested a vote on a given election (decision 34/401, para. 16). Since the thirty-second session, with the exception of the thirty-sixth, thirty-eighth, forty-third, forty-sixth, sixty-sixth, seventieth, seventy-second, seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth sessions, the President has been elected by acclamation. 

Pursuant to resolution 70/305, adopted under the agenda item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, the President-elect shall take an oath of office of his or her own, as detailed in annex I to the resolution, at the moment of handing over the gavel in the final plenary meeting of the preceding session. In its resolution 71/323, adopted under the same item, the Assembly decided, in full respect of the established principle of geographical rotation and its resolution 33/138, to conduct informal interactive dialogues with candidates for the position of the President of the Assembly, thus contributing to the transparency and inclusivity of the process, and called upon candidates to present to the Assembly their vision statements. The Assembly also invited Member States to consider presenting women as candidates for the position of President of the Assembly.

 

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 4) 

 

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.72
Decision	75/417

The General Assembly has six Main Committees. At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly, under the agenda item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided (resolution 47/233) to amend rule 98 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly as follows:

“1.     Decides that the Main Committees of the General Assembly shall be as follows: 

                   (a)     Disarmament and International Security Committee (First Committee);

                   (b)     Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee); 

                   (c)     Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee); 

          (d)     Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee); 

          (e)     Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee); 

          (f)     Legal Committee (Sixth Committee).”

At its fifty-second session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”, decided to amend the first sentence of rule 103 of the rules of procedure to read: “Each Main Committee shall elect a Chair, three Vice-Chairs and a Rapporteur” (resolution 52/163, para. 1).

Rule 103 states that the elections shall be held by secret ballot unless the Committee decides otherwise in an election where only one candidate is standing. Since the thirty-second session, with the exception of the thirty-eighth, fortieth, fifty-second, sixty-ninth, seventy-first and seventy-second sessions, the officers of the Main Committees have been elected by acclamation (decisions adopted at the first to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/303, 32/303, 33/304, 34/303, 35/303, 36/303, 37/303, 38/303, 39/303, 40/304, 41/304, 42/303, 43/303, 44/303, 45/303, 46/303, 47/303, 48/303, 49/303, 50/303, 51/303, 52/303, 53/303, 54/303, 55/303, 56/303, 57/419, 58/419, 59/422, 60/419 A and B, 61/419, 62/417, 63/422, 64/423 A and B, 65/417, 66/426, 68/402, 68/423, 69/422, 70/423, 71/402, 71/421, 72/402, 72/420, 73/403, 73/421, 74/403, 74/421 and 75/422).

In addition, rule 103 provides that the nomination of each candidate shall be limited to one speaker, after which the Committee shall immediately proceed to the election. 

Rule 99 (a) stipulates that all the Main Committees shall, at least three months before the opening of the session, elect a Chair and that elections of the other officers provided for in rule 103 shall be held at the latest by the end of the first week of the session. In accordance with resolution 58/126, adopted under the agenda item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, the full Bureaux of the Main Committees shall also be elected three months in advance of the next session.

In accordance with rule 30, the Vice-Presidents shall be elected after the election of the Chairs of the six Main Committees, in such a way as to ensure the representative character of the General Committee.

At the seventy-fifth session, the Main Committees elected their Chairs for the seventy-sixth session (decision 75/422) as follows:

 

 

First Committee:	Omar Hilale (Morocco)
Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee):	Egriselda Aracely González López (El Salvador)
Second Committee:	Vanessa Frazier (Malta)
Third Committee:	Mohamed Siad Doualeh (Djibouti)
Fifth Committee:	Mher Margaryan (Armenia)
Sixth Committee:	Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani (Qatar)

 

At its sixty-eighth session, the Assembly decided, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, to reiterate the guidelines on the election of the Chairs and Rapporteurs of the Main Committees contained in the annex to the resolution (resolution 68/307). At its seventy-second session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided to establish the pattern for the rotation of the Chairs of the Main Committees for the forthcoming 10 sessions, namely from the seventy-fourth to the eighty-third session, as contained in resolution 72/313.

 

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 5) 

 

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.78
Decision	75/422

The President of the General Assembly is assisted by 21 Vice-Presidents. The duties involved are performed by heads of delegations of Member States, and not by individuals elected in their personal capacity. The Assembly decided on four occasions to increase the number of Vice-Presidents (resolutions 1104 (XI), 1192 (XII), 1990 (XVIII) and 33/138).

Under rule 30 of the rules of procedure, the Assembly shall elect 21 Vice-Presidents at least three months before the opening of the session over which they are to preside (decisions adopted at the first to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/304, 32/304, 33/303, 34/304, 35/304, 36/304, 37/304, 38/304, 39/304, 40/303, 41/303, 42/304, 43/304, 44/304, 45/304, 46/304, 47/304, 48/304, 49/304, 50/304, 51/304, 52/304, 53/304, 54/304, 55/304, 56/304, 56/322, 57/420, 58/420, 59/423, 60/420, 61/420, 62/418, 63/423, 64/424, 65/418 A and B, 66/425 A and B, 67/421 A and B, 68/419, 69/423, 70/422, 71/420, 72/418, 73/419, 74/420 and 75/418). The Vice-Presidents so elected will assume the functions only at the beginning of the session for which they are elected and shall hold office until the close of that session. 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly elected the following Member States as its Vice-Presidents for the seventy-sixth session: Bangladesh, Belgium, China, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Haiti, Kuwait, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Philippines, Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania and United States of America (decision 75/418).

In accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure, the election is held by secret ballot. Vice-Presidents are elected by a simple majority. At its thirty-fourth session, however, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Adoption of the agenda and organization of work”, decided that the practice of dispensing with the secret ballot for elections to subsidiary organs when the number of candidates corresponded to the number of seats to be filled should become standard and that the same practice should apply to the election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, unless a delegation specifically requested a vote on a given election (decision 34/401, para. 16). Since the thirty-second session, with the exception of the thirty-sixth, thirty-eighth, forty-first and forty-second sessions in the case of one of the regional groups (decisions 36/304, 38/304, 41/303 and 42/304), the Vice-Presidents have been elected by acclamation.

In accordance with rule 30, the Vice-Presidents shall be elected after the election of the Chairs of the Main Committees, in such a way as to ensure the representative character of the General Committee (see item 7).

At its thirty-third session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations”, decided, in its resolution 33/138 (see annex, para. 2), that the 21 Vice-Presidents should be elected according to the following pattern:

(a)     Six representatives from African States;

(b)     Five representatives from Asia-Pacific States;

(c)     One representative from an Eastern European State;

(d)     Three representatives from Latin American and Caribbean States;

(e)     Two representatives from Western European or other States;

(f)     Five representatives from the permanent members of the Security Council.

The election of the President of the Assembly has the effect, however, of reducing by one the number of vice-presidencies allocated to the region from which the President is elected (resolution 33/138, annex, para. 3).

 

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 6) 

 

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.72
Decision	75/418

The General Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its first session (resolutions 35/5, 36/117 A, 37/14 C, 43/49, 47/1 and 56/1, decisions adopted at the first to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/402, 32/402 A to D, 33/401, 33/432, 34/401, 34/402, 35/401, 35/402, 35/450, 36/401 to 36/403, 36/461, 37/401 to 37/403, 37/452, 38/401 to 38/403, 38/456, 39/401 to 39/403, 39/456, 40/401 to 40/403, 40/470, 41/401 to 41/403, 41/470, 42/401 to 42/403, 42/460, 43/401 to 43/403 A and B, 43/459, 44/401 to 44/403 A to D, 45/401 to 45/403 A to D, 45/455, 46/401 to 46/403 A to D, 47/401 to 47/403 A to C, 47/467, 48/401, 48/402 A to F, 48/403 A and B, 48/484, 49/401 to 49/403 A and B, 49/474, 50/401 to 50/403 A to C, 50/475, 51/401 to 51/403 A and B, 51/462, 52/401 to 52/403 A to D, 52/459, 52/502, 53/223, 53/401, 53/402 A and B, 53/403 A to E, 53/453, 53/465, 54/401, 54/402 A and B, 54/403 A to D, 54/465, 55/401, 55/402 A and B, 55/403 A to C, 55/488, 56/400 A and B, 56/401, 56/402 A and B, 56/403 A and B, 56/464, 57/501 to 57/503 A and B, 57/585, 58/501 to 58/503 A and B, 58/565, 59/501 to 59/503 A and B, 59/552, 60/501, 60/502 A and B, 60/503 A and B, 61/501, 61/502 A and B, 61/503 A and B, 61/552, 62/501 to 62/503 A and B, 62/546, 63/501 to 63/503 A and B, 63/552, 63/559, 64/501, 64/502 A and B, 64/503 A and B, 64/507, 64/549, 65/501 to 65/503 A and B, 65/544, 66/501 to 66/503 A and B, 66/557, 66/558, 67/501 A and B, 67/502 to 67/504 A and B, 67/554, 68/501 to 68/504 A and B, 68/505, 68/550, 69/501, 69/502, 69/504 A and B, 69/554, 70/501, 70/502, 70/504 A and B, 70/554, 70/560, 71/501 to 71/504, 71/506, 71/547, 71/567, 72/501 to 72/504 A and B, 72/548, 72/559, 72/575, 72/576, 73/501 to 73/504 A and B, 73/522, 74/501 to 74/503 A and B, 74/541, 74/544, 74/555, 74/557, 74/558, 74/561, 74/562, 74/563, 74/570, 74/571, 74/572, 74/573, 74/574, 75/501 to 75/504 A and B, 75/506, 75/511 and 75/558). Rules 12 to 15 of the rules of procedure deal with the agenda for regular sessions.

 

                         Provisional agenda 

 

Under rule 12 of the rules of procedure, the provisional agenda is to be communicated to the Members of the United Nations at least 60 days before the opening of the session. The preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the seventy-sixth session (see sect. I, para. 1, above) was circulated on 15 February 2021 (A/76/50). The provisional agenda for the seventy-sixth session (A/76/150) will be issued on 16 July 2021. 

Rule 13 of the rules of procedure indicates which items shall or may be included in the provisional agenda.

 

                         Supplementary items 

 

Rule 14 of the rules of procedure provides that any Member or principal organ of the United Nations or the Secretary-General may, at least 30 days before the date fixed for the opening of a regular session, request the inclusion of supplementary items in the agenda. Such items shall be placed on a supplementary list, which shall be communicated to the Members of the United Nations at least 20 days before the opening of the session. 

The supplementary list (A/76/200) will be issued on 25 August 2021. 

 

                         Additional items 

 

Rule 15 of the rules of procedure stipulates that additional items of an important and urgent character, proposed for inclusion in the agenda less than 30 days before the opening of a regular session or during a regular session, may be placed on the agenda if the Assembly so decides by a majority of the members present and voting. 

 

                         Consideration of the draft agenda by the General Committee 

 

Rules 38 to 44 of the rules of procedure deal with the composition, organization and functions of the General Committee. The Committee is composed of the President of the Assembly, who presides, the 21 Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and the Chairs of the Main Committees. 

The General Committee usually meets on the second day of the session for the purpose of making recommendations to the Assembly concerning the adoption of the agenda, the allocation of items and the organization of the work of the Assembly. For this purpose, it has before it a memorandum by the Secretary-General containing the draft agenda (provisional agenda, supplementary items and additional items and all other items mandated by the Assembly after the issuance of the provisional agenda), the proposed allocation of items and a number of recommendations concerning the organization of the session. 

 

                         Adoption of the agenda by the Assembly

 

Rule 21 of the rules of procedure provides that at each session the provisional agenda and the supplementary list, together with the report of the General Committee thereon, shall be submitted to the Assembly for approval as soon as possible after the opening of the session. 

The final agenda, the allocation of items included in the agenda and arrangements for the organization of the session are adopted by the Assembly by a simple majority. 

Rule 23 of the rules of procedure provides that debate on the inclusion of an item in the agenda, when that item has been recommended for inclusion by the General Committee, shall be limited to three speakers in favour of, and three against, the inclusion. 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Preliminary list (A/76/50); 

(b)     Annotated preliminary list (A/76/100); 

(c)     Provisional agenda (A/76/150); 

(d)     Supplementary list (A/76/200); 

(e)     Memorandum by the Secretary-General (A/BUR/76/1); 

(f)     Annotated draft agenda (A/76/100/Add.1); 

(g)     Report of the General Committee (A/76/250); 

(h)     Agenda (A/76/251); 

(i)     Allocation of agenda items (A/76/252). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 7)

 

 

Preliminary list	A/75/50
Annotated preliminary list	A/75/100
Provisional agenda	A/75/150
Supplementary list	A/75/200
Memorandum by the Secretary-General	A/BUR/75/1
Annotated draft agenda	A/75/100/Add.1
Report of the General Committee	A/75/250 and A/75/250/Add.1
Agenda	A/75/251 and A/75/251/Add.1
Allocation of agenda items	A/75/252 and A/75/252/Add.1
Requests for the inclusion of items from: Slovakia and Spain (A/75/141), Belize (A/75/142), China (A/75/143), Morocco (A/75/191), Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam (A/75/192), Australia, Cambodia, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America (A/75/193), Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Qatar and Tunisia (A/75/194) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (A/75/902)
Meeting of the General Committee	A/BUR/75/SR.1–2
Draft decisions	A/75/L.3, A/75/L.26 and A/75/L.67
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.2, 16, 30, 49, 57–59, 62 and 73
Decisions	75/501 to 75/504 A and B, 75/506, 75/511 and 75/558

At the beginning of the session, the General Assembly holds the general debate, during which heads of delegations may state the views of their Governments on any item before the Assembly. The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its second session (decision adopted at its twenty-fourth session and decisions 56/468, 69/503 and 70/503; see also decisions 63/553, 68/503, 71/503, 72/503, 73/503, 73/522, 74/562 and 75/502 adopted under the item entitled “Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items”).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, in June of each year, the President-elect of the Assembly, after taking into account the views provided by Member States and following consultations with the incumbent President and the Secretary-General, would suggest an issue, or issues, of global concern upon which Member States would be invited to comment during the general debate at the forthcoming session of the Assembly. The Assembly also decided that the views provided by Member States should be summarized and circulated to Member States and that such suggestions regarding the issue(s) for comment would be without prejudice to the sovereign right of Member States to solely and entirely determine the content of their general debate statements (resolution 58/126).

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that the general debate should open on the Tuesday following the opening of the regular session of the Assembly and should be held without interruption over a period of nine working days (resolution 57/301). The general debate at the seventy-sixth session will be held from Tuesday, 21 September 2021. 

In keeping with previous practice, a voluntary 15-minute time limit for statements is to be observed in the general debate. By its resolution 51/241, the Assembly decided that the list of speakers for each day would be completed and no speakers would be rolled over to the next day, notwithstanding the implications for hours of work. 

At the seventy-fifth session, 12 plenary meetings were devoted to the general debate, during which the President, 190 Member States (102 Heads of State, 1 Vice-President, 55 Heads of Government, 1 Deputy Prime Minister, 26 ministers and 5 chairs of delegation) and 3 observers took the floor (A/75/PV.4–15). Of these 193 speakers, 9 were women. The longest speech of the general debate lasted 48 minutes, and the shortest, 6 minutes. The average speech length was 16 minutes.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 8)

 

 

Plenary meetings

A/75/PV.4–15

The Economic and Social Council submits an annual report to the General Assembly, which the Assembly considers in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations. The report of the Council is included in the provisional agenda of the Assembly pursuant to rule 13 (b) of the rules of procedure of the Assembly. 

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its first session (resolutions 49 A (I), 118 (II) to 120 (II), 123 (II), 125 (II), 130 (II) to 135 (II), 165 (II), 198 (III) to 201 (III), 206 (III), 207 (III), 209 (III), 276 (III), 278 (III) to 280 (III), 309 (IV), 312 (IV), 409 A to C (V), 411 (V) to 416 (V), 419 (V), 420 (V), 525 (VI) to 528 (VI), 532 A and B (VI) to 537 (VI), 540 (VI) to 542 (VI), 628 (VII), 641 (VII), 642 (VII), 733 (VIII) to 739 (VIII), 829 (IX), 830 (IX), 834 (IX) to 837 (IX), 928 (X), 1027 (XI) to 1029 (XI), 1038 (XI), 1042 (XI), 1043 (XI), 1155 (XII) to 1158 (XII), 1160 (XII) to 1164 (XII), 1220 (XII), 1255 A to E (XIII), 1257 (XIII) to 1260 (XIII), 1300 (XIII), 1311 (XIII), 1321 (XIII) to 1324 (XIII), 1383 A and B (XIV), 1391 (XIV) to 1397 (XIV), 1420 (XIV) to 1431 (XIV), 1434 (XIV), 1507 (XV) to 1511 (XV), 1515 (XV), 1517 (XV) to 1519 (XV), 1525 (XV), 1674 (XVI) to 1679 (XVI), 1708 (XVI), 1709 (XVI), 1772 (XVII) to 1778 (XVII), 1786 (XVII), 1825 (XVII), 1830 (XVII) to 1832 (XVII), 1897 (XVIII), 1914 (XVIII) to 1923 (XVIII), 1935 (XVIII), 1942 (XVIII) to 1944 (XVIII), 1992 (XVIII), 2057 (XX) to 2060 (XX), 2082 (XX) to 2084 (XX), 2190 A and B (XXI), 2214 (XXI), 2317 (XXII) to 2320 (XXII), 2335 (XXII), 2432 (XXIII) to 2434 (XXIII), 2458 (XXIII) to 2461 (XXIII), 2560 (XXIV) to 2568 (XXIV), 2582 (XXIV) to 2587 (XXIV), 2643 (XXV), 2659 (XXV), 2681 (XXV) to 2687 (XXV), 2714 (XXV) to 2717 (XXV), 2802 (XXVI) to 2808 (XXVI), 2845 (XXVI) to 2848 (XXVI), 2855 (XXVI), 2856 (XXVI) (Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons), 2857 (XXVI) to 2860 (XXVI), 2874 (XXVI), 2980 (XXVII), 3009 (XXVII) to 3019 (XXVII), 3118 (XXVIII), 3144 A and B (XXVIII) to 3147 (XXVIII), 3167 (XXVIII) to 3175 (XXVIII), 3218 (XXIX) to 3222 (XXIX), 3275 (XXIX) to 3279 (XXIX), 3300 (XXIX), 3318 (XXIX), 3319 (XXIX), 3335 (XXIX) to 3345 (XXIX), 3346 (XXIX) (Agreement between the United Nations and the World Intellectual Property Organization), 3347 (XXIX), 3348 (XXIX), 3421 (XXX), 3443 (XXX) to 3450 (XXX), 3508 (XXX) to 3516 (XXX), 31/17, 31/30, 31/42, 31/43, 31/123 to 31/127, 31/180 to 31/188, 32/3, 32/36, 32/92 to 32/102, 32/107 (Agreement between the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development), 32/117 to 32/128, 32/156 (Agreement on Cooperation and Relationships between the United Nations and the World Tourism Organization) to 32/162, 33/41, 33/122 to 33/133, 33/144 to 33/148, 33/162 to 33/176, 34/14 to 34/16, 34/42, 34/50, 34/118 to 34/137, 34/170 to 34/179, 34/191, 35/29, 35/108 to 35/111, 35/180 to 35/200, 36/40 to 36/43, 36/52, 36/70, 36/117 A, 36/151 to 36/171, 36/173, 36/227, 37/16, 37/32, 37/132 to 37/140, 37/168 to 37/186, 38/51, 38/56, 38/86 to 38/103, 38/143 to 38/151, 39/43, 39/102 to 39/121, 39/223 to 39/230, 39/248, 39/249, 40/53, 40/129 to 40/143, 40/144 (Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live), 40/145 to 40/149, 40/169 to 40/180 (Agreement between the United Nations and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization), 40/181, 41/15, 41/136 to 41/161, 41/180 to 41/190, 42/8, 42/75, 42/126 to 42/147, 42/164 to 42/171, 43/15, 43/30, 43/137 to 43/159, 43/178 to 43/181, 44/85, 44/149 to 44/167, 44/230 to 44/238, 45/18, 45/152 to 45/157, 45/158 (International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families), 45/159 to 45/175, 45/180 to 45/190, 46/22, 46/65, 46/139, 46/140, 46/199 to 46/206, 47/16, 47/40, 47/170 to 47/177, 48/47, 48/212, 48/213, 49/3, 49/41, 49/129 to 49/136, 50/8, 50/34, 50/126 to 50/130, 51/141, 51/189 to 51/191 (United Nations Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions), 52/15 to 52/17, 52/73, 52/149, 52/210, 53/24, 53/62, 53/199 to 53/201, 53/223, 54/85, 55/139, 55/253, 56/67, 56/211 to 56/213, 56/258, 56/281, 57/133, 58/2, 58/104, 58/112, 58/231, 58/232 (Agreement between the United Nations and the World Tourism Organization), 59/55, 59/209, 59/210, 60/33, 60/34, 61/185, 61/268, 62/97, 63/8, 64/295, 65/266, 67/136, 68/18, 68/261, 69/266, 70/78, 70/253, 73/133, 75/128 and 75/259, decisions adopted at the thirteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and twentieth to thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/414, 31/422 A to C, 31/427, 31/428, 32/425, 32/428 A to C, 32/443 A to C, 32/452, 33/436, 33/437, 33/444, 33/445, 34/418, 34/440, 34/445, 34/454, 34/455, 35/424, 35/425, 35/448, 35/449, 36/434, 36/435, 36/440, 36/450 to 36/452, 37/409, 37/444 to 37/446, 38/428 to 38/435, 38/449, 38/453, 39/442 to 39/445, 39/449, 39/453, 40/423, 40/426, 40/427, 40/431 to 40/436, 40/458, 40/462, 40/463, 40/478, 41/431 to 41/433, 41/449 to 41/458, 41/461, 41/465, 42/423 to 42/425, 42/427 to 42/435, 42/449 to 42/451, 43/426 to 43/428, 43/430 to 43/435, 43/448, 43/449, 43/456, 44/435, 44/441, 44/455 to 44/457, 45/426, 45/433, 45/434, 45/436 to 45/439, 45/453, 46/431, 46/432, 46/447, 46/448, 46/453 to 46/458, 47/432, 47/433, 47/438 to 47/440, 47/461, 47/462, 48/431 to 48/434, 48/452 to 48/457, 48/482, 48/483, 49/441, 49/442, 49/459, 49/460, 49/472, 49/473, 50/438 to 50/440, 50/456, 50/464 to 50/467, 51/424 to 51/426, 51/437, 51/448 to 51/450, 52/428, 52/429, 52/448 to 52/452, 52/454, 52/455, 53/417, 53/434, 53/435, 53/449 to 53/451, 54/437, 54/438, 54/449 to 54/452, 54/461, 54/464, 55/423, 55/424, 55/436, 55/447 to 55/450, 56/432 to 56/434, 56/447, 56/448, 56/456, 56/463, 56/469, 57/517, 57/538, 57/539, 57/552, 57/553, 58/542, 58/543, 58/552 to 58/556, 58/573, 67/509, 68/514, 69/558, 70/509, 71/507, 72/506, 73/508, 74/506, 75/509 and 75/557).

In its decision 1982/112, the Economic and Social Council decided that the proceedings of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award would be reflected in a report to be submitted to the Secretary-General after each regular meeting, which would be attached to the annual report to be submitted to the Assembly by the Executive Director of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to consider, under the item entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields”, the chapters of the annual report of the Economic and Social Council relevant to the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including through the participation in its discussions of the President of the Council (resolution 57/270 B).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly decided that the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council” should be considered in its entirety in plenary meeting (resolution 58/316), on the understanding, as noted in first reports of the General Committee, that the administrative, programme and budgetary aspects should be dealt with by the Fifth Committee. 

Annually since its fifty-ninth session, the Assembly has been informed that the General Committee has taken note of the clarification that, in implementing resolution 58/316, the relevant parts of chapter I of the report that were under agenda items that had already been allocated to the Main Committees would be considered by the Committee concerned for final action by the Assembly (A/59/250/Add.1, para. 4; and A/74/250, para. 110 (a)).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a joint debate, with the item entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields”, where a statement was made by the President of the Economic and Social Council for the 2020 session and two delegations (see A/75/PV.21). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Economic and Social Council: Supplement No. 3 (A/76/3);

(b)     Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Secretary of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, 2021 (Economic and Social Council decision 1982/112).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 9)

 

Report of the Economic and Social Council: Supplement No. 3 (A/75/3 (Part I) and A/75/3 (Part II))
Note by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the Secretary of the Committee for the United Nations Population Award, 2020 (A/75/575)
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.14/Rev.1, A/75/L.14/Rev.1/Add.1 and A/75/L.57
Draft decision	A/75/L.58
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.21, 44, 53 and 55
Resolutions	75/128 and 75/259
Decisions	75/509 and 75/557

The item entitled “Restitution of works of art to countries victims of expropriation” was included in the agenda of the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly at the request of Zaire (A/9199). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its twenty-eighth, thirtieth to thirty-second and thirty-fourth sessions (resolutions 3148 (XXVIII), 3187 (XXVIII), 3391 (XXX), 31/40, 32/18 and 34/64). At its thirty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-sixth session the item entitled “Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin” (resolution 34/64). The Assembly had the item on its agenda biennially from its thirty-sixth to fifty-sixth sessions and has had the item on its agenda triennially since its fifty-eighth session (resolutions 36/64, 38/34, 40/19, 42/7, 44/18, 46/10, 48/15, 50/56, 52/24, 54/190, 56/97, 58/17, 58/316, 61/52, 64/78, 67/80, 70/76 and 73/130).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that the item, while remaining on the agenda of the plenary, should be considered every three years (resolution 58/316). At its seventy-third session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate, where statements were made by four delegations (see A/73/PV.52). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 73/130).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 73/130).

 

                         References for the seventy-third session (agenda item 10)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/73/390
Draft resolution	A/73/L.54 and A/73/L.54/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/73/PV.52
Resolution	73/130

The item entitled “Review of the problem of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in all its aspects” was included in the agenda of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly at the request of Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and Zimbabwe (A/54/238). The Assembly had the item on its agenda from its fifty-fourth to fifty-sixth sessions (resolutions 54/283, 55/13, 55/242 and 56/264). 

At its twenty-sixth special session, in 2001, the Assembly adopted the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (resolution S-26/2, annex), in which it was decided to devote sufficient time and at least one full day of the annual session of the Assembly to review and debate a report of the Secretary-General on progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Declaration, with a view to identifying problems and constraints and making recommendations on action needed to make further progress. 

At its fifty-sixth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session an item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS” (resolution 56/264). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-seventh to sixty-first sessions (resolutions 57/299, 57/308, 58/313, 60/224 and 60/262 (Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS) and decisions 59/553, 60/554, 60/557, 60/558, 61/512 and 61/556). 

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly adopted the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, in which the Secretary-General, with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, was requested to include in his annual report to the Assembly on the status of implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, in accordance with resolution S-26/2, the progress achieved in realizing the commitments set out in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (resolution 60/262, annex).

At its sixty-first session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session an item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS” (decision 61/556). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-second session (resolutions 62/178, 65/180, 65/277 (“Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS”), 70/266 (“Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: On the Fast Track to Accelerating the Fight against HIV and to Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030”), 75/260 and 75/284 (“Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030”) and decisions 62/548, 63/560, 64/557, 65/547, 65/548, 66/562, 67/562, 68/555, 75/563 and 75/566). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by the President, the Secretary-General and 123 delegations (see A/75/PV.74–77). The Assembly adopted the political declaration entitled “Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030”, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General, with the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, to provide to the Assembly, within its annual reviews, an annual report on progress achieved in realizing the commitments contained in the declaration; and decided to convene a high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS in 2026 to review progress on the 2025 targets and other commitments made in the declaration and to reach an agreement on the modalities for the next high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS no later than at the eightieth session of the Assembly (resolution 75/284, annex). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolutions S-26/2, 60/262 and 75/284).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 10)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/836
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.59 and A/75/L.95
Draft decisions	A/75/L.74 and A/75/L.86
Draft amendments	A/75/L.60, A/75/L.60/Add.1, A/75/L.61, A/75/L.61/Add.1, A/75/L.89 and A/75/L.89/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.55, 59, 69 and 74–77
Resolutions	75/260 and 75/284
Decisions	75/563 and 75/566

The item entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport” was included in the agenda of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly at the request of Egypt, in its capacity as Chair of the Organization of African Unity (A/48/237). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-eighth and forty-ninth sessions (resolutions 48/11 and 49/29). 

At its forty-ninth session, the Assembly decided to include an item entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” in the provisional agenda of its fiftieth session (resolution 49/29). At its fiftieth session, the Assembly decided to biennialize the item so that it would be considered in advance of each Summer and Winter Olympic Games (resolution 50/13). The Assembly had the item on its agenda biennially at its fiftieth to fifty-sixth sessions (resolutions 50/13, 52/21, 54/34 and 56/75 and decisions 50/486, 52/460, 54/487 and 56/465). 

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee after the consideration of the request of Tunisia (A/58/142) for the inclusion of an item entitled “International Year of Sport and Physical Education” (A/58/250, para. 42), decided to include a new item, entitled “Sport for peace and development”, in its agenda of that session and to make the item entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” sub-item (a) of the new item, with a sub-item (b) entitled “International Year of Sport and Physical Education” (decision 58/503 A). 

The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its fifty-eighth session, and at its seventy-fifth session (resolutions 58/6, 60/8, 62/4, 64/4, 64/5, 66/5, 68/9, 70/4, 72/6, 72/272, 74/16 and 74/22 and decisions 58/570, 60/552, 62/550, 64/550, 66/564, 68/551, 70/558, 72/510, 72/549, 74/560 and 75/572). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General and the President of the Assembly to promote the observance of the Olympic Truce among Member States and support for human development initiatives through sport and to continue to cooperate effectively with the International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the sporting community in general in the realization of those objectives, and decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session and to consider it before the XXIV Olympic Winter Games and the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, to be held in Beijing in 2022 (resolution 74/16).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the sub-item in a joint debate with the sub-item entitled “Sport for development and peace”, where statements were made by seven delegations (see A/75/PV.32). 

No advance documentation is expected.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 11 (b))

 

Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.32 and 77
Decision	75/572

The item entitled “Global road safety crisis” was included in the agenda of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly at the request of Oman (A/57/235 and A/57/235/Add.1). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at that session and biennially at its fifty-eighth to sixty-eighth sessions (resolutions 57/309, 58/9, 58/289, 60/5, 62/244, 64/255, 66/260 and 68/269). 

At its sixty-eighth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session an item entitled “Improving global road safety” (resolution 68/269), which has been on its agenda biennially since its seventieth session (resolutions 70/260, 72/271, 74/299 and decision 70/557). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly decided to convene a high-level meeting of the Assembly, no later than the end of 2022, on improving global road safety with a view to addressing gaps and challenges as well as mobilizing political leadership and promoting multisectoral and multi-stakeholder collaboration in this regard, and further decided to define the scope and modalities of such a meeting no later than the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the progress made in the attainment of the objectives of the Second Decade of Action for Road Safety (resolution 74/299).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the World Health Organization on improving global road safety (resolution 74/299).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 12) 

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the World Health Organization on improving global road safety (A/74/304 and A/74/304/Corr.1)
Draft resolution	A/74/L.86 and A/74/L.86/Add.1
Resolution	74/299

The item entitled “2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa” was included in the agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly at the request of Togo (A/55/240 and A/55/240/Add.1). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-fifth session and has had the item annually on its agenda since its fifty-seventh session (resolutions 55/284, 57/294, 58/237, 59/256, 60/221, 61/228, 62/180, 63/234, 64/79, 65/273, 66/289, 67/299, 68/308, 69/325, 70/300, 71/325, 72/309, 73/337, 74/305 and 75/328).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a joint debate, with the item entitled “New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support”, where statements were made by six delegations (see A/75/PV.94). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the Director General of the World Health Organization and in consultation with Member States, to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/328).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General (resolution 75/328).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 13)

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the World Health Organization (A/75/854)
Draft resolution	A/75/L.136
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.94 (jointly with item 66) and 104
Resolution	75/328

At its fifty-sixth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, decided to include an item entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields” in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session (resolution 56/211).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-seventh session (resolutions 57/270 A and B, 57/271, 58/291, 59/145, 59/291, 59/314, 60/1 (2005 World Summit Outcome), 60/180, 60/251, 60/260, 60/265, 60/283, 60/287, 60/288, 61/16, 61/244 to 61/246, 62/8, 62/10, 63/9, 63/33, 63/199, 63/302, 63/308, 64/184, 64/267, 64/291, 64/292, 64/299, 65/1 (“Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”), 65/7, 65/10, 65/234, 65/281, 65/285, 65/309, 65/313, 66/281, 66/284, 66/290, 67/18, 67/250, 67/291, 68/1, 68/6 (outcome document of the special event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals), 68/304, 68/309, 69/15 (SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway), 69/108, 69/244, 69/268, 69/282, 69/310, 69/314, 69/315, 69/319, 70/1 (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), 70/110, 70/259, 70/262, 70/290, 70/293, 70/299, 70/301, 70/302, 71/1 (New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants), 71/8, 71/251, 71/279, 71/280, 71/313, 71/318, 71/326, 72/244, 72/277, 72/281, 72/305, 72/306, 72/308, 73/25, 73/134, 73/195 (Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration), 73/282, 73/284, 73/303, 73/326, 73/327, 73/333, 73/342, 73/343, 74/5, 74/244, 74/298, 74/306, 75/199, 75/262, 75/263 and 75/274 and decisions 57/550, 58/529, 64/555, 65/504, 67/556, 69/550, 69/555, 69/557, 69/558, 70/539, 72/554, 73/552, 73/557 A and B and 74/508). 

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to include the item in its annual agenda and invited the Secretary-General to submit a report on the subject. The Assembly also decided to consider, under this item, the chapters of the annual report of the Economic and Social Council relevant to the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits, including through the participation in its discussions of the President of the Council (resolution 57/270 B).

At its sixty-fifth session, the Assembly, also under the item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”, decided to maintain the status of the Human Rights Council as a subsidiary body of the Assembly and to consider again the question of whether to maintain this status at an appropriate moment and at a time no sooner than 10 years and no later than 15 years (resolution 65/281).

At its seventieth session, the Assembly proclaimed 2016–2025 the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition, within existing structures and available resources, and invited the Secretary-General to inform the Assembly about the implementation of the Decade of Action, on the basis of the biennial reports jointly compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (resolution 70/259). 

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to submit to the Assembly, through the Secretary-General, a periodic progress report on the implementation of the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016–2025) (resolution 70/293). 

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly decided to establish the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and to adopt its Charter, as set out in the note by the Secretary-General (A/71/363), in accordance with which the Council of the Technology Bank shall report annually to the Assembly through the Secretary-General on the work of the Technology Bank (resolution 71/251). 

At its seventy-second session, the Assembly decided that: the arrangements contained in resolution 72/305 and its annex, entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 68/1 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council”, would be reviewed at its seventy-fourth session and at subsequent review cycles in conjunction with the review process of the high-level political forum on sustainable development; the Assembly would adopt one main theme for the high-level political forum and the Economic and Social Council, bearing in mind the provisions of resolution 70/299; the themes of the segments of the Council would focus on a particular aspect of the one main theme, bearing in mind their respective functions; and the humanitarian affairs segment would continue to adopt themes based on humanitarian considerations and that were coherent with the main theme of the Council (resolution 72/305).

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly endorsed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which would also be known as the Marrakech Compact on Migration, in which the Heads of State and Government and High Representatives requested the Secretary-General, drawing on the United Nations Network on Migration, to report to the Assembly on a biennial basis on the implementation of the Global Compact, the activities of the United Nations system in that regard, as well as the functioning of the institutional arrangements, and decided that the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development should be repurposed and renamed “International Migration Review Forum” and that each edition of the forum would result in an intergovernmentally agreed Progress Declaration, which might be taken into consideration by the high-level political forum on sustainable development (resolution 73/195). The Assembly also decided that the forums should take place during the first semester of the year 2022, and thereafter every four years at United Nations Headquarters in New York, and should last for four days; requested the Secretary-General, as part of the biennial report preceding each forum and drawing on the network, to provide guidance for the deliberations during the forum, including the envisaged round tables and policy debate, and to make the report available at least 12 weeks ahead of each forum; requested the Secretary-General, with input from the network, to prepare a background note for each round table to be circulated at least 6 weeks prior to each forum; requested the President of the General Assembly to appoint two co-facilitators no later than two months ahead of each forum to conduct open, transparent and inclusive intergovernmental consultations with a view to agreeing on the Progress Declaration, preferably before the beginning of each forum; and decided to review, after the second forum, its format and organizational aspects, unless otherwise decided (resolution 73/326). 

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its eighty-first session on the status of the implementation of the resolution entitled “United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030)”, including its contribution to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 73/284).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly, also under the item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”, decided to conduct, in conjunction, the reviews of resolution 72/305 on the review of the implementation of resolution 68/1 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council, resolution 67/290 on the format and organizational aspects of the high-level political forum on sustainable development and resolution 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level, taking into account the provisions of resolution 74/298, during its seventy-fifth session; and decided to agree at its seventy-seventh session on the thematic review of progress for the next cycle of the forum, including the yearly sequence of themes and the set of Goals to be reviewed at each session (resolution 74/298). 

At the same session, the Assembly, also under the item entitled “Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations”, requested the Secretary-General to provide regular updates to the Assembly on the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic and its consequences and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; and decided to follow up on the implementation of the resolution under the item entitled “Global health and foreign policy” of the agenda of the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly (resolution 74/306).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a joint debate, with the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, where statements were made by the President of the Economic and Social Council and two delegations (see A/75/PV.21); and in a joint debate, with the items entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit” and “Strengthening of the United Nations system”, during which statements were made by seven delegations (see A/75/PV.32). 

At the same session, the Assembly decided to continue its consideration of the issue of education for democracy at its seventy-seventh session under the item; requested the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, within existing reporting obligations, to report to the Assembly at its seventy-seventh session on the implementation of the resolution, and invited the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the right to education, within her existing mandate, to contribute to the report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/199).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 70/259).

Document for the seventy-seventh session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/199).

Document for the eighty-first session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 73/284).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 14)

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/188 and A/75/542
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on the Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016−2025) (A/75/229)
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.46/Rev.1, A/75/L.46/Rev.1/Add.1, A/75/L.62, A/75/L.62/Add.1, A/75/L.63, A/75/L.63/Add.1, A/75/L.81 and A/75/L.81/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.21 (jointly with item 9), 32 (jointly with items 122 and 128), 47, 56 and 62
Resolutions	75/199, 75/262, 75/263 and 75/274

The item entitled “Towards a culture of peace” was included in the agenda of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly at the request of a number of States (A/52/191). At that session, the Assembly, under that item, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-third session an item entitled “Culture of peace” (resolution 52/13). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-third session and has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-fifth session (resolutions 53/25, 53/243 (Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace), 55/47, 56/5, 57/6, 58/11, 58/128, 59/23, 59/142, 59/143, 60/3, 60/10, 60/11, 61/45, 61/221, 61/269 to 61/271, 62/89, 62/90, 63/22, 63/113, 63/198, 64/13, 64/14, 64/80, 64/81, 64/253, 65/5, 65/11, 65/138, 65/275, 66/116, 66/226, 67/104 to 67/106, 68/125 to 68/127, 69/139, 69/140, 69/281, 69/312, 70/19, 70/20, 70/109, 70/254, 71/249, 71/252, 71/275, 72/17, 72/129, 72/130, 72/136, 72/137, 72/241, 73/126 to 73/129, 73/300, 73/328, 73/329, 73/338, 73/344, 74/21, 74/22 74/23, 75/25, 75/26, 75/200 and 75/258). 

At its sixty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to designate 18 July as Nelson Mandela International Day, to be observed each year beginning in 2010, and requested the Secretary-General to keep the Assembly informed on an annual basis concerning the observance of the Day (resolution 64/13). 

At its sixty-fifth session, the Assembly proclaimed the first week of February every year the World Interfaith Harmony Week between all religions, faiths and beliefs, and encouraged all States to support, on a voluntary basis, the spread of the message of interfaith harmony and goodwill in the world’s churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship during that week. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to keep it informed of the implementation of the resolution (resolution 65/5).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate, where statements were made by 20 delegations (see A/75/PV.33 and 35). The Assembly reiterated its request to the President of the Assembly to consider convening a high-level forum, as appropriate and within existing resources, devoted to the implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace on the occasion of the anniversary of its adoption, on or around 13 September, and requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report, within existing resources, on actions taken by Member States, on the basis of information provided by them, and those taken system-wide by all concerned entities of the United Nations to implement the resolution entitled “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace” and on heightened activities by the Organization and its affiliated agencies to implement the Programme of Action and to promote a culture of peace and non-violence (resolution 75/25).

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution entitled “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace” (resolution 75/26).

Also at the same session, the Assembly decided to continue consideration of the question of promoting a culture of peace and tolerance to safeguard religious sites under the item (resolution 75/258). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 75/25 and 75/26).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 15) 

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/233
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.28, A/75/L.28/Add.1, A/75/L.36/Rev.1, A/75/L.36/Rev.1/Add.1, A/75/L.52, A/75/L.52/Add.1, A/75/L.54 and A/75/L.54/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.33, 35, 47 and 50
Resolutions	75/25, 75/26, 75/200 and 75/258

At its fifty-sixth session, in the course of its consideration of the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, the General Assembly decided, on the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Venezuela, to convene a meeting of the Assembly during that session devoted to bridging the digital divide and promoting digital opportunities in the emerging information society (see A/57/280). It further decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session an item entitled “Information and communication technologies for development” (resolution 56/258). 

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-seventh to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 57/295, 59/220 (World Summit on the Information Society), 60/252, 62/182, 63/202, 64/186 (“Building connectivity through the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway”), 64/187, 65/141, 66/184, 67/194 (“Building connectivity through the Trans-Eurasian Information Super Highway”), 67/195, 67/289, 68/198, 68/302 (modalities for the overall review by the Assembly of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society), 69/204, 70/125 (outcome document of the high-level meeting of the Assembly on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society), 70/184 and 71/212, and decisions 58/569, 59/531, 61/534 and 69/559). At its seventy-second session, the Assembly renamed the item “Information and communications technologies for sustainable development” (resolution 72/200) and has had it on its agenda annually since that session (resolutions 72/200, 73/218, 74/197 and 75/202). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 29 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 9 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/454). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session, through the Commission on Science and Technology for Development and the Economic and Social Council, an action-oriented report on the status of the implementation of and follow-up to the resolution, as part of his annual report on the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels (resolution 75/202). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society at the regional and international levels.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 16)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/62
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/454
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/202

            17.    Macroeconomic policy questions

                (a)     International trade and development

 

At its nineteenth session, the General Assembly established, under the item entitled “Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development”, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as an organ of the Assembly (resolution 1995 (XIX)). By the same resolution, the Assembly established the Trade and Development Board, which carries out the functions that fall within the competence of the Conference when the Conference is not in session. The Board reports annually on its activities to the Assembly. 

At its fifty-sixth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, a sub-item entitled “International trade and development” (resolution 56/178). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-seventh session (resolutions 57/235, 58/197, 59/221, 60/184, 61/186, 62/184, 63/203, 63/204, 64/188, 65/142, 66/185, 67/196, 68/199, 69/205, 70/186, 70/187, 71/214, 72/202, 73/219, 74/201 and 75/203). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/455). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution and on developments in the international trading system, including concrete recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in that regard (resolution 75/203).

Since its thirty-eighth session, the Assembly has considered the question of economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries, initially annually and starting with its forty-fourth session biennially (resolutions 38/197, 39/210, 40/185, 41/165, 42/173, 44/215, 46/210, 48/168, 50/96, 52/181, 54/200, 56/179, 58/198, 60/185, 62/183, 64/189, 66/186, 68/200, 70/185, 72/201 and 74/200). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution on unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries, with a particular focus on the impacts of unilateral economic measures on the achievement of sustainable development (resolution 74/200).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Reports of the Secretary-General: 

         (i)      International trade and development (resolution 75/203);

                   (ii)    Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (resolution 74/200);

(b)     Report of the Trade and Development Board on its sixty-eighth regular session: Supplement No. 15 (A/76/15).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 17 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/264
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.6, 7, 14, 21 and 26
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/379/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/200

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 17 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/225
Report of the Trade and Development Board on its sixty-ninth executive session and its sixty-seventh regular session: Supplement No. 15 (A/75/15 (Part I) and A/75/15 (Part II))
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/455/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/203

               (b)     International financial system and development

 

At its fiftieth session, the General Assembly adopted, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, a resolution entitled “Global financial integration: challenges and opportunities” (resolution 50/91). 

The Assembly considered this question annually from its fifty-first to fifty-fifth sessions under the item entitled “Financing of development, including net transfer of resources between developing and developed countries” (resolutions 51/166, 52/180, 53/172, 54/197 and 55/186). 

At its fifty-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include a sub-item entitled “International financial system and development” in the provisional agenda of its fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/186). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-sixth session (resolutions 56/181, 57/241, 58/202, 59/222, 60/186, 61/187, 62/185, 63/205, 64/190, 65/143, 66/187, 66/188, 67/197, 68/201, 69/206, 70/188, 70/189, 71/215, 72/203, 73/220, 74/202 and 75/204).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/455). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session an action-oriented report on the implementation of the resolution, with a particular focus on the implications of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic for the international financial system and development (resolution 75/204). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/204).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 17 (b)) 

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/268
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/455/Add.2
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/204

                (c)     External debt sustainability and development

 

The item entitled “External debt crisis and development” was included in the agenda of the forty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Yugoslavia, on behalf of the States Members of the United Nations that were members of the Group of 77 (A/41/144). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its forty-first session (resolutions 41/202, 42/198, 43/198, 44/205, 45/214, 46/148, 47/198, 48/182, 49/94, 50/92, 51/164, 52/185, 53/175, 54/202, 55/184, 56/184, 57/240, 58/203, 59/223, 60/187, 61/188, 62/186, 63/206, 64/191, 65/144, 66/189, 67/198, 68/202, 69/207, 69/247, 70/190, 71/216, 72/204, 73/221, 74/203 and 75/205).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/455). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, an action-oriented report on the implementation of the resolution and to include in his report an assessment of the potential impact of investment requirements to meet the Sustainable Development Goals on developing countries’ external debt sustainability and concrete recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with respect to matters of debt and debt sustainability and the related efforts to recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as its implications for external debt sustainability and development (resolution 75/205).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/205).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 17 (c))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/281
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/455/Add.3
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/205

 

               (d)     Commodities

 

At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, the sub-item entitled “Commodities”, to be included thereafter in its agenda on a biennial basis (resolutions 63/207, 64/192, 66/190, 68/203, 70/191, 72/205 and 74/204). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 51 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.6 and 7). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, an action-oriented report on the implementation of the resolution with a particular emphasis on recommendations and strategies for economic and export diversification, commodity production and value addition for sustainable development, in line with the implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (resolution 74/204). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/204).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 17 (d))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/232
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.6, 7, 22 and 24
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/379/Add.4
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution		74/204

 

                (e)     Financial inclusion for sustainable development

 

At its seventieth session, the General Assembly, under the sub-item entitled “International financial system and development”, decided to include, under the item “Macroeconomic policy questions”, a sub-item entitled “Financial inclusion for sustainable development” in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, to be included in its agenda on a biennial basis (resolution 70/189). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its seventy-second session (resolutions 72/206 and 74/205).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 51 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.6 and 7). The Assembly decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/205).

No advance documentation is expected.

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 17 (e))

 

Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.6, 7, 22 and 24
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/379/Add.5
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/205

 

                (f)     Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development

 

At its seventy-first session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session a sub-item entitled “Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development” (resolution 71/213).

At its seventy-second session, the Assembly decided to include, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development” in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session (resolution 72/207). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its seventy-second session (resolutions 73/222, 74/206 and 75/206).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/455). The Assembly decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session and requested the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, in consultation with relevant entities of the United Nations system, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to inform the Assembly at that session of the implementation of the resolution through a dedicated section of the Sustainable Development Goals Pulse report and of the Trade and Development Report, elaborating in particular on the need to combat illicit financial flows and recover and return stolen assets in line with commitments contained in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic (resolution 75/206).

No advance documentation is expected. 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 17 (d))

 

Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/455/Add.4
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/206

 

                (g)     Promoting investments for sustainable development

 

At its seventy-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, a sub-item entitled “Promoting investments for sustainable development” (resolution 74/199). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its seventy-fifth session (resolution 75/207).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/455). The Assembly decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session and requested the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, to inform the Assembly at that session of the implementation of the resolution, based on ongoing research, through a dedicated section of the World Investment Report, with a special focus on how to overcome the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID‑19) pandemic on promoting investments for sustainable development, as well as concrete recommendations, including on strategic sectors to invest for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and looked forward to the continuing consideration of those issues in the forthcoming reports of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Financing for Development (resolution 75/207).

No advance documentation is expected. 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 17 (e))

 

Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/455/Add.5
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/207

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-eighth session an item entitled “Follow-up to the International Conference on Financing for Development” (resolution 57/250). The Assembly had the item on its agenda annually from its fifty-eighth to sixty-second sessions (resolutions 58/230, 59/225, 59/293, 60/188, 61/191 and 62/187).

At its sixty-second session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session an item entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the outcome of the 2002 International Conference on Financing for Development and the preparation of the 2008 Review Conference” (resolution 62/187). The Assembly had the item on its agenda annually from its sixty-third to sixty-ninth sessions (resolutions 63/239, 63/277, 63/303, 64/193, 65/145, 65/146, 65/314, 66/191, 67/199, 67/300, 68/204, 68/279, 69/208, 69/278 and 69/313 and decision 63/556).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventieth session an item entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development” (resolution 69/208). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its seventieth session (resolutions 70/192, 71/217, 72/208, 73/223, 74/207 and 75/208).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 7 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/456). The Assembly invited the President of the Economic and Social Council to take into consideration the deliberations of the 2019 High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development and the summary by the President of the Council on the 2020 forum on financing for development follow-up, in the preparation of the 2021 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, an action-oriented report, presenting emerging challenges and key accelerators, for a resilient and sustainable recovery from the economic shocks caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, that may be relevant for future discussion in the framework of the Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up (resolution 75/208).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/208);

(b)     Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the 2021 Economic and Social Council forum on financing for development follow-up (resolution 75/208).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 18)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/146
Summary by the President of the Economic and Social Council of the forum on financing for development follow-up (New York, 23 April 2020 and 2 June 2020) (A/75/93)
Summary record		A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee		A/75/456
Plenary meeting		A/75/PV.48
Resolution		75/208

At its fifty-eighth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council”, approved the provisional programme of work of the Second Committee for the fifty-ninth session as set out in the annex to decision 58/553, which included the item entitled “Sustainable development” and its sub‑items. The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-ninth session (resolutions 59/226, 60/189 to 60/191, 62/8, 62/98, 62/188, 63/209 to 63/211, 64/195, 64/196, 65/147 to 65/151, 66/192 to 66/196, 66/288, 67/200 to 67/202, 67/263, 68/205 to 68/209, 69/209 to 69/213, 70/193 to 70/200, 70/226, 70/267, 70/303, 71/218 to 71/221, 71/284 to 71/286, 71/312, 71/548, 71/552, 72/209 to 72/215, 72/273, 73/224, 73/225, 73/292, 74/208 to 74/215, 75/209 to 75/211, 75/278 and 75/280 and decisions 61/536, 64/556, 66/572, 69/544, 74/547 and 74/548).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly, also under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, decided to postpone the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, originally scheduled to be held from 2 to 6 June 2020 in accordance with resolution 73/292, to a later date to be decided by the Assembly, and also decided to set, at a later stage, the new deadlines for its preparatory process (decision 74/548).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in cooperation with the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization, to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, including concrete recommendations to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in this regard, in the Central American countries (resolution 74/211).

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report that examines the current technological trends and key advances in agricultural technologies and includes recommendations that assist Member States in accelerating their efforts to implement the relevant goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda (resolution 74/215).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to convene the international meeting entitled “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity”, in Stockholm, on 2 and 3 June 2022, to commemorate the 50 years since the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (resolution 75/280).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 74/211 and 74/215).

 

                         Oil slick on Lebanese shores

 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution on the oil slick on Lebanese shores (resolution 75/209).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/209).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19)

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/74/208 and A/74/238
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22, 24 and 26
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/381
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolutions	74/211 and 74/215

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/308
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.83, A/75/L.83/Add.1, A/75/L.88 and A/75/L.88/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.48, 66 and 69
Resolutions	75/209, 75/278 and 75/280

 

                (a)     Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 

 

At its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3–14 June 1992) on the establishment of a high-level Commission on Sustainable Development as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (resolution 47/191).

At its nineteenth special session, the Assembly adopted the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 (resolution S-19/2, annex).

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly endorsed the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation that had been adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August to 4 September 2002), and called for the implementation of the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the Summit (resolution 57/253).

At its sixty-sixth session, the Assembly endorsed the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, entitled “The future we want” (resolution 66/288).

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly recommended that the Economic and Social Council abolish the Commission on Sustainable Development, as it had been replaced by the high-level political forum on sustainable development (resolution 67/290). The Council, in its resolution 2013/19, abolished the Commission.

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-eighth to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 58/218, 59/227, 60/193, 61/192, 61/193, 61/195, 62/189, 63/212, 64/198, 64/236, 65/152, 65/154, 66/197, 66/288, 67/203, 67/204, 67/290, 68/210, 68/310, 69/210, 69/214, 69/215, 70/201, 71/223, 72/216, 73/226, 73/227, 74/216, 75/212 and 75/213).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly continued to finalize the arrangements for the midterm comprehensive review of the implementation of the International Decade for Action, “Water for Sustainable Development”, 2018–2028, taking into account the process of follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level after the first cycle of the high-level political forum on sustainable development (resolutions 73/226 and 75/212).

At the same session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution, with a particular focus on the state of play with regard to sustainable consumption and production and the application and promotion thereof, taking into account the impacts of, response to and recovery from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and to recommend concrete actions to implement the 2030 Agenda (resolution 75/213).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/213).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/269
Summary records	A/C.2/75/SR.6 and 7
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolutions	75/212 and 75/213

 

               (b)     Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

 

At its forty-ninth session, the General Assembly endorsed the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, as adopted on 6 May 1994 at the first Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, held in Barbados from 25 April to 6 May 1994 (resolution 49/122).

The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fiftieth session (resolutions 50/116, 51/183, 52/202, 53/189, 54/224, 55/202, 56/198, 57/261, 58/213 A and B, 59/229, 59/311, 60/194, 61/196, 61/197, 62/191, 63/213, 64/199, 65/156, 66/198, 67/205 to 67/207, 68/238, 69/15, 69/216, 69/217, 70/202, 71/224, 71/225, 72/217, 72/307, 73/228, 73/229, 74/217, 75/214 and 75/215 and decisions 67/558 and 69/546).

At its twenty-second special session, the Assembly adopted the Declaration and the text entitled “State of progress and initiatives for the future implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” (resolution S-22/2).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly reaffirmed the outcome document of the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (resolution 69/15, annex), and urged its speedy implementation, and decided to change the title of the sub-item to “Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” (resolution 69/217). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly called upon the Secretary-General to conduct an examination of the disaster-related funding and support environment to assist small island developing States in managing disaster risk and building back better after disasters, and to report thereon at the seventy-sixth session; and to provide recommendations on the implementation of the resolution, at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/217).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the follow-up to and implementation of the Samoa Pathway, including on progress made and continuing challenges faced, and on the implementation of the resolution, building on the discussions and outcomes of the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the Samoa Pathway, convened in September 2019 (resolution 75/215).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 74/217 and 75/215).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (b))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/273
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.2
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolutions	75/214 and 75/215

 

                (c)     Disaster risk reduction

 

At its forty-second session, the General Assembly decided to designate the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (resolution 42/169).

At its fifty-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its fifty-sixth session on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (resolution 54/219). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-sixth session (resolutions 56/194, 56/195, 57/255, 57/256, 58/214, 58/215, 59/231 to 59/233, 60/195, 60/196, 61/198 to 61/200, 62/192, 63/215 to 63/217, 64/200, 65/157, 65/158, 66/199, 67/208, 67/209, 68/99, 68/211, 69/219, 69/283, 69/284, 70/110, 70/203, 70/204, 71/226, 72/218, 73/230, 73/231, 74/218 and 75/216 and decision 74/537 B).

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly endorsed the Hyogo Declaration and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005 (resolution 60/195).

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly endorsed the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 adopted by the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015 (resolution 69/283).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, and to include in his report a section on the effective global response to address the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon (resolution 75/216).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/216).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (c))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/226
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.3
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/216

 

               (d)     Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind

 

At its thirty-ninth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its forty-first session and every three years thereafter, through the Economic and Social Council, on products harmful to health and the environment (resolution 39/229).

The item entitled “Conservation of climate as part of the common heritage of mankind” was included in the agenda of the forty-third session of the Assembly at the request of Malta (A/43/241).

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-third to forty-sixth sessions (resolutions 43/53, 44/207, 45/212 and 46/169).

At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly welcomed the adoption, on 9 May 1992, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (resolution 47/195).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its forty-eighth session (resolutions 48/189, 49/120, 50/115, 51/184, 52/199, 54/222, 56/199, 57/257, 58/243, 59/234, 60/197, 61/201, 62/86, 63/32, 64/73, 65/159, 66/200, 67/210, 68/212, 69/220, 70/205, 71/228, 72/219, 73/232, 74/219 and 75/217 and decisions 53/444 and 55/443).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly invited the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to report, through the Secretary-General, to it, at its seventy-sixth session, on the work of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention (resolution 75/217).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (resolution 75/217).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (d))

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/75/256)
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.7
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.4
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/217

 

                (e)     Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa

 

The General Assembly first considered the sub-item at its forty-seventh session, after the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in June 1992 (resolution 47/188).

At its forty-ninth session, the Assembly welcomed the adoption of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, on 17 June 1994 (resolution 49/234). The Convention entered into force on 26 December 1996.

The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-second session (resolutions 52/198, 53/191, 54/223, 55/204, 56/196, 57/259, 58/211, 58/242, 59/235, 60/200, 60/201, 61/202, 62/193, 63/218, 64/201, 64/202, 65/160, 66/201, 67/211, 68/213, 69/221, 70/206, 71/229, 72/220, 73/233, 74/220 and 75/218 and decision 74/551).

At its sixty-fourth session, the Assembly recalled its decision to declare the decade 2010–2020 as the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification and designated the secretariat of the Convention as the focal point of the Decade (resolution 64/201). 

At its sixty-ninth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-fifth session a report on the implementation of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010–2020) (resolution 69/221).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/218).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (resolution 75/218).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (e))

 

Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010–2020) (A/75/190)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/75/256)
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.5
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/218

 

                (f)     Convention on Biological Diversity 

 

The Convention on Biological Diversity was opened for signature at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in June 1992, and entered into force on 29 December 1993.

The General Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its fifty-first session (resolutions 51/182, 52/201, 53/190, 54/221, 55/201, 56/197, 57/260, 58/212, 59/236, 60/202, 61/204, 62/194, 63/219, 64/203, 65/161, 66/202, 67/212, 68/214, 69/222, 70/207, 71/230, 72/221, 73/234, 74/221, 74/269, 75/219 and 75/271).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, including on the potential link between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and biodiversity and the implications and recommendations for building back better, progress in the implementation of the Convention and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and difficulties encountered in the process of their implementation (resolution 75/219).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports on the implementation of United Nations environmental conventions (resolution 75/219).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (f))

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the reports submitted by the secretariats of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the Convention on Biological Diversity (A/75/256)
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.6
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.48 and 59
Resolutions	75/219 and 75/271

 

                (g)     Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme 

 

At its twenty-seventh session, the General Assembly adopted a number of provisions setting up the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (resolution 2997 (XXVII)), including the establishment of the Governing Council of UNEP.

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to strengthen and upgrade UNEP and to establish universal membership in the Governing Council of UNEP and mandated it, as from the first universal session in February 2013, to expeditiously initiate the implementation of the provisions contained in paragraph 88 of the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in its entirety, make a recommendation on the designation of the Governing Council to reflect its universal character and decide on future arrangements for the Global Ministerial Environment Forum (resolution 67/213).

At the same session, the Assembly changed the designation of the Governing Council to the United Nations Environment Assembly of UNEP (resolution 67/251).

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly took note of resolution 2/22 adopted by the United Nations Environment Assembly on 27 May 2016 on the review of the cycle of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme, in which it decided to hold its regular sessions in odd-numbered years commencing with its third session, in 2017 (resolution 71/231). The General Assembly had the sub-item on its agenda annually at its seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 73/260 and 74/222). At its seventy-fourth session, it decided to next consider the item at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/222).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 73 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.10–12). The Assembly decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/222).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, 22–23 February 2021): Supplement No. 25 (A/76/25).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19 (g))

 

Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi, 11–15 March 2019): Supplement No. 25 (A/74/25)
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 24
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/381/Add.7
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/222

 

               (h)     Education for sustainable development 

 

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to proclaim the 10-year period beginning on 1 January 2005 the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, designated the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as the lead agency for the promotion of the Decade and requested it to develop a draft international implementation scheme (resolution 57/254). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its seventy-second session (resolutions 70/209, 72/222 and 74/223).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 73 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.10–12). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 74/223). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (resolution 74/223). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19 (h))

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of education for sustainable development (A/74/258)
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 26
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/381/Add.8
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/223

 

                        (i) Harmony with Nature

 

At its sixty-fourth session, the General Assembly considered this question for the first time, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”. The Assembly invited Member States, the relevant organizations of the United Nations system and international, regional and subregional organizations to consider the issue of promoting life in harmony with nature and to transmit to the Secretary-General their views, experiences and proposals on that issue (resolution 64/196). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its sixty-fifth session (resolutions 65/164, 66/204, 67/214, 68/216, 69/224, 70/208, 71/232, 72/223, 73/235, 74/224 and 75/220).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020. The Assembly decided to continue observing International Mother Earth Day annually on 22 April, requested the Secretary-General to provide continuing support and encouraged Member States to observe the International Day at the national level; requested the President of the General Assembly to convene, at its seventy-sixth session, an interactive dialogue, to be held at the plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 22 April 2022, with the participation of Member States, the United Nations system, independent experts and other relevant stakeholders, to discuss the relationship between harmony with nature and the protection of biological diversity, and to inspire citizens and societies to reconsider how they interact with the natural world in the context of sustainable development; and requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-seventh session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/220).

Document for the seventy-seventh session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/220).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (g))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/266
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.7
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/220

              (j) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 

 

At its fifty-third session, the General Assembly endorsed the World Solar Programme 1996–2005, adopted by the World Solar Summit, held in Harare in September 1996 (A/53/395, annex) (resolution 53/7).

At its fifty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996–2005” (resolution 54/215). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-fifth session and biennially from its fifty-sixth to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 55/205, 56/200, 58/210 and 60/199). 

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-second session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub‑item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy” (resolution 60/199). The Assembly had the item on its agenda biennially from its sixty-second to sixty-sixth sessions and biennially from its sixty-seventh to seventy-first sessions (resolutions 62/197, 64/206, 66/206, 67/215, 69/225 and 71/233). 

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to declare 2014–2024 the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All, to be promoted through all sources of energy (resolution 67/215).

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” (resolution 71/233). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since then (resolutions 72/224, 73/236, 74/225 and 75/221). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, including activities carried out to mark the United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All (resolution 75/221).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/221).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (h))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/265
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.8
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/221

 

                (k)     Combating sand and dust storms

 

At its seventieth session, the General Assembly considered this question for the first time, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”. The Assembly recognized that dust and sandstorms posed a great challenge to the sustainable development of affected countries and regions, and underscored the need to promptly take measures to address those challenges (resolution 70/195). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda annually since its seventy-first session (resolutions 71/219, 72/225, 73/237, 74/226 and 75/222).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements were made by 50 delegations at virtual informal meetings on 12 and 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/457). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/222).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/222).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 19 (i))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/278
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/457/Add.9
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/222

 

               (l)     Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development

 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 73 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.10–12). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution, and decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, a sub-item entitled “Strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development” (resolution 74/210). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/222).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 19)

 

Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.10–12, 22 and 26
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/381
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/210

                (a)     Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development 

 

The General Assembly had the sub-item on its agenda at its fiftieth, fifty-second and fifty-fourth sessions under the items entitled “Sustainable development and international economic cooperation” (resolution 50/101) and “Macroeconomic policy questions” (resolutions 52/184 and 54/201). 

At its fifty-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include the sub-item in its agenda on a biennial basis starting from its fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/185). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its fifty-sixth session (resolutions 56/182, 58/200, 60/205, 62/201, 64/212, 66/211, 68/220, 70/213, 72/228 and 74/229). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 21 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.16). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution and recommendations for future follow-up, including lessons learned in integrating science, technology and innovation policies into national development strategies as well as concrete recommendations in supporting the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 74/229). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/229). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 20 (b))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/230
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.16, 23 and 24
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/382/Add.2
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/229

 

               (b)     Culture and sustainable development 

 

The General Assembly considered the question at its sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence” (resolutions 65/166 and 66/208). At its sixty-sixth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session, under the same item, a sub-item entitled “Culture and development” (resolution 66/208). At its sixty-eighth session, the sub‑item was renamed “Culture and sustainable development” (resolution 68/223). The Assembly had the sub-item on its agenda at its sixty-ninth and seventieth sessions (resolutions 69/230 and 70/214) and has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its seventy-second session (resolutions 72/229 and 74/230).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 21 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.16). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 74/230). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/230).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 20 (c)) 

 

Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (A/74/286)
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.16, 23 and 25
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/382/Add.3
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/230

 

                (c)     Development cooperation with middle-income countries 

 

At its sixty-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”, a sub-item entitled “Development cooperation with middle-income countries” (resolution 64/208). The Assembly has had the sub-item on its agenda biennially since its sixty-sixth session (resolutions 66/212, 68/222, 70/214, 72/230 and 74/231). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 21 delegations (see A/C.2/74/SR.16). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, an action-oriented report on the implementation of the resolution, including a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the particular challenges faced by middle-income countries, along with a concrete set of recommendations to promote and enhance their efforts in the achievement of the economic dimension of sustainable development, while recognizing that particular challenges in the environmental and social dimensions will require further analysis in subsequent reports. The Secretary-General was also requested to present, as part of his report, an assessment of the outcomes of existing strategies within the United Nations development system related to middle-income countries (resolution 74/231). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/231). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 20 (d))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/269
Summary records	A/C.2/74/SR.16, 23 and 25
Report of the Second Committee	A/74/382/Add.4
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.52
Resolution	74/231

                (a)     Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

 

At its thirty-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to convene a United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in 1981 (resolution 34/203). At its thirty-sixth session, the Assembly endorsed the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least Developed Countries (resolution 36/194).

The Assembly considered the implementation of a programme of action for the least developed countries at its thirty-seventh to fortieth, forty-second, forty-fifth, forty-eighth, fiftieth and fifty-second sessions (resolutions 37/224, 38/195, 39/174, 40/205, 42/177, 45/206 (endorsement of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the 1990s), 48/171, 50/103 and 52/187).

The Assembly considered the question at its fifty-fifth to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 55/279 (endorsement of the Brussels Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010), 56/227 (establishment of the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States), 57/276, 58/228, 59/244, 60/228, 61/1 (declaration of the high-level meeting of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly on the midterm comprehensive global review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010), 61/211, 62/203, 63/227, 64/213, 65/171, 65/280 (endorsement of the Istanbul Declaration and the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020), 65/286, 66/213, 67/220, 67/221, 68/224, 69/231, 70/216, 70/261, 70/294 (Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2011–2020), 71/238, 72/231, 73/242, 74/232 and 75/227).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 24 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 8 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/461). At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly decided to convene the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries in Doha from 21 to 25 March 2021 at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government, in line with the mandate specified in its resolution 73/242 A, and also decided that the meeting of the intergovernmental preparatory committee agreed upon in paragraph 43 of its resolution 73/242 A should be organized in New York in two parts, from 27 to 30 July 2020 and from 11 to 15 January 2021 (resolution 74/232 A). Also at its seventy-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to reschedule the Conference to 23 to 27 January 2022 and to reschedule the sessions of the preparatory committee to 24 to 28 May 2021 and 26 to 30 July 2021 (resolution 74/232 B). At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to hold a one-day organizational session of the preparatory committee during the first quarter of 2021 (resolution 75/227).

Also at its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action over the past 10 years, identifying, inter alia, progress made, lessons learned and best practices, as well as structural constraints and handicaps encountered in achieving the objectives of the Programme of Action (resolution 75/227).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/227).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 23 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/72
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/461/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/227

 

               (b)     Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries 

 

The General Assembly considered the question of the needs of landlocked developing countries at its twenty-seventh to twenty-ninth, thirty-first to thirty-sixth and thirty-ninth sessions and biennially from its fortieth to fifty-sixth sessions (resolutions 2971 (XXVII), 3169 (XXVIII), 3311 (XXIX), 31/157, 32/191, 33/150, 34/198, 35/58, 36/175, 39/209, 40/183, 42/174, 44/214, 46/212, 48/169, 50/97, 52/183, 54/199 and 56/180).

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly decided that the International Ministerial Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries and Donor Countries and International Financial and Development Institutions on Transit Transport Cooperation should be convened in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in 2003 (resolution 57/242).

The Assembly considered the question at its fifty-eighth to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 58/201 (endorsement of the Almaty Declaration and the Almaty Programme of Action: Addressing the Special Needs of Landlocked Developing Countries within a New Global Framework for Transit Transport Cooperation for Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries), 59/245, 60/208, 61/212, 62/204, 63/228, 64/214, 65/172, 66/214, 67/222, 68/225, 69/137 (Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014–2024), 69/232, 70/217, 71/239, 72/232, 73/243, 74/15 (Political Declaration of the High-level Midterm Review on the Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action), 74/233 and 75/228).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 24 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 8 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/461). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-sixth session, a progress report on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action (resolution 75/228). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/228).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 23 (b))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/285
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/461/Add.2
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.48
Resolution	75/228

At its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly adopted two resolutions under the item without reference to a sub-item (resolutions 75/229 and 75/273). 

Also at its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it, at its seventy-seventh session, in collaboration with the World Tourism Organization and other relevant United Nations agencies and programmes, a report on the implementation of the resolution on the promotion of sustainable tourism, including ecotourism, for poverty eradication and environment protection (resolution 75/229).

Document for the seventy-seventh session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/229).

 

References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 24)

 

Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/462
Draft resolution	A/75/L.76
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.48 and 62
Resolutions	75/229 and 75/273

 

                (a)     Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027) 

 

At its fiftieth session, the General Assembly proclaimed the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006) (resolution 50/107). 

At its fifty-first session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-second session an item entitled “First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006)” (resolution 51/178). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-second session (resolutions 52/193, 53/198, 54/232, 55/210, 56/207, 57/266, 58/222, 59/247, 60/209, 61/213, 62/205, 63/230, 64/216, 65/174, 66/215, 67/224, 68/226, 69/234, 70/218, 71/241, 72/233, 73/246, 74/234 and 75/230).

At its sixty-second session, the Assembly proclaimed the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (resolution 62/205).

At its seventy-second session, the Assembly proclaimed the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027). The Assembly considered that the theme of the Third Decade would be “Accelerating global actions for a world without poverty” in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 72/233).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 15 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/462). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit at its seventy-sixth session a report on the gaps, challenges and progress made in the implementation of the Third Decade, including coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related aspects, effects and response (resolution 75/230).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/230).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 24 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/280
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/462/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.48
Resolution	75/230

 

               (b)     Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 

 

At its seventy-third session, the General Assembly recognized the importance of promoting socioeconomic development in rural areas as an effective strategy at the global level for the eradication of poverty, including extreme poverty, and underlined the importance of shaping a rural poverty eradication pattern with the concerted efforts of the whole of society to promote socioeconomic development in rural areas. The sub-item was considered by the Assembly at its seventy-third to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 73/244, 74/237 and 75/232).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 15 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 13 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/462). The Assembly reiterated the urgent need to accelerate the pace of rural poverty eradication, and requested the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the secretariat of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as well as other relevant international organizations, to submit to the Assembly, at its seventy-sixth session, a report on the status of the implementation and follow-up to the resolution, in order to identify the progress achieved, gaps and challenges faced in rural poverty eradication, especially in developing countries, as well as the means of implementation to combat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and address its impacts (resolution 75/232). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/232).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 24 (c))

 

Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.6
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/462/Add.3
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/232

                (a)     Operational activities for development of the United Nations system 

 

At its thirty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an annual report on operational activities for development, containing comprehensive statistical information concerning all operational activities for development of the United Nations system (resolution 35/81).

The Assembly considered this question at its thirty-seventh, forty-fourth and forty-eighth sessions, triennially from its fiftieth to sixty-second sessions and annually as from its sixty-third session (resolutions 37/226, 44/211, 48/209, 50/120, 53/192, 56/201, 59/250, 62/208, 63/232 (changed the comprehensive policy review of operational activities from a triennial cycle to a quadrennial cycle), 64/220, 65/177, 66/218, 67/226, 68/229, 69/238, 70/221, 71/243, 72/236, 72/279, 73/248, 74/238 and 75/233).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 24 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 5 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/463). 

At the same session, the Assembly conducted the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nation system (resolution 75/233). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/233).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/233).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 25 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/79 and A/75/79/Add.1
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.8
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/463/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/233

 

               (b)     South-South cooperation for development

 

At its thirty-third session, the General Assembly endorsed the Buenos Aires Plan of Action for Promoting and Implementing Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries and entrusted the overall intergovernmental review of technical cooperation among developing countries within the United Nations system to a high-level meeting of representatives of all States participating in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to be convened by the Administrator of UNDP in accordance with the provisions of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action (resolution 33/134).

The Assembly considered the question of economic and technical cooperation among developing countries at its forty-fourth, forty-sixth and forty-eighth sessions (resolutions 44/222, 46/159 and 48/172). At its forty-ninth session, the Assembly decided to convene a United Nations conference on South-South cooperation (resolution 49/96). The Assembly considered the question biennially from its fiftieth to fifty-sixth sessions, at its fifty-seventh session, biennially from its fifty-eighth to sixty-sixth sessions and annually as from its sixty-seventh session (resolutions 50/119, 52/205 (decision on a commemorative meeting to be held at the beginning of the fifty-third session), 54/226, 56/202, 57/263, 58/220 (declaration of 19 December as the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation), 60/212, 62/209 (decision to convene a High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation), 64/221, 64/222 (endorsement of the outcome document of the High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation), 66/219, 67/227, 68/230, 69/239, 70/222, 71/244, 72/237, 73/249, 73/291 (endorsement of the Buenos Aires outcome document of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation), 74/239 and 75/234 and decision 74/553 (postponement of the twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation to a later date).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the sub-item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 36 delegations in a virtual informal meeting on 5 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/463). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a comprehensive report on the state of South-South cooperation, including the implementation of the outcome document of the second High-level Conference (resolution 75/234).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General on the state of South-South cooperation (resolution 75/234).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 25 (b))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/371
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.5
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/463/Add.2
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/234

                (a)     Agriculture development, food security and nutrition

 

At its sixty-third session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session an item entitled “Agriculture development and food security”, to be taken up by the Second Committee (resolution 63/235).

The Assembly had the item on its agenda annually from its sixty-fourth to sixty-seventh sessions (resolutions 64/224, 65/178, 66/220 and 67/228). At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session an item entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition” (resolution 67/228). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-eighth session (resolutions 68/231, 68/233, 69/240, 70/223, 71/245, 72/238, 73/253, 74/242 and 75/235).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 35 delegations in virtual informal meetings on 16 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/464). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session an action-oriented report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/235).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/235).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 26)

 

Report of the Secretary-General on agriculture development, food security and nutrition (A/75/272)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting a report on the main decisions and policy recommendations of the Committee on World Food Security (A/75/77)
Summary record	A/C.2/75/SR.7
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/464
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/235

 

               (b)     Natural plant fibres and sustainable development

 

At its seventy-fourth session, the General Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Agriculture development, food security and nutrition”, a sub-item entitled “Natural plant fibres and sustainable development” and invited the Secretary-General to inform the Assembly at that session of the implementation of the resolution on the basis of reports prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, including those prepared for the Intergovernmental Group on Hard Fibres and the Intergovernmental Group on Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibres (resolution 74/240). 

No advance documentation is expected.

This item was included as a supplementary item in the agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly at the request of Germany (A/55/228). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-fifth session and had the item on its agenda biennially as of the fifty-sixth session (resolutions 55/215, 56/76, 58/129, 60/215, 62/211, 64/223, 66/223, 68/234 and 70/224 and decision 72/543). The Assembly, at its seventy-second session, decided to include the item, on an exceptional basis, in the agenda of its seventy-third session (decision 72/543). At its seventy-third session, the Assembly decided to next include the item on its agenda at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 73/254).

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 12 delegations (see A/C.2/73/SR.21). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 73/254).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 73/254).

 

                         References for the seventy-third session (agenda item 27)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/73/326
Notes by the Secretary-General on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “United Nations system-private sector partnerships arrangements in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination thereon (A/73/186 and A/73/186/Add.1)
Summary records	A/C.2/73/SR.21 and 27
Report of the Second Committee	A/73/545
Plenary meeting	A/73/PV.62
Resolution	73/254

At its forty-seventh session, the General Assembly decided to convene a World Summit for Social Development at the level of Heads of State or Government (resolution 47/92). The Summit was held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995.

At its fifty-sixth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit future Reports on the World Social Situation on a biennial basis (resolution 56/177).

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution, including the plan of action to integrate volunteering into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (resolution 73/140).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 73/140).

 

                         Persons with albinism

 

At its twenty-eighth session, the Human Rights Council appointed, for a period of three years, an Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, with a mandate to report to the Assembly (Human Rights Council resolution 28/6).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to present a report at the main part of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Social development”, on the various social development challenges faced by persons with albinism, taking into consideration the specific needs of women and children, including those related to social inclusion, health, education and employment, and measures taken, with recommendations for further action to be taken by Member States and other relevant stakeholders to address identified challenges, and encouraged the Secretary-General to collect information from Member States and all relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the preparation of the report (resolution 74/123).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/123). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 25)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/184
Summary records	A/C.3/74/SR.1–4, 17, 44, 47, and 51
Report of the Third Committee	A/74/391
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.50
Resolution	74/123

 

                (a)     Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly 

 

The General Assembly had the item on its agenda since its fiftieth session (resolutions 50/161, 51/202, 52/25, 53/28, 54/23, 55/46, 56/177, 57/163, 58/130, 59/146, 60/130, 61/141, 62/131, 63/152, 64/135, 65/185, 66/125, 67/141, 68/135, 69/143, 71/162, 72/141, 73/141, 74/122 and 75/151).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include the sub-item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Social development”, with a particular focus on significant increase and/or more efficient utilization of the resources allocated to social development in order to achieve the goals of the World Summit through national action and regional and international cooperation, taking into consideration the multifaceted impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and its consequences, especially on social development, and requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the question to the Assembly at that session (resolution 75/151).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/151).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 27 (a))

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/216
Summary record	A/C.3/75/SR.14
Report of the Third Committee	A/75/470
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.46
Resolution	75/151

 

               (b)     Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family

 

                         Cooperatives in social development 

 

At its fifty-first session, in 1996, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to ascertain, in cooperation with the Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives, the desirability and feasibility of elaborating United Nations guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the development of cooperatives (resolution 51/58). 

At its fifty-sixth session, the Assembly drew the attention of Member States to the revised draft guidelines aimed at creating a supportive environment for the development of cooperatives (A/56/73-E/2001/68, annex) (resolution 56/114). 

The Assembly considered the question at its fifty-eighth, sixtieth, sixty-second, sixty-fourth to sixty-sixth, sixty-eighth, seventieth, seventy-second and seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 58/13, 60/132, 62/128, 64/136, 65/184, 66/123, 68/133, 70/128, 72/143 and 74/119).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 74/119). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/119). 

 

                         Promoting social integration through social inclusion

 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly encouraged Member States to mainstream social integration objectives into social inclusion policies, promoting the participation of persons in vulnerable or marginalized groups or situations in planning, implementing and monitoring processes, in collaboration, as appropriate, with relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, development and social partners, the private sector and civil society organizations, and invited Member States and those entities to continue to share their experience in respect of practical initiatives to promote economic, civil and political participation and non‑discrimination measures and other measures for advancing social integration. The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report, taking into account the information provided by Member States and relevant actors of the United Nations system, on the implementation of the resolution to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 74/120). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/120). 

 

                         Policies and programmes involving youth

 

The Assembly considered this question at its fortieth to forty-fifth, forty-seventh and forty-ninth sessions, biennially at its fiftieth to fifty-eighth sessions, at its fifty-ninth session and biennially at its sixtieth to seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 40/14, 41/97, 41/98, 42/53, 43/94, 44/59, 45/103, 47/85, 49/152, 49/154, 50/81, 52/83, 54/120, 56/117, 58/133, 59/148, 60/2, 62/126, 64/134, 66/121, 68/130, 70/127 72/146 and 74/121).

At its fiftieth session, in 1995, the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and beyond (resolution 50/81). At its sixty-second session, the Assembly adopted the Supplement to the World Programme of Action (resolution 62/126).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution, including on progress that has been achieved and challenges that still remain, to be prepared in consultation with Member States as well as the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes and regional commissions, taking into account the work done by the United Nations system, and encouraged the Secretariat to consult, as appropriate, with youth-led and youth-focused organizations (resolution 74/121).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/121).

 

                         Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes

 

At its forty-fourth session, the Assembly proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family (resolution 44/82). It considered the question at its fifty-second, fifty-fourth, fifty-sixth to sixtieth, sixty-second, sixty-fourth, sixty-sixth to sixty-ninth and seventy-first to seventy-fifth sessions (resolutions 52/81, 54/124, 56/113, 57/164, 58/15, 59/111, 59/147, 60/133, 62/129, 64/133, 66/126, 67/142, 68/136, 69/144, 71/163, 72/145, 73/144, 74/124 and 75/153).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report to it at its seventy-sixth session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the objectives of the International Year and its follow-up processes by Member States and by agencies and bodies of the United Nations system and on the appropriate ways and means to observe the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family, in 2024 (resolution 74/124). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to consider the topic “Implementation of the objectives of the International Year of the Family and its follow-up processes” at its seventy-sixth session under the sub-item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family” of the item entitled “Social development” (resolution 75/153).

 

                         Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing

 

At its resumed fifty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to convene the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the First World Assembly on Ageing, held in Vienna (resolution 54/262).

At its fifty-seventh session, the Assembly welcomed the report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, held in Madrid from 8 to 12 April 2002, and endorsed the Political Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (resolution 57/167).

The Assembly considered the question at its fifty-eighth to seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 58/134, 59/150, 60/135, 61/142, 62/130, 63/151, 64/132, 65/182, 66/127, 67/143, 68/134, 69/146, 70/164, 71/164, 72/144, 73/143 and 74/125).

At its sixty-fifth session, the Assembly decided to establish an open-ended working group, open to all States Members of the United Nations, for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons (resolution 65/182). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly invited the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session under the agenda item entitled “Social development” and requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/152).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/152).

 

                         Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 

 

At its thirty-seventh session, the Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (resolution 37/52). Periodic reviews of progress in its implementation were conducted in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2015.

The Assembly considered the question annually at its thirty-eighth to forty-ninth sessions, biennially at its fiftieth to sixtieth sessions and annually from its sixty-second to seventieth sessions and has considered it biennially as from its seventy-first session (resolutions 38/28, 39/26, 40/31, 41/106, 42/58, 43/98, 44/70, 45/91, 46/96, 47/88, 48/99, 49/153, 50/144, 52/82, 54/121, 56/115, 58/132, 60/131, 62/127, 63/150, 64/131, 65/186, 66/124, 67/140, 68/3, 69/142, 70/170, 71/165, 73/142 and 75/154).

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly decided to change the title of sub-item (b) of the item entitled “Social development” on its agenda to read: “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family”(resolution 73/142).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a progress report on steps taken by the United Nations system towards mainstreaming disability inclusion, including implementation of the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy, within existing resources (resolution 75/154).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/154).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 27 (b))

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/61, A/75/187 and A/75/218
Summary record	A/C.3/75/SR.7
Report of the Third Committee	A/75/470
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.46
Resolutions	75/152, 75/153 and 75/154

                (a)     Advancement of women

 

At its thirty-fourth session, the General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (resolution 34/180). The Convention entered into force on 3 September 1981.

At its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, the Assembly invited the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with it at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/174).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its seventy-sixth, seventy-seventh and seventy-eighth sessions: Supplement No. 38 (A/76/38).

 

                         Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas 

 

The Assembly considered this question at its thirtieth, thirty-seventh, thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-fourth sessions and biennially from its forty-eighth to seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 3523 (XXX), 37/59, 39/126, 40/106, 44/78, 48/109, 50/165, 52/93, 54/135, 56/129, 58/146, 60/138, 62/136 (International Day of Rural Women), 64/140, 66/129, 68/139, 70/132, 72/148 and 74/126). At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas (resolution 74/126). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/126).

 

                         Violence against women migrant workers

 

The Assembly first considered this question at its forty-seventh session, in 1992 (resolution 47/96), then annually at its forty-eighth to fifty-second sessions and thereafter biennially (resolutions 48/110, 49/165, 50/168, 51/65, 52/97, 54/138, 56/131, 58/143, 60/139, 62/132, 64/139, 66/128, 68/137, 70/130, 72/149 and 74/127). At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to provide a comprehensive, analytical and thematic report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the problem of violence against women migrant workers, especially domestic workers, and on the implementation of the resolution, taking into account updated information from Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as the reports of special rapporteurs that referred to the situation of women migrant workers and other relevant sources, including non-governmental organizations (resolution 74/127). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/127).

 

                         Strengthening national and international rapid response to the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on women and girls

 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to take the steps necessary to effectively coordinate and follow up on the implementation of the resolution and, in this regard, to consider briefing the Assembly on its implementation, as appropriate (resolution 75/156).

 

                         Women and girls and the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to follow up the matter of women and girls and the response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within existing reporting, as appropriate, and within existing resources (resolution 75/157). 

 

                         Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls

 

The Assembly considered this question at its sixty-first to sixty-fifth sessions and biennially thereafter (resolutions 61/143, 62/133, 63/155, 64/137, 65/187, 67/144, 69/147, 71/170, 73/148 and 75/161). At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences to submit an annual report to it at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/161). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur (resolution 75/161).

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 26 (a))

 

Summary records	A/C.3/74/SR.7–9, 10, 15, 49 and 51
Report of the Third Committee	A/74/392
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.50
Resolutions	74/126 and 74/127

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 28)

 

Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its seventy-third, seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth sessions: Supplement No. 38 (A/75/38)
Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/264, A/75/274, A/75/279 and A/75/289
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences (A/75/144)
Summary records	A/C.3/75/SR.7 and 9
Report of the Third Committee	A/75/471
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.46
Resolutions	75/156 to 75/161

 

               (b)     Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly 

 

This item was included in the agenda of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly, in 1995, during which the Assembly endorsed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action as adopted on 15 September 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women (resolution 50/203).

The Assembly considered the item at its fiftieth to seventieth, seventy-second and seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 50/42, 50/203, 51/69, 52/100, 52/231, 53/120, 54/141, 55/71, 56/132, 57/182, 58/148, 59/168, 60/140, 61/145, 62/137, 63/159, 64/141, 65/191, 66/132, 67/148, 68/140, 69/151, 70/133, 72/147 and 74/128).

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly requested that reports of the Secretary-General submitted to the Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies continue to systematically address gender perspectives through gender-sensitive analysis and the provision of data disaggregated by sex and age, and that conclusions and recommendations for further action address the different situations and needs of women and men and girls and boys in order to facilitate gender-responsive policy development, and in that regard requested the Secretary-General to convey the importance of reflecting a gender perspective to all stakeholders who provide input to his reports. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the improvement in the status of women in the United Nations system and on progress made and obstacles encountered in achieving gender balance, under the item entitled “Advancement of women”. The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “Advancement of women”, on the follow-up to and progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session (resolution 74/128).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

Reports of the Secretary-General:

(a)     Improvement in the status of women in the United Nations system (resolution 74/128);

(b)     Follow-up to and progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (resolution 74/128).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 26 (b)) 

 

Summary records	A/C.3/74/SR.7–10, 15 and 51
Report of the Third Committee	A/74/392
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.50
Resolution	74/128

At its seventy-second session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space”, decided to consider in plenary meeting at its seventy-third session an agenda item entitled “Space as a driver of sustainable development” in the context of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE+50) (resolution 72/79). 

The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its seventy-third and seventy-fifth sessions (resolution 73/6 and decision 75/579).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include the item in the draft agenda of its seventy-sixth session (decision 75/579).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (resolution 73/6 and decision 75/579).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 29) 

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.102
Decision	75/579

The Security Council submits an annual report to the General Assembly under Article 24, paragraph 3, of the Charter, and the Assembly considers the report in accordance with Article 15, paragraph 1. The Council’s report is included in the provisional agenda of the Assembly pursuant to rule 13 (b) of the rules of procedure.

At its fifty-first session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system”, decided that the agenda item would not be closed but would remain open to enable further discussion as necessary during the year, bearing in mind, inter alia, the submission of additional reports as and when necessary (resolution 51/241).The Assembly has had the item on its agenda since its first session (resolutions 37 (I), 115 (II), 269 (III), 298 (IV), 397 (V), 514 (VI), 695 (VII), 803 (VIII), 905 (IX), 993 (X), 1117 (XI), 1193 (XII), 1241 (XIII), 1377 (XIV), 1513 (XV), 1669 (XVI), 1800 (XVII), 1887 (XVIII), 2055 (XX), 2201 (XXI), 2283 (XXII), 2405 (XXIII), 2619 (XXIV), 2699 (XXV), 2864 (XXVI), 2991(XXVII), 3186 (XXVIII), 3322 (XXIX), 3530 (XXX), 31/155, 32/149 and 51/193 and decisions 33/434, 34/442, 35/434, 36/438, 37/435, 38/424, 39/457, 40/418, 41/415, 42/414, 43/416, 44/424, 45/420, 46/424, 47/470, 48/407, 49/407, 50/409, 52/406, 53/409, 54/409, 55/406, 56/406, 57/507, 58/508, 59/506, 60/511, 61/519, 62/511, 63/515, 64/510, 65/510, 66/510, 67/512, 68/559, 69/512, 70/512, 71/555, 72/563, 73/561, 74/576 and 75/568).

At the same session, the Assembly invited the Council, through an appropriate procedure or mechanism, to update the Assembly on a regular basis on the steps it had taken or was contemplating with respect to improving its reporting to the Assembly (resolution 51/193).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by the President of the General Assembly, the President of the Security Council and 30 delegations (see A/75/PV.78 and 79). The Assembly took note of the report of the Security Council (decision 75/568).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Security Council for 2021: Supplement No. 2 (A/76/2).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 30)

 

Report of the Security Council for 2020: Supplement No. 2 (A/75/2)
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.78 and 79
Decision	75/568

At its sixtieth session, the General Assembly, under the items entitled “Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields” and “Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit”, decided, acting concurrently with the Security Council, with a view to operationalizing the decision by the 2005 World Summit (see resolution 60/1, para. 97), to establish the Peacebuilding Commission as an intergovernmental advisory body. It also decided that the Commission should submit an annual report to the Assembly and that the Assembly should hold an annual debate to review the report; and further decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session an item entitled “Report of the Peacebuilding Commission” (resolution 60/180). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-first session (decision 61/558).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a joint debate with the items entitled “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace” and “Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund”, where statements were made by 32 delegations, including the former and current Chairs of the Peacebuilding Commission (see A/75/PV.95 and 96). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Peacebuilding Commission (resolution 60/180).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 31)

 

Report of the Peacebuilding Commission	A/75/747-S/2021/139
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.95 and 96

The item entitled “Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies” was included in the agenda of the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly at the request of 38 Member States (A/49/236 and A/49/236/Add.1). The Assembly had the item on its agenda annually at its forty-ninth to fifty-fifth sessions, biennially at its fifty-sixth to sixtieth sessions, and at its sixty-first session. It has had the item on its agenda biennially since its sixty-second session (resolutions 49/30, 50/133, 51/31, 52/18, 53/31, 54/36, 55/43, 55/280, 56/96, 56/269, 58/13, 58/281, 60/253, 61/226, 62/7, 64/12 and 66/285).

At its fifty-fifth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided to consider the item biennially as from the fifty-sixth session (resolution 55/285). 

The item entitled “The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict” was included in the agenda of the fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly at the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (A/55/231).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-fifth session (resolutions 55/56, 56/263, 57/302, 58/290, 59/144, 60/182, 61/28, 62/11, 63/134, 64/109, 65/137, 66/252, 67/135, 68/128, 69/136, 70/252, 71/277, 72/267, 73/283, 74/268 and 75/261).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by the President and five delegations (see A/75/PV.56). The Assembly requested the Chair of the Kimberley Process to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the Process (resolution 75/261).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Chair of the Kimberley Process (resolution 75/261).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 33)

 

Draft resolution	A/75/L.65 and A/75/L.65/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.56
Resolution	75/261

            35.    Prevention of armed conflict

 

 

                (a)     Prevention of armed conflict

 

At its fifty-seventh session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session a specific item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” (resolution 57/337). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-ninth session (resolutions 60/284, 61/293, 65/283, 66/253 A and B, 67/259, 67/262, 69/285, 69/293, 69/316, 71/130, 71/248, 73/194, 74/17, 75/28 and 75/29 and decisions 59/568, 62/554, 63/563, 64/563, 66/565, 70/561, 71/557 and 72/566). 

At its seventy-first session, the Assembly decided to establish the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 under the auspices of the United Nations to closely cooperate with the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to collect, consolidate, preserve and analyse evidence of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations and abuses and to prepare files in order to facilitate and expedite fair and independent criminal proceedings, in accordance with international law standards, in national, regional or international courts or tribunals that have or may in the future have jurisdiction over those crimes, in accordance with international law; requested the Secretary-General, in that regard, to develop, within 20 working days of the adoption of the resolution, the terms of reference of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism; and requested the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the resolution within 45 days of its adoption and decided to revisit the question of funding of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism as soon as possible (resolution 71/248). The Secretary-General developed the terms of reference as contained in his report (A/71/755), including that the Head of the Mechanism shall submit a report to the Assembly twice a year on the implementation of its mandate and set out its funding requirements, as appropriate, while preserving the confidential nature of its substantive work.

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives”, invited the Head of the Mechanism to prepare the reports of the Mechanism for presentation on an annual basis in the month of April at a plenary meeting of the Assembly, starting at its seventy-third session, under the agenda item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict”, within existing resources (resolution 73/182). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate, where statements were made by the President, the Head of the Mechanism and 32 delegations (see A/75/PV.60). 

At the same session, the Assembly invited the Secretary-General to seek the views of Member States and relevant entities of the United Nations system, including regional commissions, on the role and importance of a policy of neutrality in maintaining and strengthening international peace and security, and to communicate such views to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session for further consideration (resolution 75/28).

Also at the same session, the Assembly decided to continue its consideration of the problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/29). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Notes by the Secretary-General (resolutions 71/248 and 73/182 and document A/71/755, annex);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/28).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 34 (a))

 

Notes by the Secretary-General transmitting the sixth and seventh reports of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (A/75/311 and A/75/743)
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.31, A/75/L.31/Add.1, A/75/L.38/Rev.1 and A/75/L.38/Rev.1/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.36 and 60
Resolutions	75/28 and 75/29

                    (b) Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution

 

 

At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly, under the item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session a sub-item entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” (resolution 65/283). 

The Assembly had the item on its agenda biennially at its sixty-sixth to seventy-second sessions and annually since its seventy-second session (resolutions 66/291 and 68/262 and decisions 68/303, 70/304, 72/567, 73/563, 74/577 and 75/580). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include the item in the draft agenda of its seventy-sixth session (decision 75/580).

No advance documentation is expected.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 34 (b))

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.102
Decision	75/580

The item entitled “Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development” was included in the agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine (A/61/195). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-first session (resolutions 62/249, 63/307, 64/296, 65/287, 66/283, 67/268, 68/274, 69/286, 70/265, 71/290, 72/280, 72/282, 73/298, 74/300 and 75/285 and decision 61/565).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by eight delegations (see A/75/PV.81 and 87). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to it at its seventy-sixth session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/285).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/285).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 35)

 

Report of the Secretary-General on the status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia (A/75/891)
Draft resolution	A/75/L.99 and A/75/L.99/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.81 and 87
Resolution	75/285

The item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” was included in the agenda of the forty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Brazil (A/41/143 and A/41/143/Corr.1). The Assembly had the item on its agenda annually at its forty-first to fifty-sixth sessions and biennially at its fifty-eighth to sixty-ninth sessions and has had the item on its agenda annually since its seventieth session (resolutions 41/11, 42/16, 43/23, 44/20, 45/36, 46/19, 47/74, 48/23, 49/26, 50/18, 51/19, 52/14, 53/34, 54/35, 55/49, 56/7, 58/10, 61/294, 65/121, 67/266, 69/322 and 75/312 and decisions 60/509, 70/562, 71/558, 72/568, 73/564 and 74/578).

At its fifty-fifth session, the Assembly, under the items entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system” and “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided to consider the item at its fifty-sixth session and thereafter biennially (resolution 55/285).

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided to: (a) defer consideration of the item to its sixty-first session; and (b) maintain biennial consideration of the item thereafter (decision 60/509).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a meeting where statements were made by three delegations (see A/75/PV.96). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to keep the implementation of resolution 41/11 and subsequent resolutions on the zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic under review and to submit a report to it at its seventy-sixth session, taking into account, inter alia, the views expressed by Member States (resolution 75/312).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/312).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 36)

 

Draft resolution	A/75/L.113 and A/75/L.113/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.96
Resolution	75/312

At its fifth emergency special session, in 1967, the General Assembly decided to place on the agenda of its twenty-second session, as a matter of high priority, the question on the agenda of its fifth emergency special session (resolution 2257 (ES-V)). At its twenty-second session, the Assembly decided to maintain the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East” on the agenda of that session and has had the item on its agenda annually since then (resolutions 2628 (XXV), 2799 (XXVI), 2949 (XXVII), 3414 (XXX), 31/61, 31/62, 32/20, 33/29, 34/70, 35/207, 36/226 A and B, 37/123 A to F, 38/180 A to E, 39/146 A to C, 40/168 A to C, 41/162 A to C, 42/209 A to D, 43/54 A to C, 44/40 A to C, 45/83 A to C, 46/82 A and B, 47/63 A and B, 48/58, 48/59 A and B, 49/87 A and B, 49/88, 50/21, 50/22 A to C, 51/27 to 51/29, 52/53, 52/54, 53/37, 53/38, 54/37, 54/38, 55/50, 55/51, 56/31, 56/32, 57/111, 57/112, 58/22, 58/23, 59/32, 59/33, 60/40, 60/41, 61/26, 61/27, 62/84, 62/85, 63/30, 63/31, 64/20, 64/21, 65/17, 65/18, 66/18, 66/19, 67/24, 67/25, 68/16, 68/17, 69/24, 69/25, 70/16, 70/17, 71/24, 71/25, 72/15, 72/16, 73/22, 73/23, 73/89, 74/14 and 75/24, decisions adopted at its twenty-second to twenty-fifth, twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth sessions and decisions 75/565 A and B).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by three delegations (see A/75/PV.34 and 35) and in a joint debate, with the item entitled “Question of Palestine”, where statements were made by the President, the Secretary-General and 104 delegations (see A/75/PV.67, 68 and 70). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/24).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/24).

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 37)

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/195 (also applies to item 38) and A/75/297
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.29 and A/75/L.29/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.34 and 35 and 67, 68 and 70 (jointly with item 38)
Resolution	75/24
Decisions	75/565 A and B

The item entitled “Question of Palestine”, which had been on the agenda of the second and third sessions of the General Assembly, was included in the agenda of the twenty-ninth session at the request of 55 Member States (A/9742, A/9742/Corr.1, A/9742/Add.1, A/9742/Add.2, A/9742/Add.3 and A/9742/Add.4). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its twenty-ninth session (resolutions 3210 (XXIX), 3236 (XXIX), 3237 (XXIX), 3375 (XXX), 3376 (XXX), 31/20, 32/40 A and B, 33/28 A to C, 34/65 A to D, 35/169 A to E, 36/120 A to F, 37/86 A to E, 38/58 A to E, 39/49 A to D, 40/96 A to D, 41/43 A to D, 42/66 A to D, 43/175 A to C, 43/176, 43/177, 44/2, 44/41 A to C, 44/42, 45/67 A to C, 45/68, 45/69, 46/74 A to C, 46/75, 46/76, 47/64 A to E, 48/158 A to D, 49/62 A to D, 50/84 A to D, 51/23 to 51/26, 52/49 to 52/52, 52/250, 53/39 to 53/42, 54/39 to 54/42, 55/52 to 55/55, 56/33 to 56/36, 57/107 to 57/110, 58/18 to 58/21, 59/28 to 59/31, 60/36 to 60/39, 61/22 to 61/25, 62/80 to 62/83, 63/26 to 63/29, 64/16 to 64/19, 65/13 to 65/16, 66/14 to 66/17, 67/19 to 67/23, 68/12 to 68/15, 69/20 to 69/23, 70/12 to 70/15, 71/20 to 71/23, 72/11 to 72/14, 73/18 to 73/21, 74/10 to 74/13 and 75/20 to 75/23, a decision adopted at the thirtieth session and decisions 31/318, 43/459, 45/455, 47/467, 48/484, 52/317, 64/429, 66/420, 66/559, 67/422, 67/560, 74/415 and 75/565 A and B).

At its twenty-ninth session, the Assembly invited the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to participate, in the capacity of observer, in its sessions and its work and in all international conferences convened under its auspices, and considered that PLO was similarly entitled with regard to all international conferences convened by other organs of the United Nations (resolution 3237 (XXIX)).

At its thirtieth session, the Assembly called for the invitation of PLO to participate on an equal footing with other parties in all efforts, deliberations and conferences on the Middle East that were held under the auspices of the United Nations and to take part in the Geneva Peace Conference on the Middle East as well as in all other efforts for peace (resolution 3375 (XXX)). The Assembly decided to establish the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; requested the Committee to consider and recommend to the Assembly a programme of implementation designed to enable the Palestinian people to exercise their previously recognized inalienable rights; and requested the Security Council to consider the question of the exercise by the Palestinian people of their inalienable rights (resolution 3376 (XXX)).

At its thirty-second session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to establish within the Secretariat a Special Unit on Palestinian Rights, which would prepare, under the Committee’s guidance, studies and publications relating to the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and would organize, in consultation with the Committee, commencing in 1978, the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). At its thirty-fourth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to redesignate the Special Unit as the Division for Palestinian Rights, with an expanded mandate of work (resolution 34/65 D).

At its forty-third session, the Assembly acknowledged the proclamation of the State of Palestine by the Palestine National Council on 15 November 1988 and decided that, as of 15 December 1988, the designation “Palestine” should be used in place of the designation “Palestine Liberation Organization” in the United Nations system, without prejudice to the observer status and functions of PLO within the United Nations system, in conformity with relevant United Nations resolutions and practice (resolution 43/177).

At its sixty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to accord to Palestine non-member observer State status in the United Nations, without prejudice to the acquired rights, privileges and role of PLO in the United Nations as the representative of the Palestinian people, in accordance with the relevant resolutions and practice (resolution 67/19).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by 24 delegations, including the Vice-Chair and the Rapporteur of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (see A/75/PV.34 and 35), and in a joint debate, with the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East”, where statements were made by the President, the Secretary-General and 104 delegations (see A/75/PV.67, 68 and 70). The Assembly requested the Committee to continue to exert all efforts to promote the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including their right to self-determination, to support the achievement without delay of an end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and of the two-State solution on the basis of the pre-1967 borders and the just resolution of all final status issues and to mobilize international support for and assistance to the Palestinian people, and in that regard authorized the Committee to make such adjustments in its approved programme of work as it might consider appropriate and necessary in the light of developments and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh sessions and thereafter; requested the Committee to continue to keep under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine and to report and make suggestions to the Assembly, the Security Council or the Secretary-General, as appropriate; and requested the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to continue to report to the Assembly on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people (resolution 75/20).

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General, including through his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, to continue his efforts with the parties concerned, and in consultation with the Security Council, including with regard to the reporting required pursuant to resolution 2334 (2016), towards the attainment of a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the promotion of peace in the region and to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report on those efforts and on developments on the matter (resolution 75/22).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: Supplement No. 35 (A/76/35);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/22);

(c)     Note by the Secretary-General (resolution 75/20).

Document for the seventy-seventh session: Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: Supplement No. 35 (A/77/35).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 38)

 

Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People: Supplement No. 35 (A/75/35)
Report of the Secretary-General on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine (A/75/195) (also applies to item 37)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report prepared by the secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the economic costs of the Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people (A/75/310)
Draft resolutions	A/75/L.32, A/75/L.32/Add.1, A/75/L.33, A/75/L.33/Add.1, A/75/L.34, A/75/L.34/Add.1, A/75/L.35 and A/75/L.35/Add.1
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.34 and 35 and 67, 68 and 70 (jointly with item 37)
Resolutions	75/20 to 75/23
Decisions	75/565 A and B

From 10 to 14 January 1980, the sixth emergency special session of the General Assembly was held to examine the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, pursuant to Security Council resolution 462 (1980) (resolutions ES-6/1 and ES-6/2).

The item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security” was included in the agenda of the thirty-fifth session of the Assembly at the request of 35 Member States (A/35/144 and A/35/144/Add.1). The Assembly had the item on its agenda from its thirty-fifth to sixtieth sessions (resolutions 35/37, 36/34, 37/37, 38/29, 39/13, 40/12, 41/33, 42/15, 43/20, 44/15, 45/12, 46/23, 50/88 A and B, 51/195 A and B, 52/211 A and B, 53/203 A and B, 54/189 A and B, 55/174 A and B, 56/220 A and B, 57/8, 57/113 A and B, 58/27 A and B, 59/112 A and B and 60/32 A and B and decisions 47/475, 48/503 and 49/501).

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-first session an item entitled “The situation in Afghanistan” (resolution 60/32 A). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-first session (resolutions 61/18, 62/6, 63/18, 64/11, 65/8, 66/13, 67/16, 68/11, 69/18, 70/77, 71/9, 72/10, 73/88, 74/9 and 75/90).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by the President of the Assembly and 17 delegations (see A/75/PV.40). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to continue to report every three months on developments in Afghanistan, as well as on the progress made in the implementation of the resolution, and decided to include the item in the provisional agenda of its seventy-seventh session (resolution 75/90). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/90).

Documents for the seventy-seventh session: Reports of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/90).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 39)

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/378, A/75/634 and A/75/811
Draft resolution	A/75/L.45 and A/75/L.45/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.40
Resolution	75/90

The item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” was included in the agenda of the thirty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Madagascar (A/31/241). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its thirty-first to fifty-ninth and sixty-third sessions (resolutions 31/4, 32/7, 34/69, 35/43, 36/105, 37/65, 38/13, 39/48, 40/62, 41/30, 42/17, 43/14, 44/9, 45/11, 46/9, 47/9, 48/56 and 49/18 and decisions 33/435, 50/493, 51/436, 52/435, 53/490, 54/439, 55/402, 56/454 and 63/559; see also decisions 58/503 A, 59/503 A and 62/503 A).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixty-fourth session, on the understanding that there would be no consideration of the item by the Assembly until further notice (decisions 65/553, 66/568, 67/566, 68/561, 69/562, 70/564, 71/560, 72/570, 73/566 and 74/580; see also decisions 64/503 A, 65/503 A, 66/503 A, 67/503 A, 68/504 A, 69/504 A, 70/504 A, 71/504 A, 72/504 A, 73/504 A, 74/503 A and 75/581).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to include the item in the draft agenda of its seventy-sixth session (decision 75/581).

No advance documentation is expected.

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 41)

 

Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.102
Decision	75/581

The item entitled “Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” was included in the agenda of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly at the request of Cuba (A/46/193). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its forty-sixth session (resolutions 47/19, 48/16, 49/9, 50/10, 51/17, 52/10, 53/4, 54/21, 55/20, 56/9, 57/11, 58/7, 59/11, 60/12, 61/11, 62/3, 63/7, 64/6, 65/6, 66/6, 67/4, 68/8, 69/5, 70/5, 71/5, 72/4, 73/8, 74/7 and 75/289 and decision 46/407).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly considered the item in a debate where statements were made by 21 delegations (see A/75/PV.85). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General, in consultation with the appropriate organs and agencies of the United Nations system, to prepare a report on the implementation of the resolution in the light of the purposes and principles of the Charter and international law and to submit it to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/289).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/289).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 42)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/81 and A/75/81/Add.1
Draft resolution	A/75/L.97
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.85 and 86
Resolution	75/289

The item entitled “The situation in Central America: threats to international peace and security and peace initiatives” was included in the agenda of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly, at the request of Nicaragua (A/38/242). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its thirty-eighth to forty-seventh sessions (resolutions 38/10, 39/4, 41/37, 42/1, 43/24, 44/10, 45/15, 46/109 A and B and 47/118 and decision 40/470). At its forty-seventh session, the Assembly decided to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-eighth session an item entitled “The situation in Central America: procedures for the establishment of a firm and lasting peace and progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development” (resolution 47/118). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-eighth to fifty-eighth and sixtieth sessions (resolutions 48/161, 49/137, 50/132, 51/197, 52/176, 53/94, 54/118, 55/178, 56/224, 57/160, 58/238 and 58/239 and decision 60/508). 

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided that the item should remain on the agenda of the Assembly, beginning with the sixty-first session, for consideration upon notification by a Member State (decision 60/508).

The Assembly considered the item at its sixty-third to sixty-fifth and sixty-seventh sessions (resolutions 63/19, 64/7, 65/181 and 67/267). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “Question of Cyprus” was included in the agenda of the General Assembly at its twenty-ninth session at the request of Cyprus (A/9743). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its twenty-ninth to fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 3212 (XXIX), 3395 (XXX), 31/12, 32/15, 33/15, 34/30 and 37/253; and decisions adopted at the twenty-ninth and thirtieth sessions and decisions 31/403, 32/404, 33/402, 34/408, 35/428, 36/463, 37/455, 38/458, 39/464, 40/481, 41/472, 42/465, 43/464, 44/471, 45/458, 46/474, 47/467, 48/505, 49/502, 50/494, 51/479, 52/495, 53/493, 54/493, 55/491, 56/481 and 57/596).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo” was included in the agenda of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session at the request of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (A/53/232). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its fifty-third to fifty-seventh sessions (decisions 53/488, 55/502, 56/476 and 57/597; see also A/54/969).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)” was included in the agenda of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly at the request of 20 Member States (A/37/193). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its thirty-seventh to fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 37/9, 38/12, 39/6, 40/21, 41/40, 42/19 and 43/25 and decisions 37/404, 38/405, 39/404, 40/410, 41/414, 42/410, 43/409, 44/406, 45/424, 46/406, 47/408, 48/408, 49/408, 50/406, 51/407, 52/409, 53/414, 54/412, 55/411, 56/410, 57/511 and 58/511).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)).

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti” was included in the agenda of the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly at the request of Honduras (A/46/231). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-sixth to fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 46/7, 47/20 A and B, 48/27 A and B, 49/27 A and B, 50/86 A and B, 51/196 A and B, 52/174, 53/95, 54/193 and 55/285). 

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security” was included in the agenda of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly, at the request of 43 Member States (A/36/194, A/36/194/Add.1 and A/36/194/Add.2). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its thirty-sixth to fifty-eighth sessions (resolutions 36/27, 37/18, 38/9, 39/14, 40/6 and 41/12 and decisions 42/463, 43/463, 44/470, 45/430, 46/442, 47/464, 48/436, 50/444, 51/433, 52/431, 53/426, 54/425, 55/431, 56/450, 57/519 and 58/527). 

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The item entitled “Iraqi aggression and the continued occupation of Kuwait in flagrant violation of the Charter of the United Nations” was included in the agenda of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly at the request of Kuwait (A/45/233). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth sessions (decisions 45/459 and 46/475; see also decision 45/455).

At its forty-sixth session, the General Assembly decided to retain the item on the agenda of that session under the new title “Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its forty-seventh session (decision 46/475). The Assembly had the item on its agenda at its forty-seventh to fifty-eighth sessions (decisions 47/477, 48/506, 49/503, 50/445, 51/434, 52/432, 53/427, 54/426, 55/432, 56/451, 57/520 and 58/514). 

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that, with effect from the fifty-ninth session, the item should remain on the agenda for consideration upon notification by a Member State (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (b)). 

No advance documentation is expected.

The University for Peace was proposed by the President of Costa Rica and approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 34/111. The Assembly approved the establishment of the University at its thirty-fifth session (resolution 35/55).

The Assembly considered the item at its forty-fifth and forty-sixth sessions and biennially thereafter until its fifty-eighth session (resolutions 45/8, 46/11, 48/9, 50/41, 52/9, 54/29, 56/2 and 58/12).

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly decided that the item would be allocated for consideration every three years in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (k)). Accordingly, the Assembly has considered the item triennially since its sixty-first session (resolutions 61/108, 64/83, 67/111, 70/79 and 73/90).

At its seventy-third session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report on the work of the University (resolution 73/90).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 73/90).

 

                         References for the seventy-third session (agenda item 51)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/73/313
Summary record	A/C.4/73/SR.16
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/73/470
Plenary meeting	A/73/PV.48
Resolution	73/90

This item was first included in the agenda of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly, in 1993, at the request of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the 12 States members of the European Union at the time) (A/48/193). Until the fifty-third session, the item was entitled “Assistance in mine clearance”. The Assembly considered the item annually from the forty-eighth to fifty-seventh and biennially as from the fifty-eighth session (resolutions 48/7, 49/215, 50/82, 51/149, 52/173, 53/26, 54/191, 55/120, 56/219, 57/159, 58/127, 58/316, 60/97, 62/99, 64/84, 66/69, 68/72, 70/80, 72/75 and 74/80). 

At its fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that the item should be allocated for consideration every other year in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (j)). 

At its seventy-fourth session, the Assembly stressed the importance of cooperation and coordination in mine action, emphasized the primary responsibility of national authorities in that regard, encouraged efforts to conduct all mine action activities in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards or national standards compliant with those Standards, encouraged the United Nations to continue to take measures to improve coordination, efficiency, transparency and accountability, in particular by implementing the Strategy of the United Nations on Mine Action 2019–2023, and requested the Secretary-General to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution and on follow-up to previous resolutions on assistance in mine clearance and on assistance in mine action (resolution 74/80). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 74/80).

 

                         References for the seventy-fourth session (agenda item 47)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/74/288
Summary record	A/C.4/74/SR.12
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/74/406
Plenary meeting	A/74/PV.47
Resolution	74/80

At its tenth session, in 1955, the General Assembly established the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (resolution 913 (X)).

At its twenty-eighth session, the Assembly decided to increase the membership of the Scientific Committee from 15 to a maximum of 20 (resolution 3154 C (XXVIII)) and, at its forty-first session, to a maximum of 21 (resolution 41/62 B). At its sixty-sixth session, the Assembly decided to further increase its membership from 21 to 27 Member States (resolution 66/70). At present, the Committee is composed of the following 27 Member States: Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its twelfth session (resolutions 1147 (XII), 1347 (XIII), 1376 (XIV), 1574 (XV), 1629 (XVI), 1764 (XVII), 1896 (XVIII), 2078 (XX), 2213 (XXI), 1896 (XXII), 2382 (XXIII), 2496 (XXIV), 2623 (XXV), 2773 (XXVI), 2905 (XXVII), 3063 (XXVIII), 3226 (XXIX), 3410 (XXX), 31/10, 32/6, 33/5, 34/12, 35/12, 36/14, 37/87, 38/78, 39/94, 40/160, 41/62 A and B, 42/67, 43/55, 44/45, 45/71, 46/44, 47/66, 48/38, 49/32, 50/26, 51/121, 52/55, 53/44, 54/66, 55/121, 56/50, 57/115, 58/88, 59/114, 60/98, 61/109, 62/100, 63/89, 64/85, 65/96, 66/70, 67/112, 68/73, 69/84, 70/81, 71/89, 72/76, 73/261, 74/81 and 75/91).

At its seventy-second session, the Assembly decided to review the possible increase in the membership of the Scientific Committee with a view to establishing a procedure at its seventy-third session for possible further increases in membership of the Committee, pursuant to paragraph 19 of Assembly resolution 66/70 (resolution 72/76). At its seventy-third session, the Assembly established a procedure for possible further increases in the membership of the Committee, pursuant to paragraph 19 of Assembly resolution 66/70 (resolution 73/261).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Scientific Committee to continue its work, including its important activities to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation from all sources, and to report to it thereon at its seventy-sixth session; invited Algeria, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Norway and the United Arab Emirates to designate one scientist to attend the sixty-eighth session of the Committee as an observer, pursuant to paragraph 19 of Assembly resolution 72/76 and to the procedures referred to in paragraph 21 of Assembly resolution 73/261; and noted that the report on the sixty-seventh session of the Committee would be presented together with the report on the sixty-eighth session of the Committee at the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly (resolution 75/91).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation: Supplement No. 46 (A/76/46).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 50)

 

Note by the Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to the General Assembly transmitting an update on the activities of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation since its sixty-sixth session: Supplement No. 46 (A/75/46)
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/409
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/91

The General Assembly included this item on its agenda at its thirteenth session and established the Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, composed of 18 members (resolution 1348 (XIII)).

At its fourteenth session, the Assembly set up the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (resolution 1472 A (XIV)), whose original membership of 24 was expanded on several occasions, reaching 95 at the seventy-fourth session (decision 74/82). At present, the Committee is composed of the following 95 Member States: Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam.

The Committee established a Legal Subcommittee and a Scientific and Technical Subcommittee.

The Assembly, in 1963, adopted the Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (resolution 1962 (XVIII)). Since then, multilateral treaties and principles have been developed (see United Nations Treaties and Principles on Outer Space, United Nations publication, Sales No. E.08.I.10).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its thirty-seventh session (resolutions 37/89, 38/80, 39/96, 40/162, 41/64, 42/68, 43/56, 44/46, 45/72, 46/45, 47/67, 48/39, 49/34, 50/27, 51/122, 51/123, 52/56, 53/45, 54/67, 54/68, 55/122, 56/51, 57/116, 58/89, 58/90, 59/2, 59/115, 59/116, 60/99, 61/110, 61/111, 62/101, 62/217, 63/90, 64/86, 65/97, 65/271, 66/71, 67/113, 68/74, 68/75, 69/85, 70/82, 70/230, 71/90, 72/77 to 72/79, 73/91, 74/82 and 75/92 and decisions 72/518 and 73/517).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly, recalling that the regular annual cycle of sessions of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its subcommittees was disrupted in 2020, endorsed the decisions and actions by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Legal Subcommittee taken by written procedure; and agreed that the Committee, at its sixty-fourth session, in 2021, should consider the substantive items and convene the working group recommended by the Committee, including holding intersessional consultations as necessary, taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries (resolution 75/92).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Supplement No. 20 (A/76/20).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 51)

 

Decisions and actions of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Legal Subcommittee taken by written procedure: Supplement No. 20 (A/75/20)
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/410
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/92

At its third session, the General Assembly initiated United Nations assistance to Palestine refugees (resolution 212 (III)) and established the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, composed of France, Turkey and the United States of America (resolution 194 (III)).

At its fourth session, the Assembly established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (resolution 302 (IV)). Since May 1950, the Agency, which is supported by voluntary contributions, has been providing education, training, health, relief and other services to Arab refugees from Palestine. In 1967 and 1982, the functions of the Agency were widened to include humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency basis and as a temporary measure, to other displaced persons in serious need of immediate assistance as a result of the 1967 and subsequent hostilities (resolutions 2252 (ES-V) and 37/120 B). The Agency’s mandate has been extended several times, most recently until 30 June 2023 (resolution 74/83). 

At its sixtieth session, the Assembly decided to increase the membership of the Advisory Commission on UNRWA to 21 members, to invite Palestine to attend and fully participate in its meetings as an observer, to invite the European Community to attend its meetings and to invite the League of Arab States to attend its meetings as an observer (decision 60/522). At its sixty-third, sixty-fifth, sixty-sixth, sixty-ninth, seventy-third and seventy-fifth sessions, the Assembly decided to increase the membership of the Advisory Commission on UNRWA to 23, then to 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29 members, respectively (resolutions 63/91, 65/98, 66/72, 69/86, 73/92 and 75/93). At present, the Advisory Commission is composed of the following Member States: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America. 

At its twenty-fifth session, the Assembly, in view of the Agency’s deteriorating financial situation, established the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to study all aspects of the financing of the Agency (resolution 2656 (XXV)). The Working Group has submitted recommendations to the Assembly annually since its twenty-fifth session, and the Assembly has annually extended the Working Group’s mandate. The Working Group is composed of the following nine Member States: France, Ghana, Japan, Lebanon, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America.

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly reaffirmed its request to the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine to continue exerting efforts towards the implementation of paragraph 11 of Assembly resolution 194 (III) and to report to the Assembly on the efforts being exerted in that regard as appropriate, but no later than 1 September 2021. The Assembly also affirmed the necessity for the continuation of the work of the Agency and the importance of its unimpeded operation and its provision of services, including emergency assistance, for the well-being, protection and human development of the Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region (resolution 75/93). 

At the same session, the Assembly expressed its appreciation to the Advisory Commission of the Agency and requested it to continue its efforts and to keep the Assembly informed of its activities (resolution 75/94). The Assembly also requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution on Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (resolution 75/95).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Supplement No. 13 (A/76/13);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General on Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues (resolution 75/95);

(c)     Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the seventy-fifth report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (resolutions 512 (VI) and 75/93);

(d)     Report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (resolution 75/94).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 52)

 

Report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Supplement No. 13 (A/75/13)
Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/299
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the seventy-fourth report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine (A/75/305)
Report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (A/75/196)
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/411
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolutions	75/93 to 75/95

At its twenty-third session, the General Assembly established the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories (resolution 2443 (XXIII)). At its twenty-fifth session, the Assembly renewed the mandate of the Special Committee (resolution 2727 (XXV)). At present, the Special Committee is composed of the following three Member States: Malaysia, Senegal and Sri Lanka.

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its twenty-sixth session and has requested the Committee to continue its work (resolutions 2851 (XXVI), 3005 (XXVII), 3092 A and B (XXVIII), 3240 A to C (XXIX), 3525 A to D (XXX), 31/106 A to D, 32/91 A to C, 33/133 A to C, 34/90 A to C, 35/122 A to F, 36/147 A to G, 37/88 A to G, 38/79 A to H, 39/95 A to H, 40/161 A to G, 41/63 A to G, 42/160 A to G, 43/58 A to G, 44/48 A to G, 45/74 A to G, 46/47 A to G, 47/70 A to G, 48/41 A to D, 49/36 A to D, 50/29 A to D, 51/131 to 51/135, 52/64 to 52/69, 53/53 to 53/57, 54/76 to 54/80, 55/130 to 55/134, 56/59 to 56/63, 57/124 to 57/128, 58/96 to 58/100, 59/121 to 59/125, 60/104 to 60/108, 61/116 to 61/120, 62/106 to 62/110, 63/95 to 63/99, 64/91 to 64/95, 65/102 to 65/106, 66/76 to 66/80, 67/118 to 67/122, 68/80 to 68/84, 69/90 to 69/94, 70/87 to 70/91, 71/95 to 71/99, 72/84 to 72/88, 73/96 to 73/100, 74/87 to 74/90 and 75/96 to 75/99).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to update the title of the agenda item to “Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/97). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolutions (resolutions 75/97 to 75/99).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Reports of the Secretary-General (resolutions 75/97 to 75/99);

(b)     Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the fifty-third report of the Special Committee (resolution 75/96).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 53)

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/328, A/75/336 and A/75/376
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the fifty-second report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories (A/75/199)
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/412
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolutions	75/96 to 75/99

At its nineteenth session, in February 1965, the General Assembly established the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, which was to undertake a comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects, including ways of overcoming the financial difficulties of the United Nations (resolution 2006 (XIX)).

For the current composition of the Special Committee, see A/75/19.

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its twentieth session (resolutions 2053 (XX), 2220 (XXI), 2308 (XXII), 2451 (XXIII), 2576 (XXIV), 2670 (XXV), 2835 (XXVI), 2965 (XXVII), 3091 (XXVIII), 3239 (XXIX), 3457 (XXX), 31/105, 32/106, 33/114, 34/53, 35/121, 36/37, 37/93, 38/31, 39/97, 40/163, 41/67, 42/161, 43/59 A and B, 44/49, 45/75, 46/48, 47/71, 47/72, 48/42, 48/43, 49/37, 50/30, 51/136, 52/69, 53/58, 54/81, 55/135, 56/225 A and B, 57/129, 57/336, 58/315, 59/281, 59/300, 60/263, 60/289, 61/267 A and B, 61/291, 62/273, 63/280, 64/266, 65/310, 66/297, 67/301, 68/277, 69/287, 70/268, 71/314, 72/304, 73/293, 74/277 and 75/281).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/281).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations: Supplement No. 19 (A/76/19);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/281).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 54)

 

Report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations: Supplement No. 19 (A/75/19)
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations (A/75/563 and A/75/563/Add.1)
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9 and 11
Reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/413 and A/75/413/Add.1
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.69
Resolution	75/281

The General Assembly has had the question of special political missions on its agenda annually since its sixty-seventh session (resolutions 67/123, 68/85, 69/95, 70/92, 71/100, 72/89, 73/101, 74/91 and 75/100).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to hold regular, inclusive and interactive dialogue on the overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions and to submit to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session a report on the implementation of the resolution regarding overall policy matters pertaining to special political missions (resolution 75/100).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/100).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 55)

 

Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/312
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/414
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/100

At its thirtieth session, the General Assembly decided to consider at its thirty-third session an item entitled “United Nations public information policies and activities” (resolution 3535 (XXX)). At its thirty-third session, the Assembly considered the item as a sub-item under “Questions relating to information” and decided to establish the Committee to Review United Nations Public Information Policies and Activities, consisting of 41 Member States (resolution 33/115 C).

At its thirty-fourth session, the Assembly decided to maintain the Committee and rename it the Committee on Information (resolution 34/182). 

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its thirty-fifth session (resolutions 35/201, 36/149 A and B, 37/94 A and B, 38/82 A and B, 39/98 A and B, 40/164 A and B, 41/68 A to E, 42/162 A and B, 43/60 A and B, 44/50, 45/76 A and B, 46/73 A and B, 47/73 A and B, 48/44 A and B, 49/38 A and B, 50/31 A and B, 51/138 A and B, 52/70 A and B, 53/59 A and B, 54/82 A and B, 55/136 A and B, 56/64 A and B, 57/130 A and B, 58/101 A and B, 59/126 A and B, 60/109 A and B, 61/121 A and B, 62/111 A and B, 63/100 A and B, 64/96 A and B, 65/107 A and B, 66/81 A and B, 67/124 A and B, 68/86 A and B, 69/96 A and B, 70/93 A and B, 71/101 A and B, 72/90 A and B, 73/102 A and B, 74/92 A and B, 75/101 A and B and 75/267).

In addition, the Assembly took a series of decisions on increasing the membership of the Committee on Information from 41 to 116 (resolutions 34/182 and 71/101 A and B and decisions 43/418, 44/418, 45/422, 46/423, 47/322, 47/424, 48/318, 49/416, 50/311, 50/411, 52/318, 53/418, 54/318, 55/317, 55/425, 56/419, 57/412, 57/524, 58/410, 58/525, 59/413, 59/518, 60/415, 60/524, 61/413, 61/521, 63/524, 64/520, 67/413, 67/529 and 69/522). The current composition of the Committee is contained in its report on its forty-second session (A/75/21). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its forty-third session and to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the activities of the Department of Global Communications and on the implementation of all recommendations and requests contained in the resolution. The Assembly also requested the Committee to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/101 B).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Committee on Information on its forty-third session: Supplement No. 21 (A/76/21);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/101 B).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 56)

 

Report of the Committee on Information on its forty-second session: Supplement No. 21 (A/75/21)
Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/296
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–9
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/415
Plenary meetings	A/75/PV.41 and 58
Draft resolution	A/75/L.68 and A/75/L.68/Add.1
Resolutions	75/101 A and B and 75/267

Under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, Member States administering Non-Self-Governing Territories are required to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General statistical and other information relating to conditions in the Territories for which they are responsible. The information is examined by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, which, under the terms of resolution 1970 (XVIII), is requested to take that information fully into account in considering the situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned.

At its seventy-fifth session, the General Assembly reaffirmed that, in the absence of a decision by the Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Territory had attained a full measure of self-government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter, the administering Power concerned should continue to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory; requested the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that adequate information was drawn from all available published sources in connection with the preparation of the working papers relating to the Territories concerned; and requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures (resolution 75/102). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Special Committee for 2021: Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23);

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/102).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 57)

 

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2020: Supplement No. 23 (A/75/23), chap. V
Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/64
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–10
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/416
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/102

Initially entitled “Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Southern Rhodesia, South West Africa and Territories under Portuguese domination and in all other Territories under colonial domination” (resolution 2189 (XXI)), the title of this item was amended at the Assembly’s twenty-second, thirty-fifth, forty-fourth, forty-sixth and forty-eighth sessions (resolution 2288 (XXII), A/35/250, para. 22, and decisions 44/469, 46/402 D and 48/402 C). The item was included in the agenda of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly on the recommendation of the General Committee (see A/53/PV.3).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its twenty-second session (resolutions 2288 (XXII), 2425 (XXIII), 2554 (XXIV), 2703 (XXV), 2873 (XXVI), 2979 (XXVII), 3117 (XXVIII), 3299 (XXIX), 3398 (XXX), 31/7, 32/35, 33/40, 34/41, 35/28, 36/51, 37/31, 38/50, 39/42, 40/52, 41/14, 42/74, 43/29, 44/84, 45/17, 46/64, 47/15, 48/46, 49/40, 50/33, 51/140, 52/72, 53/61, 54/84, 55/138, 56/66, 57/132, 58/103, 59/128, 60/111, 61/123, 62/113, 63/102, 64/98, 65/109, 66/83, 67/126, 68/88, 69/98, 70/95, 71/103, 72/92, 73/104, 74/94 and 75/103).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine the question of economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non‑Self-Governing Territories and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/103).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Special Committee for 2021: Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 58)

 

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2020: Supplement No. 23 (A/75/23), chap. V
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–10
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/417
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/103

The General Assembly has had this item on its agenda annually since its twenty-second session (resolutions 2311 (XXII), 2426 (XXIII), 2555 (XXIV), 2704 (XXV), 2874 (XXVI), 2980 (XXVII), 3118 (XXVIII), 3300 (XXIX), 3421 (XXX), 31/30, 32/36, 33/41, 34/42, 35/29, 36/52, 37/32, 38/51, 39/43, 40/53, 41/15, 42/75, 43/30, 44/85, 45/18, 46/65, 47/16, 48/47, 49/41, 50/34, 51/141, 52/73, 53/62, 54/85, 55/139, 56/67, 57/133, 58/104, 59/129, 60/112, 61/231, 62/114, 63/103, 64/99, 65/110, 66/84, 67/127, 68/89, 69/99, 70/96, 71/104, 72/93, 73/105, 74/95 and 75/104). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution and requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/104). 

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Special Committee for 2021: Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23); 

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/104). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 59)

 

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2020: Supplement No. 23 (A/75/23), chap. V
Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/73
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–10
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/418
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/104

At its ninth session, the General Assembly invited Member States to offer facilities to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories, not only for study and training at the university level but also for study at the post-primary level, as well as technical and vocational training of immediate and practical value, and requested the Secretary-General to prepare a report for the information of the Assembly, giving details of the offers made and the extent to which they had been taken up (resolution 845 (IX)). At subsequent sessions, a similar invitation was reiterated by the Assembly, and the Secretary-General was requested to report on the implementation of the relevant resolution (resolutions 931 (X), 1050 (XI) and 1154 (XII)).

At its thirteenth session, the Assembly decided to place this question as a separate item on the provisional agenda of its fourteenth session (resolution 1277 (XIII)). 

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fourteenth session (resolutions 1411 (XIV), 1540 (XV), 1696 (XVI), 1849 (XVII), 1974 (XVIII), 2110 (XX), 2234 (XXI), 2352 (XXII), 2423 (XXIII), 2556 (XXIV), 2705 (XXV), 2876 (XXVI), 2982 (XXVII), 3120 (XXVIII), 3302 (XXIX), 3423 (XXX), 31/32, 32/38, 33/43, 34/32, 35/31, 36/54, 37/34, 38/53, 39/45, 40/55, 41/28, 42/77, 43/32, 44/87, 45/20, 46/66, 47/17, 48/48, 49/42, 50/35, 51/142, 52/74, 53/63, 54/86, 55/140, 56/68, 57/134, 58/105, 59/130, 60/113, 61/124, 62/115, 63/104, 64/100, 65/111, 66/85, 67/128, 68/90, 69/100, 70/97, 71/105, 72/94, 73/106, 74/96 and 75/105). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution (resolution 75/105). 

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/105). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 60) 

 

Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/74 and A/75/74/Add.1
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–10
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/419
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolution	75/105

At its sixteenth session, the General Assembly established the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, consisting of 17 members (resolution 1654 (XVI)). The Assembly enlarged the Special Committee at its seventeenth, thirty-fourth, fifty-ninth, sixty-third and sixty-fourth sessions (resolution 1810 (XVII) and decisions 34/425, 59/520, 63/526 and 64/554). 

At present, the Special Committee is composed of the following 29 Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, China, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Mali, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). 

At its resumed fifty-eighth session, the Assembly, under the item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”, decided that the item should be allocated for annual consideration in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (resolution 58/316, annex, para. 4 (i)). 

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its sixteenth session (resolutions 1654 (XVI), 1810 (XVII), 1956 (XVIII), 2105 (XX), 2189 (XXI), 2326 (XXII), 2465 (XXIII), 2548 (XXIV), 2708 (XXV), 2878 (XXVI), 2908 (XXVII), 3163 (XXVIII), 3328 (XXIX), 3481 (XXX), 31/143, 32/42, 33/44, 34/94, 35/119, 36/68, 37/35, 38/54, 39/91, 40/57, 41/41 A and B, 42/71, 43/45, 44/101, 45/34, 46/71, 47/23, 48/52, 49/89, 50/39, 51/146, 52/78, 53/68, 54/91, 55/147, 56/74, 57/140, 58/111, 59/136, 60/119, 61/130, 62/120, 63/110, 64/106, 65/117, 66/91, 67/134, 68/97, 69/107, 70/231, 71/122, 72/111 and 73/123 and decisions 34/310, 34/425, 59/520, 63/413, 63/526, 64/418 and 64/554). 

Under the same item, the Assembly has also considered the following: 

(a)     Question of Western Sahara (resolutions 31/45, 32/22, 33/31 A and B, 34/37, 35/19, 36/46, 37/28, 38/40, 39/40, 40/50, 41/16, 42/78, 43/33, 44/88, 45/21, 46/67, 47/25, 48/49, 49/44, 50/36, 51/143, 52/75, 53/64, 54/87, 55/141, 56/69, 57/135, 58/109, 59/131, 60/114, 61/125, 62/116, 63/105, 64/101, 65/112, 66/86, 67/129, 68/91, 69/101, 70/98, 71/106, 72/95, 73/107, 74/97 and 75/106); 

(b)     Question of New Caledonia (resolutions 42/79, 43/34, 44/89, 45/22, 46/69, 47/26, 48/50, 49/45, 50/37, 51/144, 52/76, 53/65, 54/88, 55/142, 56/70, 57/136, 58/106, 59/132, 60/115, 61/126, 62/117, 63/106, 64/102, 65/113, 66/87, 67/130, 68/92, 69/102, 70/99, 71/119, 72/104, 73/115, 74/106 and 75/115); 

(c)     Question of French Polynesia (resolutions 67/265, 68/93, 69/103, 70/100, 71/120, 72/101, 73/112, 74/103 and 75/112); 

(d)     Question of Tokelau (resolutions 2069 (XX), 2232 (XXI), 2357 (XXII), 2430 (XXIII), 2592 (XXIV), 2709 (XXV), 2868 (XXVI), 2986 (XXVII), 3428 (XXX), 31/48, 41/26, 42/84, 43/35, 44/90, 45/29, 46/68 A and B, 47/27 A and B, 48/51 A and B, 49/47, 50/38 A and B, 51/145, 52/77, 53/66, 54/89, 55/143, 56/71, 57/137, 58/107, 59/133, 60/116, 61/127, 62/121, 63/107, 64/103, 65/114, 66/434, 67/131, 68/94, 69/104, 70/101, 71/107, 72/107, 73/118, 74/109 and 75/118); 

(e)     Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands (resolutions 2069 (XX), 2232 (XXI), 2357 (XXII), 2430 (XXIII), 2592 (XXIV), 2709 (XXV), 2869 (XXVI), 2984 (XXVII), 3156 (XXVIII), 3157 (XXVIII), 3289 (XXIX), 3290 (XXIX), 3425 (XXX), 3427 (XXX), 3429 (XXX), 3433 (XXX), 31/52, 31/54, 31/55, 31/57, 31/58, 32/24, 32/28 to 32/31, 33/32 to 33/35, 34/34 to 34/36, 34/39, 35/21 to 35/25, 36/47, 36/48, 36/62, 36/63, 37/20 to 37/27, 38/41 to 38/48, 39/30 to 39/39, 40/41 to 40/49, 41/17 to 41/25, 42/80 to 42/83, 42/85 to 42/89, 43/36 to 43/44, 44/91 to 44/99, 45/23 to 45/28, 45/30 to 45/32, 46/68 A and B, 47/27 A and B, 48/51 A and B, 49/46 A and B, 50/38 A and B, 51/224 A and B, 52/77 A and B, 53/67 A and B, 54/90 A and B, 55/144 A and B, 56/72 A and B, 57/138 A and B, 58/108 A and B, 59/134 A and B, 60/117 A and B, 61/128 A and B, 62/118 A and B, 63/108 A and B, 64/104 A and B, 65/115 A and B, 66/89 A and B, 67/132 A and B, 68/95 A and B, 69/105 A and B, 70/102 A and B, 71/108 to 71/118, 72/96 to 72/100, 72/102, 72/103, 72/105, 72/106, 72/108, 72/109, 73/108 to 73/111, 73/113, 73/114, 73/116, 73/117, 73/119 to 73/121, 74/98 to 74/102, 74/104, 74/105, 74/107, 74/108, 75/107 to 75/111, 75/113, 75/114, 75/116, 75/117, 75/119 and 75/120); 

(f)     Dissemination of information on decolonization (resolutions 2879 (XXVI), 2909 (XXVII), 3164 (XXVIII), 3329 (XXIX), 3482 (XXX), 31/144, 32/43, 33/45, 34/95, 35/120, 36/69, 37/36, 38/55, 39/92, 40/58, 41/42, 42/72, 43/46, 44/102, 45/35, 46/72, 47/24, 48/53, 49/90, 50/40, 51/147, 52/79, 53/69, 54/92, 55/145, 56/73, 57/139, 58/110, 59/135, 60/118, 61/129, 62/119, 63/109, 64/105, 65/116, 66/90, 67/133, 68/96, 69/106, 70/103, 71/121, 72/110, 73/122, 74/112 and 75/121); 

(g)     Question of Gibraltar (resolutions 2070 (XX), 2231 (XXI), 2353 (XXII), 2429 (XXIII) and 3286 (XXIX) and decisions 31/406 C, 32/411, 33/408, 34/412, 35/406, 36/409, 37/412, 38/415, 39/410, 40/413, 41/407, 42/418, 43/411, 44/426, 45/407, 46/420, 47/411, 48/422, 49/420, 50/415, 51/430, 52/419, 53/420, 54/423, 55/427, 56/421, 57/526, 58/526, 59/519, 60/525, 61/522, 62/523, 63/525, 64/521, 65/521, 66/522, 67/530, 68/523, 69/523, 70/520, 71/521, 72/520, 73/519, 74/515 and 75/523); 

(h)     International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (resolutions 43/47, 46/181, 54/90 A, 55/146, 60/120, 64/106, 65/119 and 75/123); 

(i)     Fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (resolution 65/118 and decisions 64/560 and 65/524). 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration, to formulate specific proposals to bring about an end to colonialism and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/122).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session: 

(a)     Report of the Special Committee for 2021: Supplement No. 23 (A/76/23); 

(b)     Report of the Secretary-General on the question of Western Sahara (resolution 75/106). 

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 61)

 

Report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2020: Supplement No. 23 (A/75/23), chaps. IV and V
Reports of the Secretary-General	A/75/73, A/75/220/Rev.1, A/75/220/Add.1 and A/75/367
Summary records	A/C.4/75/SR.2–10
Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)	A/75/420
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.41
Resolutions	75/106 to 75/123
Decision	75/523

The General Assembly considered this question at its forty-eighth to fifty-first sessions under the item entitled “Report of the Economic and Social Council” (resolutions 48/212, 49/132, 50/129 and 51/190). At its fifty-first session, the Assembly decided to include in the agenda of its fifty-second session an item entitled “Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources” (resolution 51/190).

The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its fifty-second session (resolutions 52/207, 53/196, 54/230, 55/209, 56/204, 57/269 (change in name of agenda item to “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”), 58/229, 59/251, 60/183, 61/184, 62/181, 63/201, 64/185, 65/179, 66/225, 67/229, 68/235, 69/241, 70/225, 71/247, 72/240, 73/255, 74/243 and 75/236).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Second Committee, where statements in the general discussion were made by 16 delegations in a virtual informal meeting, held on 19 October 2020 and provided to the Secretariat in writing (see A/75/465).

At the same session, the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its seventy-sixth session on the implementation of the resolution, including with regard to the cumulative impact of the exploitation, damage and depletion by Israel of natural resources in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and with regard to the impact of such practices on the promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals (resolution 75/236).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (resolution 75/236).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 62)

 

Relevant chapters of the report of the Economic and Social Council on its 2020 session (A/75/3)
Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan (A/75/86)
Report of the Second Committee	A/75/465
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.48
Resolution	75/236

At its fifth session, the General Assembly adopted the statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (resolution 428 (V), annex). In accordance with paragraph 11 of the statute, the High Commissioner reports annually in writing to the Assembly.

 

                         Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

 

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly requested the High Commissioner to report on his annual activities to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session (resolution 75/163).

Documents for the seventy-sixth session:

(a)     Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 12 (A/76/12);

(b)     Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 12A (A/76/12/Add.1).

 

                         Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa 

 

The question of assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa was considered by the Assembly at its forty-sixth to seventy-fourth sessions (resolutions 46/108, 47/107, 48/118, 49/174, 50/149, 51/71, 52/101, 53/126, 54/147, 55/77, 56/135, 57/183, 58/149, 59/172, 60/128, 61/139, 62/125, 63/149, 64/129, 65/193, 66/135, 67/150, 68/143, 69/154, 70/134, 71/173, 72/152, 73/150, 74/131 and 75/164).

At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly invited the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the human rights of internally displaced persons to continue the ongoing dialogue with Member States and the intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations concerned, in accordance with the Council’s mandate, and to include information thereon in all reports to the Council and the Assembly. The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, taking fully into account, inter alia, the situation of their host communities, refugee camps and the efforts expended by countries of asylum and those aimed at bridging funding gaps, under the item entitled “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions” (resolution 75/164).

Document for the seventy-sixth session: Report of the Secretary-General (resolution 75/164).

 

                         References for the seventy-fifth session (agenda item 63)

 

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Supplement No. 12 (A/75/12)
Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its seventy-first session: Supplement No. 12A (A/75/12/Add.1)
Report of the Secretary-General	A/75/322
Summary records	A/C.3/75/SR.7, 9 and 14
Report of the Third Committee	A/75/472
Plenary meeting	A/75/PV.46
Resolutions	75/162 to 75/164