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About the committee

The Third Committee of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, is chaired by His Excellency José Alfonso Blanco Conde of the Dominican Republic. The General Assembly allocates to the Third Committee, agenda items relating to a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues that affect people all over the world. As in previous sessions, an important part of the work of the Committee will focus on the examination of human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006. In October 2022, the Committee will hear and interact with special rapporteurs, independent experts, and chairs of working groups as mandated by the Human Rights Council. The Committee also discusses questions relating to the advancement of women, the protection of children, indigenous issues, the treatment of refugees, the promotion of fundamental freedoms through the elimination of racism and racial discrimination, and the right to self- determination. The Committee also addresses important social development questions such as issues related to youth, family, ageing, persons with disabilities, crime prevention, criminal justice, and international drug control. At the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly, the Third Committee considered 62 draft resolutions, more than half of which were submitted under the human rights agenda item alone. The Third Committee is expected to consider a similar number of draft resolutions during the present session of the General Assembly.

Chair

• Madhav Rathi

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About the committee

The Fifth Committee is the Committee of the General Assembly with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters. Based on the reports of the Fifth Committee, the General Assembly considers and approves the budget of the Organization in accordance with Chapter IV, Article 17 of the Charter of the United Nations. This function was reaffirmed by the General Assembly in its resolution 45/248 B, Sect. VI . The Assembly also considers and approves financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies and makes recommendations to the agencies concerned. The Committee meets during the main part of the General Assembly session (September to December). Because of its heavy work load it also meets during a resumed session in March. The Committee also holds a second resumed session in May to deal with administrative and budgetary aspects of UN Peacekeeping. This practice is in accordance with General Assembly resolution 49/233 A of 23 December 1994. The Fifth Committee may also consider urgent matters relating to the financing of a peacekeeping mission authorized by the Security Council at any of its sessions.

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Topics

1. Jobs for the youths in rural areas
2. Proper remunerations for rural labor-Financial inclusions.
3. Rural-real estate for housing deficits.

About the committee

The Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, is chaired by Her Excellency Lachezara Stoeva of Bulgaria. During this session, it will deal with issues relating to economic growth and development such as macroeconomic policy questions; financing for development; sustainable development; globalization and interdependence; eradication of poverty; operational activities for development; agriculture development, food security and nutrition; information and communications technologies for development; and implementation of the New Urban Agenda. The Second Committee will also consider issues relating to groups of countries in special situations, as well as the item on permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. The Committee will hear a keynote address by Professor Michael Kremer, University Professor in Economics And Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and founding director of the Development Innovation Lab. In 2019, Professor Kremer was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, together with co-researchers Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. He will address the theme chosen for the general debate this year, which is “Transforming political commitments into actions for sustainable recovery - rebuilding a sustainable future for all” on 3 October. At the seventy-sixth session, the Second Committee took action on 38 draft proposals. It is expected that the Committee will consider around the same number of proposals during this year's session. In accordance with the on-going process of revitalization of the General Assembly, the Second Committee is engaged in updating its working methods and practices in order to improve the quality of debates and the impact of their deliberations and decisions, as well as to further streamline the Committee’s agenda and programme of work, biennialize agenda items, cluster the consideration of agenda items thematically, hold interactive “question time” sessions with secretariat officials after the presentation of substantive reports, and actively work to reduce the number and length of draft resolutions adopted during its sessions.

Chair

• Olileanya Ezugwu

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