Programme of Work of the 3rd Committee for the 67th Session of the General Assembly

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 121 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, published in 2012.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2019	A/DEC/73/528	Programme of work of the 3rd Committee for the 74th session of the General Assembly	—	—
2015	A/DEC/69/539	Programme of work of the 3rd Committee for the 70th session of the General Assembly	—	—
2014	A/DEC/68/538	Programme of work of the 3rd Committee for the 69th session of the General Assembly	—	—
2013	A/DEC/67/541	Programme of work of the 3rd Committee for the 68th session of the General Assembly	—	—
2012	A/DEC/66/540	Programme of work of the 3rd Committee for the 67th session of the General Assembly	400	—

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At its 89th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2011, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee,124 approved the programme of work of the Committee for the sixty-seventh session as set out below:

Item 1.

Social development:

(a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly

(b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family

_______________ 117 A/66/358. 118 A/66/518. 119 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 36 (A/66/36). 120 A/66/462/Add.4. 121 A/66/463, para. 26. 122 A/66/91. 123 A/66/92. 124 A/66/465, para. 6.

Crime prevention and criminal justice

Item 3.

International drug control

Item 4.

Advancement of women:

(a) Advancement of women

(b) Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly

Item 5.

Promotion and protection of the rights of children:

(a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children

(b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children

Item 6.

Rights of indigenous peoples:

(a) Rights of indigenous peoples

(b) Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People

Item 7.

Promotion and protection of human rights:

(a) Implementation of human rights instruments

(b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms

(d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

Item 8.

Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance:

(a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance

(b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

Item 9.

Right of peoples to self-determination

Item 10.

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions

Item 11.

Report of the Human Rights Council

Item 12.

Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

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