United Nations General Committee

The United Nations General Committee is a committee of the United Nations General Assembly whose main purpose is to organize the body's agenda, among other things.

United Nations General Committee

Legal status	Active
Headquarters	New York, United States
Membership	28 members
Parent organization	United Nations General Assembly
Website	www.un.org/en/ga/general/general.shtml

Mandate

The Mandate of the General Committee consists of the following:

• Creating a provisional agenda for the General Assembly, as well as any supplementary lists,
• Assisting the President of the General Assembly and the General Assembly in drawing up the agenda for each plenary meeting,
• Making recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the recess and closing dates of the session,
• Coordinating the proceedings of the main committees by allocating agenda items, as well as determining the priority of said items,
• Entertaining requests for the inclusion of additional items in the agenda,
• Assisting in the general conduct of the work of the General Assembly,
• Making recommendations to the General Assembly.

The Committee meets periodically to review the progress of the General Assembly and its committees. It also meets at such times as the President deems necessary or upon the request of any other of its members.

Members

The composition of the Committee for the 76th Session of the General Assembly is as follows: the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and the chairs of the six main committees. The current members are as follow:

President of the General Assembly

Name	Country	Position
H.E.Abdulla Shahid	Maldives	President of the General Assembly

Vice-Presidents

African States	Asia-Pacific States	Eastern European States	Latin American and Caribbean States	Western European and Other States	Permanent Members of the Security Council
Côte d'Ivoire	Bangladesh	Slovenia	Costa Rica	Belgium	China
Egypt	Kuwait		Dominican Republic	Finland	France
Equatorial Guinea	Lao People's Democratic Republic		Haiti		Russian Federation
Mozambique	Philippines				United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sierra Leone					United States of America
United Republic of Tanzania

Chairpersons of the Six Main Committees

Name	Country	Position
H.E. Omar Hilale	Morocco	Chair of the First Committee
H.E. Vanessa Frazier	Malta	Chair of the Second Committee
H.E. Mohamed Siad Doualeh	Djibouti	Chair of the Third Committee
H.E. Egriselda Aracely González López	El Salvador	Chair of the Fourth Committee
H.E. Mher Margaryan	Armenia	Chair of the Fifth Committee
H.E. Alya Ahmed bin Saif al-Thani	Qatar	Chair of the Sixth Committee