Provisional Programme of Work of the 6th Committee for the 79th Session

A/DEC/78/517View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 120 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, published in 2023.

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5 versions · 2021–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/DEC/79/524

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/DEC/79/524	Provisional programme of work of the 6th Committee for the 80th session	384	35%Compare
2023	A/DEC/78/517	Provisional programme of work of the 6th Committee for the 79th session	416	—
2022	A/DEC/77/521	Provisional programme of work of the 6th Committee for the 77th session	—	—
2021	A/DEC/76/525	Provisional programme of work of the 6th Committee for the 77th session	453	—
2021	A/DEC/75/527	Provisional programme of work of the 6th Committee for the 76th session	—	—

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At its 45th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2023, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee,56 noted that the Committee had decided to adopt the following provisional programme of work for the seventy-ninth session of the Assembly, as proposed by the Bureau:

Provisional programme of work57 2 October Organization of work of the Sixth Committee Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 2 and 3 October Measures to eliminate international terrorism 4 October Programme planning Protection of persons in the event of disasters 10 October Crimes against humanity 14 October Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-seventh session 14 and 15 October Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission

_______________ 52 A/78/664, para. 13. 53 A/66/340. 54 A/66/7/Add.21. 55 A/78/441. 56 A/78/444, para. 6. 57 Indicating provisional dates in 2024 for debates under the respective items without prejudice to the allocation of additional meetings for working groups established and Secretariat briefings convened by the Sixth Committee. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 69/250, no plenary meetings of the Committee are scheduled for 11 October 2024 (Yom Kippur) and 31 October 2024 (Diwali).

15 October Administration of justice at the United Nations Request(s) for observer status58 15 to 17 October The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 17 and 18 October The rule of law at the national and international levels 21 to 25 and Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-fifth session 29 and 30 October 1 November United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives 4 November Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization 4 and 5 November Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts 8 November Request(s) for observer status59 Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (continued) 22 November Election of the officers of the Main Committees 6 and 8 November Reserved

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