Sixth Committee (Legal) — 78th session
Observer status for the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture in the General Assembly (Agenda item 171)
- Item proposed by Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay: A/78/191
Documentation
- A/78/191 — Letter dated 1 August 2023 from the representatives of Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
- A/C.6/78/L.3 — Draft resolution
Summary of work
Background (source: A/78/200)
By the letter dated 1 August 2023 (A/78/191) addressed to the Secretary-General, the representatives of Argentina, Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay requested the inclusion of this item in the provisional agenda of the seventy-eighth session.
Consideration at the seventy-eighth session
The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 14th and 36th meetings, on 16 October and 8 November 2023 (see A/C.6/78/SR.14 and 36).
A statement was made by the representative of Argentina.
Support was expressed for granting observer status to the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture.
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
14th meeting (16 October 2023, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
36th meeting (8 November 2023, 10:00am – 11:30am) | Summary
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
At the 14th meeting, on 16 October 2023, the representative of Argentina, also on behalf of Andorra, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain and Uruguay, introduced a draft resolution entitled “Observer status for the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture in the General Assembly” (A/C.6/78/L.3) and announced that Brazil, Honduras and Mexico had joined in sponsoring the draft resolution.
At the 36th meeting, on 8 November 2023, the representative of Argentina announced that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela had joined in sponsoring the draft resolution. At the same meeting, the Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.6/78/L.3 without a vote.
Under the draft resolution, the General Assembly would decide to invite Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer and request the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the resolution.
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
