Further criticism of the UN was recently directed towards Noeleen Heyzer, the special envoy of the secretary-general on Myanmar, who was appointed last December and visited the Myanmar capital Naypyidaw last month. After having come to power in contested circumstances the month before, the new government sought to speak at the UN General Assembly before the close of its session in September 2021: the Credential Committee did not meet to agree to accept new Afghan appointments before the end of the session. Global health and foreign policy [item 129]: draft resolution (A/76/L.43), Debate on the item and Action on the draft resolution, 1. Crime prevention and criminal justice [item 108]: draft decision (A/76/L.9). REPRESENTATIVES' CREDENTIALS. Highlights: - Credentials Committee - AIDS Day commemoration - Urban Agenda - G20 Sherpa briefing - GRULAC - Fellowship deadline ], Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Advancement of women [item 29]: draft resolution (A/76/L.66) (item 7 to reopen item 29: Advancement of women), Informal consultations on the political declaration of the high-level meeting on improving global road safety, [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 June 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]. ): US President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2021 in New York. General and complete disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/76/444) [item 100], 10. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/76/445) [item 101], 11. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the First Committee (A/76/446) [item 102], 12. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions [item 65]: report of the Third Committee (A/76/456), 4. . Agriculture development, food security and nutrition [item 26 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/538/Add.1), 38. Informal thematic consultation as a follow-up to the report of the Secretary-General entitled Our Common Agenda, 1st thematic cluster on the theme Accelerating and scaling up the SDGs, leaving no-one behind, Morning: Plenary segment, including statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, Member States and observers of the General Assembly, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 December 2021, 2 February 2022 and 8 February 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. (c) A different battle for Myanmar is being fought in the United Nations. Each year before the regular session begins, the Office of Legal Affairs recommends a group of candidates to the President of the General Assembly for the Credentials Committee. Myanmar and Afghanistan were the only two countries out of the 193-nation strong General Assembly membership that did not speak at the just-concluded high-level UNGA week. [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated14 February 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. ], [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 February 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Report of the Fifth Committee. The country is now experiencing a major humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic. ], 2. The 77th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is scheduled to meet from 3 October-4 November 2022 in New York. It was really a misstep and very little if anything was achieved by her trip to Naypyidaw, he told Al Jazeera. Improving global road safety [item 13]: Draft decision (A/76/L.61), [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 June 2022, was Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/76/443) [item 99], 9. ], International Migration Review Forum (Day 4), Plenary segment: general debate continued, followed by the closing segment Opening of the general debate [item 8], His Excellency Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President, Federative Republic of Brazil, His Excellency Joseph Biden, President, United States of America, His Excellency Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, President, Republic of Maldives, His Excellency Ivn Duque Mrquez, President, Republic of Colombia, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir, State of Qatar, Her Excellency Zuzana aputov, President, Slovak Republic (pre-recorded), His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President, Portuguese Republic, His Excellency Sadyr Zhaparov, President, Kyrgyz Republic (pre-recorded), His Excellency Gitanas Nausda, President, Republic of Lithuania, His Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President, Republic of Uzbekistan (pre-recorded), His Excellency Flix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President, Islamic Republic of Iran (pre-recorded), His Excellency Sebastin Piera Echenique, President, Republic of Chile (pre-recorded), His Excellency Moon Jae-in, President, Republic of Korea, His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoan, President, Republic of Turkey, His Excellency Guy Parmelin, President, Swiss Confederation, His Excellency Xi Jinping, President, Peoples Republic of China (pre-recorded), Delegations are kindly reminded that, in accordance with established practice, each statement in the general debate should be limited to 15 minutes in order to accommodate speakers for each meeting in a timely fashion. A recent report from the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) found that due to resistance from armed ethnic groups and the Peoples Defence Force, a network of civilian armed groups established by the NUG in 2021, the military regime can be said to have stable control of 17 percent of Myanmars territory. ], Afternoon: Continuation of the plenary segment, Panel discussion with the representatives of the United Nations system, Panel discussion with the participation of relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, young people, academia and civil society representatives, 2nd thematic cluster on the theme Accelerating the SDGs through sustainable financing and building trust, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 December 2021, 3 February 2022 and 11 February 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. ], Informal meeting of the plenary to mark World AIDS Day, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021, 18 November 2021 and 24 November 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine [item 67], Debate on the item (Continued from the 59th plenary meeting of the 76th regular session of the General Assembly, on 23 February 2022.). Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/488) [item 175], 23. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 122]: report of the Third Committee (A/76/468), 18. Programme planning: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/76/426) [item 139], 1. Notes. Eradication of poverty and other development issues [item 24]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/536), 31. Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination [item 116 (a)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/364/Add.1), 3. Sweden, as chair, will do consultations and then a report will be submitted to the General Assembly in December. The credentials of representatives and the names of members of the delegation of each Member State are submitted to the Secretary-General and are issued either by the Head of the State or Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly). Measures to eliminate international terrorism: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/478) [item 111], 12. ], 2. New Partnership for Africas Development: progress in implementation and international support [item 68 (a)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.59/Rev.1), 5. Some 2,276 people have been killed since the coup and more than 15,000 arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a civil society group which has been monitoring the crackdown. The Committee reports to the Assembly on the credentials of representatives of the UN Member States. (A/76/L.14), 4. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance [item 75]: draft decision (A/76/L.71), Informal consultations on the on the Declaration on Future Generations. ], Informal meeting on the draft political delcaration for the high-level meeting on improving globl road safety, [A letter form the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 June 2022, was sent to all permanent representative and permanent observers], Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 124]: Special report of the Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitan ts of Non-Self-Governing Territories: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/76/424) [item 62], 14. The problem with the status quo at the UN is that there is divided and incomplete recognition within the UN, Tyler Giannini, a professor at Harvard Law School, told Al Jazeera. ], 1. There have been serious inconsistencies in the handling of this issue by different UN bodies, with some allowing the military junta to represent Myanmar, while most have not allowed anyone to sit in Myanmars seat, the Myanmar Accountability Project said in a statement. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [item 117 (g)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/637), 7. Observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/487) [item 174], 22. Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences [item 117 (f)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/106), 3. General Assembly session (2022) During the 77 th session of the General Assembly, the following agenda items concerning decolonization were allocated to the Fourth Committee in accordance with the . We believe there are compelling legal arguments to accept the credentials of the NUG. Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns [item 117 (h)], Intergovernmental consultations on the Progress Declaration of the International Migration Review Forum, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated21 January 2022,24 January 2022, 8 February 2022, 18 February 2022 and 17 March 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Groups of countries in special situations: follow-up to theFourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [item 23 (a)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.39), Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (2nd Plenary meeting), Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) [item 5], Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (3rd Plenary meeting), Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) [item 5], Debate on the item (Continued), Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (4th Plenary meeting), Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (5th Plenary meeting), Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) [item 5], Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) [item 5: draft resolution A/ES-11/L.1], Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (6th Plenary meeting), Letter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136) [item 5: draft resolution A/ES-11/L.1], Statements after the adoption (Continued), 4th thematic cluster on the theme Protecting our planet and being prepared for the future, [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 December 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]. [1] An example is the Taliban government of Afghanistan. "[1][3] The General Assembly formally acknowledges the representatives of the Member States by approving their credentials. Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, had told PTI that the letter also indicates that as of August 15, 2021, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani is ousted and [countries across the world] no longer recognise him as president. Description. The Council today approved conclusions setting out the EU's priorities at the United Nations during the 76 th session of the United Nations General Assembly (September 2021 - September 2022).. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/76/450) [item 106], 16. John Angelillo/Pool via REUTERS, India, US on same page on many issues relating to Afghanistan: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar. The question of who will represent Myanmar at the UN has lingered since the military coup in February. 68 (b) A/76/PV.96. : 2021-2022)--PRAYER OR MEDITATION, A/76/251 142 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. Sweden is the chair of the committee. Delegations may wish to inform their capitals accordingly. ], 1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Operational activities for development [item 25]: draft decision (A/76/L.73) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate item 25: Operational activities of development), [A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 July 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. (b) Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/299) UN. Notes. (b) Draft resolution (A/76/L.17), (a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/76/357) ):Arabic;Chinese;English;French;Russian;Spanish, His Excellency Zoran Milanovi, President, Republic of Croatia, His Excellency Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President, Arab Republic of Egypt (pre-recorded), His Excellency Pedro Castillo Terrones, President, Republic of Peru, His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President, Turkmenistan (pre-recorded), His Excellency Sauli Niinist, President, Republic of Finland, His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President, Republic of the Philippines (pre-recorded), His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda (pre-recorded), His Excellency Alberto Fernndez, President, Argentine Republic (pre-recorded), His Excellency Klaus Werner Iohannis, President, Romania, His Excellency Surangel Whipps, President, Republic of Palau, His Excellency Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President, Republic of Costa Rica, His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President, Republic of Poland, His Excellency Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, Constitutional President, Republic of Ecuador, His Excellency Egils Levits, President, Republic of Latvia, His Excellency Rumen Radev, President, Republic of Bulgaria (pre-recorded), His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President, Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera, Head of State, Central African Republic, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President, Federal Republic of Somalia (pre-recorded), The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all official languages, offers the Speaking Now feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement). Accepting the NUGs credentials gives the UNGA an historic opportunity to act decisively in support of the founding principles of the United Nations. PassBlue is a nonprofit, independent women-led media company that covers foreign affairs and the United Nations with a focus on womens issues and the impact of major world powers on ordinary citizens. Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all [item 20 (j)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/533/Add.9), 21. ], Space as a driver of sustainable development [item 30]: draft resolution (A/76/L.3), Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution, Informal meeting of the plenary on the report of the Secretary-General entitled "Our Common Agenda" (A/75/982), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 8 October 2021 and 11 October 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Heads of states and governments from 193 Member States exchanged statements in-person in the General Assembly Hall, on the theme "A . Prevention of an arms race in outer space: report of the First Committee (A/76/442) [item 98], 8. UN Bodies > General Assembly > General Assembly Plenary. The situation in the Middle East [item 38]: draft resolutions (A/76/L.15 and A/76/L.16), 1. https://t.co/o6bx4F2llh, ChinHumanRightsOrg (@ChinHumanRights) August 23, 2022. The situation in the Middle East [item 38]: (a) Rreports of the Secretary-General (A/76/194 and A/76/299) ], 4. Now the Assembly must consider . Social development [item 28]: report of the Third Committee (A/76/454), 2. In July, the generals executed four political opponents, reviving the death penalty, which had not been used since the late 1980s, and prompting outrage in many parts of the world. PassBlue needs your support to stay strong. Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/76/422) [item 60], 12. The junta has inflicted on its own people what the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has called a brute force reign of terror, likely amounting to crimes against humanity. 10:30 to 13:00: Plenary segment, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated9 November 2021,2 December 2021, 7 January 2022, 3 May 2022, 9 May 2022 and17 May 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. "The Committee deferred its decision on the credentials pertaining to the representatives of Myanmar and on the credentials pertaining to the representatives of Afghanistan to the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly," she said. Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting on 16 March 2022 are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs Branch (e-mail galindo@un.org), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated14 February 2022 and 1 March 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-fourth session: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/471) [item 80], 3. In order to assist the speakers with the timely delivery of their statements, a light mechanism will be installed at the rostrum. at its most recent regular session. Ep 61: Japan wants a consensus from the Security Council on managing North Korea. India, US on same page on many issues relating to Afghanistan: External Affairs Minister Jaishankar. 14 Sep 2021. Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the . A/75/251 3a Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee. General Assembly (76th sess. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 11]: Report of the Secretary General (A/76/783), Informal meeting of the General Assembly to hear a briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar, Informal consultations on the political declaration of the high-level meeting on improving global road safety, Interactive dialogue between permanent missions and the Secretariat and briefing on 'lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic" and on the progress made to improve the accessibility of the UNHQ premises for persons with disabilities, Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [item 115 (b)], Informal High-level Meeting to mark the commemoration of the first International Day for Countering Hate Speech, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated13 April 2022 and 13 June 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Election of members of the Human Rights Council [item 116 (d)]: by-election (item 7 to reopen item 116 (d)), 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Prevention of an arms race in outer space: reducing space threats through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviours [item 98 (d)]: draft decision (A/76/L.50) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate item 98 (d)), 3. (c) Report on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects: Letter from the Co-Chairs (A/76/391) : 2021-2022)--AGENDA, A/76/251 141 Pattern of conferences. The UN Credentials Committee that will review the Taliban's communication in which it nominated Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's envoy to the UN is expected to meet next month, with the General Assembly president saying the entire 193-nation strong membership will decide on the matter once the committee submits its findings on who should sit at Kabul's seat in the world body. Informal meeting with youth representatives and relevant stakeholders on the establishment of the United Nations Youth Office. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions [item 117 (a)]: Report of the Fifth Committee (A/76/516/Add.1) (item 7 to reopen item 117 (a)), 3. The United Nations General Assembly is due to consider an issue in the coming weeks that will profoundly affect the lives of 55 million people in Myanmar. ], Continuation of the list of speakers, followed by the interactive segment of the meeting, Informal consultations on the preparations for the high-level meeting on improving global road safety, Interactive dialogue on the theme Harmony with Nature and Biodiversity: Contributions of Ecological Economics and Earth-centered law, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated23 March 2022, and 14 April 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Oceans and the law of the sea [item 78 (a)]: Draft decision (A/76/L.46): Report of the Fifth Committee (A/76/838), Informal consultations on the preparations for the high-level meeting on improving global road safety Third round of negotiations, High- level debate on the theme Enhancing youth mainstreaming in crime prevention policies, A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 31 March 2022, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. : 2021-2022). The President of the General Assembly then proposes nine candidates to the General Assembly, which then votes on the candidates. Organization of work, adoption of agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [item 23 (a)]: draft decision (A/76/L.32) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (a) of agenda item 23), 4. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-fourth session [item 80]: Report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/471, draft resolution I) The Taliban, the country's new rulers for a matter of weeks, are challenging the credentials of their country's former U.N. ambassador and want to speak at the General Assembly's high-level meeting of world leaders this week, the international body says. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/76/438) [item 94], 4. The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Copyright 2023, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. or its affiliated companies.