General Committee
Composition
The General Committee is composed of the President and 21 Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and the Chairmen of the six Main Committees.
- President: H. E. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann (Nicaragua)
- Vice-Presidents:
- Afghanistan
- Bolivia
- Cameroon
- China
- Egypt
- France
- Jamaica
- Kyrgyzstan
- Republic of Moldova
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Niger
- Portugal
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Togo
- United Kingdom
- United States.
- Chairpersons
of Main Committees:
- H.E. Mr. Marco Antonio Suazo (Honduras) - First Committee
- H.E. Mr. Uche Joy Ogwu (Nigeria) - Second Committee
- H.E. Mr. Frank Majoor (Netherlands) - Third Committee
- H.E. Mr. Jorge Arguello (Argentina) - Fourth Committee
- H.E. Mr. Gabor Brodi (Hungary) - Fifth Committee
- H.E. Mr. Hamid Al Bayati (Iraq) - Sixth Committee
Functions
At the beginning of each session, the General Committee considers the provisional agenda and the supplementary list and makes recommendations to the General Assembly.
The role of the General Committee has been further strengthened over the past few sessions with the holding of informal meetings and briefings, open to all Member States, on specific issues under consideration by or pertaining to the work of the Assembly.
The General Committee also makes recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the closing date of the session. It assists the President and the General Assembly in drawing up the agenda for each plenary meeting, and in the general conduct of the work of the General Assembly.
It shall not however, decide on any political question.
[Source: , Section VI]
Documentation
- Organization of the 63rd regular session of the General Assembly
[] - Reports of the General Committee:
- 1st report +