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Sixth Committee (Legal) — 81st session   RSS feed

  • Briefing for Sixth Committee delegates on the Committee items on the provisional agenda of the eighty-first session of the GA will be held on Friday, 11 September 2026, from 10:00am to 12:00pm in the Trusteeship Council Chamber. Briefing by the Special Rapporteurs of the International Law Commission (and Chair of the Working Group on Succession of States in respect of State responsibility) on the outcome of the 77th session of the International Law Commission, to be held online on Wednesday, 9 September, from 8:00am to 10:00am.

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During the eighty-first session, the Sixth Committee is scheduled to meet from 5 October to 20 November 2026.

Agenda items allocated to the Sixth Committee

Click on the following links to obtain information, relevant documentation and summaries of the work of the Sixth Committee on each item at the 81st session.

Provis. # Agenda Item
75 Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission
76 Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-ninth session
77 United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law
78 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-sixth and seventy-seventh sessions
79 United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity
80 Expulsion of aliens
81 Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts
82 Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives
83 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization
84 The rule of law at the national and international levels
85 The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction
86 The law of transboundary aquifers
87 Responsibility of international organizations
88 United Nations Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters
112 Measures to eliminate international terrorism
124 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly
139 Programme planning
150 Administration of justice at the United Nations
166 Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country
167 Observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the General Assembly
168 Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly
169 Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly
170 Observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the General Assembly
171 Observer status for the International Organization of Employers in the General Assembly
172 Observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the General Assembly
173 Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly
174 Observer status for the International Parliamentarians’ Congress in the General Assembly
175 Observer status for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in the General Assembly
176 Observer status for the Islamic Organization for Food Security in the General Assembly
177 Observer status for the African Export-Import Bank in the General Assembly
178 Observer status for the Climate Vulnerable Forum in the General Assembly
TBD Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of la Francophonie in the General Assembly

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