Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

E1017797
Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly Subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly

The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main body responsible for addressing social, humanitarian, and human rights issues within the UN’s principal deliberative organ.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
Subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
canAdopt Decisions ⓘ
Draft resolutions ⓘ
considersReportsFrom Chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies ⓘ
Human Rights Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Independent experts ⓘ
Special rapporteurs NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionMaking Resolutions adopted by majority vote ⓘ
focusesOn Human‑centered aspects of development ⓘ
Implementation of human rights instruments ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
location United Nations Headquarters, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandate Advancement of women ⓘ
Ageing issues ⓘ
Crime prevention ⓘ
Crime prevention and criminal justice ⓘ
Criminal justice ⓘ
Elimination of racism and racial discrimination ⓘ
Family issues ⓘ
Human rights issues ⓘ
Humanitarian issues ⓘ
Indigenous issues ⓘ
International drug control ⓘ
Literacy ⓘ
Persons with disabilities ⓘ
Promotion of fundamental freedoms ⓘ
Protection of children ⓘ
Right to self‑determination ⓘ
Social development ⓘ
Social issues ⓘ
Treatment of refugees ⓘ
Youth issues ⓘ
meetsDuring Regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
membership All Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
numberOfMainCommitteesInGA 6 GENERATED ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Main Committees of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Economic and Social Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations human rights machinery NERFINISHED ⓘ
sessionTiming Usually meets from late September to November ⓘ
shortName GA Third Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
submitsTo Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystem One‑state‑one‑vote ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

48th session of the United Nations General Assembly → hasOrgan → Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ