Sixth Committee (Legal) — 77th session
Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly (Agenda item 170)
- Authority: decision 76/528
Documentation
- A/70/141 — Letter dated 30 April 2015 from the Permanent Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General; Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly
Summary of work
Background (source: A/77/100)
The item entitled “Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventieth session of the Assembly at the request of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation (A/70/141). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its seventieth session (decisions 70/524, 71/525, 72/524, 73/535, 74/524, 75/530 and 76/528).
At its seventy-sixth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-seventh session (decision 76/528).
Consideration at the seventy-seventh session
The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 35th meeting, on 10 November 2022 (see A/C.6/77/SR.35). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it a letter dated 30 April 2015 from the Permanent Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/70/141).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
35th meeting (10 November 2022, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
At its 35th meeting, on 10 November 2022, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed that the delegation of Kyrgyzstan, on behalf of the sponsors, had requested that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly until the seventy-eighth session of the Assembly.
At the same meeting, the Committee adopted, without a vote, a draft decision under which the General Assembly would decide to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly to the seventy-eighth session of the Assembly.
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee: A/77/431
- GA decision: 77/524 [for the text of the decision, see the Sixth Committee's report to the General Assembly]
This agenda item will be considered at the seventy-eighth session (2023).
