Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee)
Status of action on draft proposals (as of 23 November 2016)
Symbol |
Initiated on eSponsor |
Title |
Main Sponsor |
Intro |
PBIs |
Action |
| Item 26: Social Development | ||||||
| Yes | Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly | Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77) |
36th Mtg 28 Oct |
None | Adopted (Orally corrected_ 55th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Item 26 (a): Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family | ||||||
| Yes | Follow-up to the Twentieth Anniversary of the International Year of the Family and Beyond | Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77) |
36th Mtg 28 Oct |
None | ||
| None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Follow-up to the second World Assembly on Ageing | Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77) |
36th Mtg 28 Oct |
None | ||
| Adopted 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities | Philippines and United Republic of Tanzania | None | |||
| Inclusive development for persons with disabilities | None | Adopted 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
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| Item 26 (b): Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | ||||||
| Yes | Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | Mongolia | 36th Mtg 28 Oct |
None | ||
| None | Adopted 44th mtg 3 Nov |
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| Item 27: Advancement of women: | ||||||
| Yes | Trafficking in women and girls | Philippines | None | |||
| None | Adopted (Orally revised) 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
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| Yes | Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation | Niger (on behalf of the Group of African States) |
46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | ||
| A/C.3/71/L.15/Rev.1 | Botswana (on behalf of the Group of African States) |
Adopted (Orally revised) 51st Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula | Niger (on behalf of the Group of African States) |
46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | Adopted by 53rd Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: prevention and elimination of domestic violence | France and the Netherlands | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 54th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: domestic violence | None | |||||
| Yes | Amendment to | Sudan | None | Rejected by Vote: 19-106-32 (Orally revised) 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
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| Item 60: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions | ||||||
| Yes | Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Lithuania, Fiji, Paraguay | None | Adopted 47th mtg 10 Nov |
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| Yes | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Norway | None | Adopted 50th Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa | Ghana | None | |||
| None | Adopted (Orally revised) 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
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| Item 63: Report of the Human Rights Council | ||||||
| Yes | Report of the Human Rights Council | Botswana (on behalf of the Group of African States) |
49th Mtg 15 Nov (Orally revised) |
None | Adopted by Vote: 94-3-80 53rd Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Amendment to draft resolution? | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay | None | Adopted by Vote: 84-77-17 (Orally revised and amended) 53rd Mtg 21 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 | ||||||
| Yes | Child, early and forced marriage | Canda and Zambia | 36th Mtg 28 Oct |
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| Oral statement | Adopted (Orally revised) 22 Nov 56th Mtg |
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| Yes | Protecting children from bullying | Mexico | ||||
| Oral statement | Adopted 22 Nov 56th Mtg |
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| Yes | Rights of the child | Uruguay (on behalf of Grulac) and Slovakia (on behalf of the European Union) | None | |||
| None | Adopted 22 Nov 56th Mtg Oral amendment (Sudan) Rejected by Vote: 23-100-33 55th Mtg 22 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 | ||||||
| Yes | Rights of indigenous peoples | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Ecuador | ||||
| Oral statement | Adopted 55th Mtg 22 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 | ||||||
| Yes | 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 | 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted by Vote: 131-3-48 50th Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Resolution on International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | Belgium and Slovenia | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 56th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Item 66 (b): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||||
| Yes | A global call for concrete action for the total 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 | Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77) |
47th Mtg 10 Nov |
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| Oral statement | Adopted by Vote: 123-10-44 56th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Item 67: Right of peoples to self-determination | ||||||
| Yes | 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: 117-50-6 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination | Pakistan | 48th Mtg 15 Nov |
None | Adopted by 53rd Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Egypt | 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | Adopted by Vote: 170-7-5 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Item 68: Promotion and protection of human rights: | ||||||
| Item 68 (a): Implementation of human rights instruments | ||||||
| Yes | Human rights treaty body system | Iceland | None | Adopted by Vote: 164-0-2 56th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| None | ||||||
| Item 68 (b): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms | ||||||
| Yes | Human rights and extreme poverty | Peru | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Moratorium on the use of the death penalty | Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | Adopted (Orally revised and amended) by Vote: 115-38-31 50th Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Human rights in the administration of justice | Austria | ||||
| None | Adopted 51st Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Declaration on the right to peace | Cuba | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | Adopted by Vote: 116-34-19 (Orally revised) 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Cuba | 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted by Vote: 123-53-6 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Right to food | Cuba | 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted by (Orally revised) 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | The right to development | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) |
48th Mtg 15 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted by Vote: 138-3-39 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) |
48th Mtg 15 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted by Vote: 128-54-0 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) |
48th Mtg 15 Nov |
None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief | Egypt (on behalf of OIC) |
None | |||
| None | Adopted 51st Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Freedom of religion and belief | Slovakia (on behalf of the EU) |
None | |||
| None | Adopted 51st Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Yes | Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights | Egypt | 50th Mtg 17 Nov |
None | Adopted by Vote: 128-53-2 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions | Sweden (on behalf of the Nordic Countries) |
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| None | Adopted by Vote: 106-0-69 52nd Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | The right to privacy in the digital age | Brazil and Germany | ||||
| None | Adopted (as orally revised) 54th Mtg 21 Nov |
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| Yes | The role of the Ombudsman, mediator and other national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights | Morocco | None | |||
| None | Adopted 56th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Yes | Missing persons | Azerbaijan | 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | ||
| None | Adopted 56th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Yes | Amendment to draft resolution | Uzbekistan (on behalf of the OIC) |
None | Rejected Vote: 60-84-27 52 Mtg 18 Nov |
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| Yes | Amendment to draft resolution | Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Egypt, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates | None | Adopted Vote: 76-72-26 50th Mtg 17 Nov |
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| Item 68 (c): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives | ||||||
| Yes | Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Japan and Slovakia (on behalf of the EU) | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 48th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Yes | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | Adopted Vote: 116-15-49 48th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Yes | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Canada | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
None | Adopted (Orally revised) Vote: 85-35-63 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Yes | Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine) | Ukraine | 46th Mtg 8 Nov |
Oral Statement | Adopted Vote: 73-23-76 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 68 (d): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||||
| Item 106: Crime prevention and criminal justice | ||||||
| Follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice | Recommended by ECOSOC | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 3 Nov |
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| Yes | United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders | Uganda (on behalf of the African States Group) |
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| 47th Mtg 10 Nov |
None | Adopted 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Yes | 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 | ||||
| Oral statement | Adopted 55th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Yes | Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity | Italy | ||||
| Oral Statement | Adopted (Orally revised) 55th Mtg 22 Nov |
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| Item 107: International drug control | ||||||
| Promoting the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development | Recommended by ECOSOC | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 3 Nov |
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| International Cooperation to Address and Counter the World Drug Problem | Mexico | |||||
| None | Adopted 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
Item 121: Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly | ||||
| Tentative programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, submitted by the Chair of the Committee | Chair's text | None | Adopted 57th Mtg 23 Nov |
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