Sixth Committee (Legal) — 79th session
Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly (Agenda item 172)
At the 37th meeting on 8 November 2024, the Sixth Committee decided to recommend the General Assembly to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly to its eightieth session. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 172.
- Authority: decision 78/522
Documentation
- — Note verbale dated 11 August 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Summary of work
Background (source: )
The item entitled “Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly at the request of Uruguay (). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its seventy-second session (decisions 72/526, 73/537, 74/526, 75/532, 76/530, 77/526 and 78/522).
At its seventy-eighth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-ninth session (decision 78/522).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
(8 November 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee:
- GA decision: 79/529 [for the text of the decision, see the Sixth Committee's report to the General Assembly]
