Second Committee (Economic and Financial)

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Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations body

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) is one of the United Nations General Assembly’s main committees responsible for handling global economic, financial, and development issues.

Aliases (2)

Second Committee ×3
Second Committee (UNGA) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly → United Nations body →
alsoKnownAs	Economic and Financial Committee → Second Committee →
decisionType	recommendations to the United Nations General Assembly →
focusesOn	economic dimension of sustainable development → financial dimension of sustainable development →
handlesIssue	South-South cooperation → agriculture development → climate change and development aspects → development cooperation → environment and sustainable development → external debt sustainability → financing for development → follow-up to major United Nations conferences on development → food security → global partnerships for development → globalization and interdependence → groups of countries in special situations → human settlements and urbanization → implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development → implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals → industrial development → information and communications technologies for development → international financial system → international trade for development → macroeconomic policy questions → operational activities for development → poverty eradication → poverty reduction strategies → sustainable development → tourism for sustainable development →
hasAbbreviation	Second Committee (UNGA) →
hasMandateFrom	Charter of the United Nations →
hasNumberOfMainCommitteesInParent	6 →
hasParentOrganization	United Nations →
isOneOf	Six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
location	United Nations Headquarters, New York City →
meetsDuring	regular session of the United Nations General Assembly →
membershipType	all Member States of the United Nations →
partOf	United Nations General Assembly →
primaryFunction	consideration of global economic and financial issues → consideration of international development issues →
produces	draft resolutions for the United Nations General Assembly →
reportsTo	Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly →
votingSystem	one country one vote →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Nations General Assembly → United Nations General Assembly →	hasMainCommittee
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) ("Second Committee") →	alsoKnownAs
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) ("Second Committee (UNGA)") →	hasAbbreviation
United Nations General Assembly committees ("Second Committee") →	hasPart
Sixth Committee ("Second Committee") →	hasSiblingCommittee