United Nations General Assembly Third Committee

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United Nations General Assembly Third Committee

Abbreviation	SOCHUM, C3
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	New York, United States
Head	Chairperson Christian Braun
Parent organization	United Nations General Assembly
Website	www.un.org/en/ga/third
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The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee (also known as the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee or SOCHUM or C3) is one of six main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with human rights, humanitarian affairs and social matters.

The Third Committee meets every year in early October and aims to finish its work by the end of November. All 193 member states of the UN can attend. As in previous sessions, an important part of the work of the committee will focus on the examination of human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006.

Mandate

The work of the committee focuses on human rights, humanitarian affairs and social issues. In addition, it also considers issues relating to:

The advancement of women
The protection of children
the protection of Indigenous populations, and related issues
The treatment of refugees, and related issues such as racism and discrimination
The promotion of fundamental freedoms
The right to self-determination
Youth, family, and aging
The rights of persons with disabilities
Crime prevention and criminal justice
The international drug trade, and related issues

Working methods

The work of the Third Committee begins in early October and is usually finished by the end of November.

Unlike most other bodies of the General Assembly, the work of the Third Committee does not begin with a general debate between its members. Instead, its agenda items are debated individually from the beginning of the session.

The Third Committee hosts interactive dialogues with the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the High Commissioner for Refugees each year.

Current state

In its 75th Session, the committee will focus on:

Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences
- Social development
- Advancement of women
Maintenance of international peace and security
- Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions
Promotion of human rights
- Report of the Human Rights Council
- Promotion and protection of the rights of children
- Rights of indigenous peoples
- Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
- Right of peoples to self-determination
- Promotion and protection of human rights
Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations
- Crime prevention and criminal justice
- Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes
- International drug control

Bureau

The following make up the bureau of the Third Committee for the 75th Session of the General Assembly:

Name	Country	Position
H.E. Katalin Annamária Bogyay	Hungary	Chairperson
Ahlem Sara Charikhi	Algeria	Vice-Chair
Pilar Eugenio	Argentina	Vice-Chair
Khaled Mohammed Al Manzlawiy	Saudi Arabia	Vice-Chair
Myriam Oehri	Liechtenstein	Rapporteur

References

^ The GA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly (PDF) (2nd ed.). New York: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. 2017. ISBN 978-0-615-49660-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 November 2018.
United Nations General Assembly Session 75 Annex 1. Allocation of agenda items to the Third Committee A/C.3/75/1 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee): Bureau of the 75th Session". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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