Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

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Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly UN General Assembly subsidiary organ

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for issues related to decolonization, peacekeeping, and a range of special political matters.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly → UN General Assembly subsidiary organ →
composition	all UN Member States →
country	United Nations →
decisionMakingProcess	consensus → majority vote →
establishedBy	United Nations General Assembly rules of procedure →
hasMember	Albania → Algeria → Andorra → Angola → Antigua and Barbuda → Argentina → Armenia → Australia → Austria → Azerbaijan → Bahrain → Bangladesh → Barbados → Belarus → Belgium → Belize → Benin → Bhutan → Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela → Bolivia → Bosnia and Herzegovina → Botswana → Brazil → Brunei Darussalam → Bulgaria → Burkina Faso → Burundi → Cambodia → Cameroon → Canada → Cape Verde → Central African Republic → Chad → Chile → Colombia → Comoros → Costa Rica → Croatia → Cuba → Cyprus → Czech Republic → Czechia → Côte d'Ivoire → Democratic People's Republic of Korea → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Denmark → Dominica → Dominican Republic → Ecuador → Egypt → El Salvador → Eritrea → Estonia → Eswatini → Ethiopia → Fiji → Finland → France → Gabon → Gambia → Georgia → Germany → Ghana → Greece → Grenada → Guatemala → Guinea → Guinea-Bissau → Guyana → Haiti → Holy See → Honduras → Hungary → Iceland → India → Indonesia → Iran → Ireland → Israel → Italy → Jamaica → Japan → Jordan → Kazakhstan → Kenya → Kiribati → Kuwait → Kyrgyzstan → Laos → Latvia → Lebanon → Lesotho → Liberia → Liechtenstein → Lithuania → Luxembourg → Madagascar → Malawi → Malaysia → Maldives → Mali → Malta → Marshall Islands → Mauritania → Mexico → Micronesia (Federated States of) → Monaco → Mongolia → Morocco → Mozambique → Myanmar → Namibia → Nauru → Nepal → Netherlands → New Zealand → Nicaragua → Niger → Nigeria → North Macedonia → Norway → Oman → Pakistan → Palau → Panama → Papua New Guinea → Paraguay → People's Republic of China → Peru → Philippines → Poland → Portugal → Qatar → Republic of Korea → Republic of Moldova → Republic of the Congo → Romania → Russian Federation → Rwanda → Saint Kitts and Nevis → Saint Lucia → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Samoa → San Marino → Sao Tome and Principe → Saudi Arabia → Senegal → Serbia → Seychelles → Sierra Leone → Singapore → Slovakia → Slovenia → Solomon Islands → Somalia → South Africa → South Sudan → Spain → Sri Lanka → State of Palestine → Sudan → Suriname → Sweden → Switzerland → Tajikistan → Tanzania → Thailand → Timor-Leste → Togo → Tonga → Trinidad and Tobago → Tunisia → Turkey → Turkmenistan → Uganda → Ukraine → United Arab Emirates → United Kingdom → United States of America → Uruguay → Uzbekistan → Vanuatu → Venezuela → Viet Nam → Yemen → Zambia → Zimbabwe →
hasNumber	Fourth →
hasPrecedenceOrder	4 →
headquartersLocation	New York City →
locatedIn	New York → United States of America →
mainResponsibility	Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories → United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East → decolonization → decolonization-related agenda items → effects of atomic radiation → information → international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space → peacebuilding → peacekeeping operations → questions relating to information → questions relating to public information → questions relating to the University for Peace → special political questions →
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters →
meetsDuring	regular session of the United Nations General Assembly →
organizationType	deliberative body →
parentOrganization	United Nations General Assembly →
relatedBody	Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → Special Committee on Decolonization →
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly plenary →
scope	peacekeeping financing recommendations in coordination with the Fifth Committee → political issues not dealt with by the First Committee → questions relating to decolonization → special political missions →
sessionFrequency	annual →
shortName	Fourth Committee → Special Political and Decolonization Committee →
UNGACommitteeNumber	4 →
UNOfficialLanguage	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United Nations General Assembly → United Nations General Assembly →	hasMainCommittee
Third session of the United Nations General Assembly → United Nations General Assembly committees ("Fourth Committee") →	hasPart
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ("Fourth Committee") → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ("Special Political and Decolonization Committee") →	shortName
Sixth Committee ("Fourth Committee") →	hasSiblingCommittee