Legal Committee of the General Assembly

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Intergovernmental organization committee Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations body

The Legal Committee of the General Assembly, formally known as the Sixth Committee, is the primary forum within the United Nations General Assembly responsible for handling legal questions and developing international law.

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Label	Occurrences
Legal Committee of the General Assembly canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Intergovernmental organization committee ⓘ Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations body ⓘ
composedOf	All Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
considers	Items allocated by the General Assembly related to legal matters ⓘ
cooperatesWith	International Law Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ Sixth (Legal) Committee bureaus of regional groups NERFINISHED ⓘ
dealsWith	Codification of international law ⓘ Diplomatic and consular law ⓘ International criminal law ⓘ International humanitarian law NERFINISHED ⓘ Law of treaties NERFINISHED ⓘ Measures to eliminate international terrorism ⓘ Progressive development of international law ⓘ Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts ⓘ Rule of law at the national and international levels ⓘ United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
decisionMakingMethod	Consensus where possible ⓘ Voting by Member States when necessary ⓘ
establishedBy	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedUnder	Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	GA Sixth Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFormalName	Sixth Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
hasParentOrganization	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction	Consideration of legal aspects of United Nations activities ⓘ Development of international law ⓘ Handling legal questions within the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasShortName	UNGA Sixth Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWorkingMethods	Debates, draft resolutions, and reports to the General Assembly ⓘ
isOneOf	Six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
meetsDuring	Main part of the regular session of the General Assembly ⓘ
membershipType	Universal membership of UN Member States ⓘ
partOf	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
produces	Draft resolutions on legal questions for adoption by the General Assembly ⓘ
reportsTo	Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
sessionFrequency	Annually during the regular session of the General Assembly ⓘ
subjectArea	International law ⓘ Public international law ⓘ United Nations legal affairs ⓘ
website	https://www.un.org/en/ga/sixth/ ⓘ

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Legal Committee → alsoKnownAs → Legal Committee of the General Assembly ⓘ