Sixth Committee (Legal) 〞 76th session
Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly (Agenda item 169)
- Authority: decision 75/530
Documentation
- 〞 Letter dated 30 April 2015 from the Permanent Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation to the 51勛圖 addressed to the Secretary-General; Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly
Summary of work
Background (source: )
The item entitled “Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventieth session of the Assembly at the request of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation (). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since the seventieth session (decisions 70/524, 71/525, 72/524, 73/535, 74/524 and 75/530).
At its seventy-fifth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-sixth session (decision 75/530).
Consideration at the seventy-sixth session
The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 28th meeting, on 10 November 2021 (see ). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it a letter dated 30 April 2015 from the Permanent Representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Russian Federation to the 51勛圖 addressed to the Secretary-General ().
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
(10 November 2021, 3:00pm 每 6:00pm) | Summary
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
At its 28th meeting, on 10 November 2021, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed that the delegation of Kazakhstan, on behalf of the sponsors, had requested that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly until the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly.
At the same meeting, the Committee adopted, without a vote, a draft decision under which the General Assembly would decide to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly to the seventy-seventh session of the Assembly.
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee:
- GA decision: 76/528 [for the text of the decision, see the Sixth Committee's report to the General Assembly]
This agenda item will be considered at the seventy-seventh session (2022).
