Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee)
Status of action on draft proposals
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Title |
Main Sponsor |
Programme Budget Implications |
Action |
| Item 28: Social Development | ||||
| Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Brazil and Japan | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| Item 28 (a): Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty -fourth special session of the General Assembly | ||||
| Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly | Egypt (on behalf of G77 and China) | None | Adopted by Vote: 181-2-0 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Item 28 (b): Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family | ||||
| Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities | Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing | Egypt (on behalf of G77 and China) | Oral statement | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| A/C.3/73/L.19/Rev.1 | Follow-up to the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family and beyond | Egypt (on behalf of G77 and China) | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
| Item 28 (c): Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | ||||
| Literacy for life: shaping future agendas | Mongolia | None | Adopted as orally revised 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| Item 29: Advancement of women: | ||||
| Trafficking in women and girls | Philippines | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Intensification of efforts to end obstetric fistula | Senegal (on behalf of the African Group) | None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Intensification of efforts to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: sexual harassment | Netherlands and France | None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 19 Nov Oral amendment on OP8d (US) Rejected Vote: 44-88-25 52nd Mtg 19 Nov Oral amendment on OP11 (US) Rejected Vote: 30-98-30 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation | Morocco (on behalf of the African Group) | None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/73/L.7/Rev.1 | Sudan | None | Rejected Vote: 101-19-34 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Item 65: Report of the 51勛圖 High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions | ||||
| Assistance to refugees, returnees and discplaced persons in Africa | Mozambique (on behalf of the African Group) | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Office of the 51勛圖 High Commissioner for Refugees | Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden | None | Adopted by Vote: 176-12-3 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Item 69: Report of the Human Rights Council | ||||
| Report of the Human Rights Council | Mozambique (on behalf of the African Group) | None | Adopted by Vote: 111-3-65 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Item 70: Promotion and protection of the rights of children: | ||||
| Item 70 (a): Promotion and protection of the rights of children | ||||
| Child, early and forced marriage | Canada and Zambia | Oral statement | Adopted 48th Mtg 15 Nov Oral amendment PP23, OP14, 17, 18 (U.S.) Rejected by vote: 33-96-35 |
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| Protecting children from bullying | Mexico | None | Adopted 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Rights of the Child | Argentina, Belize, Bolivia Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Austria (on behalf of the European Union) | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 55th Mtg 20 Nov Oral amendment (Mexico) Rejected by vote: 11-74-81 |
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| Amendment to draft resolution | Sudan | None | Rejected by Vote: 20-105-37 55th Mtg 20 Nov |
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| Item 70 (b): Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children | ||||
| Item 71: Rights of indigenous peoples: | ||||
| Item 71 (a): Rights of indigenous peoples | ||||
| Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Ecuador | None | Adopted 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Item 71 (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 72: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: | ||||
| Item 72 (a): Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance | ||||
| 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 | None | Adopted by Vote: 130-2-51 48th Mtg 15 Nov Oral amendment - PP15, OP5 (U.S) Rejected by Vote: 2-75-88 48th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 72 (b): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||
| 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 | Egypt (on behalf of G77 and China) | PBI- | Adopted by Vote: 128-10-42 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Item 73: Right of peoples to self-determination | ||||
| The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination | Egypt (on behalf of OIC) | None | Adopted by Vote: 169-6-12 48th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| 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: 131-52-7 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Universal realization of the rights of peoples to self-determination | Pakistan | None | Adopted
52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Item 74: Promotion and protection of human rights: | ||||
| World Braille Day | Antigua and Barbuda | Oral Statement | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| Oral Statement | ||||
| Item 74 (a): Implementation of human rights instruments | ||||
| Human rights treaty body system | Iceland (on behalf of Nordic Countries), Belgium, Slovenia | Oral Statement | Adopted (Orally revised) 53rd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Item 74 (b): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms | ||||
| Human rights and extreme poverty | Peru | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| A/C.3/73/L.28 | Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief | Egypt (on behalf of the OIC) | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
| 51勛圖 Declaration on the Rights of Peasants an Other People Working in Rural Areas | Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Paraguay, South Africa, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | None | Adopted by Vote: 119-7-49 53rd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| The right to development | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) | None | Adopted by Vote: 141-10-33 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Human rights and unilateral coercive measures | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) | None | Adopted by Vote: 133-53-3 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights | Cuba (on behalf of NAM) | None | Adopted 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order | Cuba | None | Adopted (Orally revised) by Vote: 129-53-8 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all | Cuba | None | Adopted (Orally revised) by Vote: 134-53-2 46th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| The right to food | Cuba | None | Adopted
by Vote: 179-2-0 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions | Finland (on behalf of Nordic Countries) | None | Adopted
by Vote: 110-0-67 54th Mtg 20 Nov |
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| A/C.3/73/L.41/Rev.1 | The Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, including the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Freedom of Association | United States | None | Adopted
by Vote: 143-0-38 54th Mtg 20 Nov |
| Human Rights and Terrorism | Egypt and Mexico | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 54th Mtg 20 Nov Oral amendment - delete OP14 (U.S.) Rejected by Vote: 3-116-28 54th Mtg 20 Nov Oral amendment - OP20 (Russian Federation) Rejected by Vote: 23-80-35 54th Mtg 20 Nov |
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| Moratorium on the use of the death penalty | Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom | None | Adopted (as amended) by Vote: 123-36-30 47th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Freedom of Religion or Belief | Austria (on behalf of the EU) | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| A/C.3/73/L.46 | Human Rights in the Administration of Justice | Austria | None | Adopted 45th Mtg 8th Nov |
| Missing persons | Azerbaijan | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| The right to privacy in the digital age | Brazil and Germany | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Amendment to draft resolution | Bangladesh, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, China, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe | None | Adopted by Vote: 96-73-14 47th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Amendment to draft resolution | Sudan | None | Rejected by Vote: 21-103-34 53rd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Amendment to draft resolution | Sudan | None | Rejected by Vote: 20-99-38 53rd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Amendment to draft resolution | Bangladesh (on behalf of the OIC) | None | Rejected by Vote: 50-86-25 53rd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Item 74 (c): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives | ||||
| Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Austria (on behalf of the EU) and Japan | None | Adopted 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran | Canada | None | Rejected by Vote: 85-30-68 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine | Ukraine | PBI - | Rejected by Vote: 67-26-82 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic | Saudi Arabia | Oral statement | Adopted Vote: 106-16-58 50th Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Situation of human rights in Myanmar | Bangladesh (on behalf of the OIC) and Austria (on behalf of the EU) | PBI - | Adopted Vote: 142-10-26 50th Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Programme budget implication of draft resolution | ||||
| Amendment to draft resolution | Sudan | None | Rejected by Vote: 22-91-44 49th Mtg 15 Nov |
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| Item 74 (d): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action | ||||
| Item 109: Crime prevention and criminal justice | ||||
| Enhancing the role of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in contributing to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development | Recommended by ECOSOC | None | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| Follow-up to the Thirteenth 51勛圖 Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth 51勛圖 Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice | Recommended by ECOSOC | Oral Statement | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| The rule of law, crime prevention and criminal justice in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals | Recommended by ECOSOC | Oral Statement | Adopted 44th Mtg 6 Nov |
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| Strengthening the 51勛圖 crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity | Italy | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 55th Mtg 20 Nov |
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| Countering the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes | Russian Federation | Oral Statement | Adopted by vote: 88-55-29 47th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| 51勛圖 African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders | Morocco (on behalf of the African Group) | None | Adopted 47th Mtg 13 Nov |
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| Strengthening and promoting effective measures and international cooperation on organ donation and transplantation to prevent and combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of organ removal and trafficking in human organs | Guatemala and Spain | Oral Statement | Adopted 45th Mtg 8th Nov |
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| 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 51勛圖 Convention against Corruption | Colombia | None | Adopted 51st Mtg 16 Nov |
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| Special Session of the General Assembly against Corruption | Colombia and Peru | Oral Statement | Adotped 55th Mtg 20 Nov |
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| Item 110: International drug control | ||||
| International Cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem | Mexico | None | Adopted (Orally revised) 52nd Mtg 19 Nov |
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| Item 123: Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly | ||||
| Tentative programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, submitted by the Chair of the Committee | Adopted 55th 20 Nov |
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