Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee)
Status of action on draft proposals
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Title |
Main Sponsor |
Programme Budget Implications |
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| Item 25: Social Development | ||||
| Item 25 (a): Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty -fourth special session of the General Assembly | ||||
| Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly | Pakistan (on behalf of Group of 77 and China) | None | Adopted 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 25 (b): Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family | ||||
| Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities | Philippines | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing | Pakistan (on behalf of Group of 77 and China) | None | Adopted 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Preparations for and observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family | Pakistan (on behalf of Group of 77 and China) | None | Adopted 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 25 (c): Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | ||||
| Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | Mongolia | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Item 26: Advancement of women: | ||||
| Trafficking in women and girls | Philippines | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation | Burkina Faso (on behalf of Group of African States) | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 No |
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| Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: gender stereotypes and negative social norms? | Netherlands and France | None | Adopted by vote as orally revised and as a whole: 166-0-14 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Guatemala | None | Rejected by vote: 36-95-31 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Russian Federation | None | Rejected by vote: 30-96-35 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Russian Federation | None | Rejected by vote: 37-99-27 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Russian Federation | None | Rejected by vote: 41-104-18 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Russian Federation | None | Rejected by vote: 49-95-18 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Russian Federation | None | Rejected by vote: 38-95-26 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Egypt, Libya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia | None | Rejected by vote: 49-95-17 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Egypt, Libya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia | None | Withdrawn 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Egypt, Libya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia | None | Rejected by vote: 57-88-14 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Egypt, Libya, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia | None | Rejected by vote: 61-86-14 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula? | Senegal (on behalf of Group of African States) | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 57: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions | ||||
| Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Angola | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Sweden (on behalf of the Nordic Countries) | None | Adopted 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa | South Africa (on behalf of the Group of African States) | None | Adopted 53rd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Item 63: Report of the Human Rights Council | ||||
| Report of the Human Rights Council | Liberia (on behalf of the Group of African States) | None | Adopted by vote: 113-4-59 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 64: Promotion and protection of the rights of children: | ||||
| Item 64(a): Promotion and protection of the rights of children | ||||
| Protecting children from bullying | Mexico | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| None | ||||
| Child, early and forced marriage | Canada and Zambia | Oral statement | Adopted 51st mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 64 (b): Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children | ||||
| Item 65: Rights of indigenous peoples: | ||||
| Item 65 (a): Rights of indigenous peoples | ||||
| Rights of indigenous peoples | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Ecuador | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Item 65 (b): Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples | ||||
| Item 66: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: | ||||
| Item 66 (a): Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance | ||||
| Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance | Russian Federation | None | Adopted by vote as orally revised and as amended: 105-52-15 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Australia, Japan, Liberia and North Macedonia | None | Withdrawn 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Amendment to | Australia, Japan, Liberia and North Macedonia | None | Adopted by vote: 63-23-65 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Item 66 (b): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||
| A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action | Pakistan (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) |
None |
Adopted by vote: 126-17-36 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 67: Right of peoples to self-determination | ||||
| Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination | Cuba |
None | Adopted by vote: 122-50-5 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination | Pakistan | None | Adopted 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Egypt (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)) | None | Adopted by vote: 167-5-7 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 68: Promotion and protection of human rights: | ||||
| Item 68 (a): Implementation of human rights instruments | ||||
| Human rights treaty body system | Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Slovenia and Sweden | None | Adopted |
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| Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment | Denmark | None | Adopted 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Item 68 (b): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms | ||||
| The right to development | CUBA (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) | None | Adopted by vote: 128-24-28 46th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | CUBA (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) | None | Adopted 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | CUBA (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) | None | Adopted by vote: 123-53-1 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Cuba | None | Adopted by vote: 117-54-10 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all | Cuba | None | Adopted by vote: 126-53-1 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| The right to food | Cuba | None | Adopted 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Human Rights in the Administration of Justice | Austria | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| The right to privacy in the digital age | Brazil and Germany | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| The role of Ombudsman and mediator institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights, good governance and the rule of law | Morocco | None | Adopted as orally revised 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Programme budget implications of draft resolution | ||||
| Missing persons | Azerbaijan | None | Adopted 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions | Finland (on behalf of the Nordic Countries) | None | Adopted by vote: 131-1-45 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Amendment to Draft Resolution - Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions | Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Cameroon, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda and Yemen | None | Rejected by vote: 51-88-26 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Freedom of religion or belief | Czechia (on behalf of the European Union) | None | Adopted 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Moratorium on the use of the death penalty | Australia and Costa Rica | None | Adopted by vote as amended: 126-37-24 49th mtg 11 Nov |
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| Amendment to Draft Resolution - Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty | Singapore | None | Adopted by vote: |
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| Human rights and extreme poverty | Peru | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief | Egypt (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) | None | Adopted 54th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 68 (c): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives | ||||
| Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Czechia (on behalf of the European Union) | None | Adopted 52nd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar | Czechia (on behalf of the European Union) and Pakistan (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation) | None | Adopted 52nd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Canada | None | Adopted by vote: 79-28-68 52nd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine | Ukraine | None | Adopted by vote: 78-14-79 52nd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | United States | None | Adopted by vote: 90-14-68 53rd mtg 16 Nov |
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| Item 68 (d): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||
| Item 109: Crime prevention and criminal justice | ||||
| Follow-up to the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fifteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice? | Recomended by ECOSOC | Oral statement | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and reintegration | Recomended by ECOSOC | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Strengthening national and international efforts, including with the private sector, to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse? | Recomended by ECOSOC | None | Adopted 45th mtg 4 Nov |
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| Preventing and combating corrupt practices and the transfer of proceeds of corruption, facilitating asset recovery and returning such assets to legitimate owners, in particular to countries of origin, in accordance with the United Nations Convention against Corruption | Colombia | None | Adopted 50th mtg 15 Nov |
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| Strengthening and promoting effective measures and international cooperation on organ donation and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in human organs | Guatemala and Spain | None | Adopted 51st mtg 15 Nov |
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| None | ||||
| United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders | Uganda (on behalf of the African States) | None | Adopted 48th mtg 11 Nov |
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| None | ||||
| Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity | Italy | None | Adopted 51st mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 110: Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes | ||||
| Item 111: International drug control | ||||
| Addressing the world drug problem through a comprehensive and balanced approach | Mexico | None | Adopted by vote: 116-9-45 55th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 124: Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly | ||||
Draft programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly Conference room paper 2?on the provisional programme of work and timetable for the Third Committee at the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly
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Bureau | Adopted as orally revised 55th mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 139: Programme Planning | ||||
