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Session80 2025–2026
| Agenda item | Mandate documents | |
|---|---|---|
1Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly | ||
2Minute of silent prayer or meditation | ||
3Credentials of representatives to the eightieth session of the General Assembly | ||
4Election of the President of the General Assembly | ||
5Election of the officers of the Main CommitteesC1 · C4 · C2 · C3 · C5 · C6 | ||
6Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly | ||
7Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items | ||
8General debate | ||
9Report of the Economic and Social CouncilGA Plenary | ||
10Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDSGA Plenary | ||
11Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic idealGA Plenary | ||
12Improving global road safetyGA Plenary | ||
13Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fieldsGA Plenary | ||
14Culture of peaceGA Plenary | ||
15Information and communications technologies for sustainable developmentC2 | ||
16Macroeconomic policy questionsC2 | ||
17Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for DevelopmentC2 | ||
18Sustainable developmentC2 | ||
19Global Code of Ethics for TourismC2 | ||
20Globalization and interdependenceC2 | ||
21Groups of countries in special situationsC2 | ||
22Eradication of poverty and other development issuesC2 | ||
23Operational activities for developmentC2 | ||
24Agriculture development, food security and nutritionC2 | ||
25Social developmentC3 | ||
26Advancement of womenC3 | ||
27Report of the Security CouncilGA Plenary | ||
28Report of the Peacebuilding CommissionGA Plenary | ||
29Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democraciesGA Plenary | ||
30The role of diamonds in fuelling conflictGA Plenary | ||
31Prevention of armed conflictGA Plenary | ||
32Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and developmentGA Plenary | ||
33Zone of peace and cooperation of the South AtlanticGA Plenary | ||
34The situation in the Middle EastGA Plenary | ||
35Question of PalestineGA Plenary | ||
36The situation in AfghanistanGA Plenary | ||
37Question of the Comorian island of MayotteGA Plenary | ||
38Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against CubaGA Plenary | ||
39The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and developmentGA Plenary | ||
40Question of CyprusGA Plenary | ||
41Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the CongoGA Plenary | ||
42Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas)GA Plenary | ||
43The situation of democracy and human rights in HaitiGA Plenary | ||
44Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and securityGA Plenary | ||
45Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against KuwaitGA Plenary | ||
46Assistance in mine actionC4 | ||
47Effects of atomic radiationC4 | ||
48International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer spaceC4 | ||
49United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastC4 | ||
50Israeli practices and settlement activities affecting the rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territoriesC4 | ||
51Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspectsC4 | ||
52Comprehensive review of special political missionsC4 | ||
53Questions relating to informationC4 | ||
54Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United NationsC4 | ||
55Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesC4 | ||
56Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United NationsC4 | ||
57Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing TerritoriesC4 | ||
58Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and PeoplesC4 | ||
59Eradicating colonialism in all its forms and manifestationsC4 | ||
60Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resourcesC2 | ||
61Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questionsC3 | ||
62Peacebuilding and sustaining peaceGA Plenary | ||
63The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of UkraineGA Plenary | ||
64Use of the vetoGA Plenary | ||
65From the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063: progress in the implementation of sustainable development in Africa and international supportGA Plenary | ||
66Report of the Human Rights CouncilGA Plenary · C3 | ||
67Promotion and protection of the rights of childrenC3 | ||
68Rights of Indigenous PeoplesC3 | ||
69Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intoleranceGA Plenary · C3 | ||
70Right of peoples to self-determinationC3 | ||
71Promotion and protection of human rightsC3 | ||
72Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistanceGA Plenary | ||
73Report of the International Court of JusticeGA Plenary | ||
74Report of the International Criminal CourtGA Plenary | ||
75Oceans and the law of the seaGA Plenary | ||
76Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful actsC6 | ||
77Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on missionC6 | ||
78Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-eighth sessionC6 | ||
79United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International LawC6 | ||
80Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-sixth sessionC6 | ||
81Crimes against humanityC6 | ||
82Diplomatic protectionC6 | ||
83Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the OrganizationC6 | ||
84The rule of law at the national and international levelsC6 | ||
85The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdictionC6 | ||
86Protection of persons in the event of disastersC6 | ||
87Strengthening and promoting the international treaty frameworkC6 | ||
88Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965GA Plenary | ||
89Report of the International Atomic Energy AgencyGA Plenary | ||
90Reduction of military budgetsC1 | ||
91Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of PeaceC1 | ||
92African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone TreatyC1 | ||
93Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)C1 | ||
94Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international securityC1 | ||
95Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle EastC1 | ||
96Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weaponsC1 | ||
97Prevention of an arms race in outer spaceC1 | ||
98Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmamentC1 | ||
99General and complete disarmamentGA Plenary · C1 | ||
100Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General AssemblyC1 | ||
101Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special sessionC1 | ||
102The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle EastC1 | ||
103Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate EffectsC1 | ||
104Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean regionC1 | ||
105Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban TreatyC1 | ||
106Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their DestructionC1 | ||
107Crime prevention and criminal justiceC3 | ||
108Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposesC3 | ||
109Measures to eliminate international terrorismC6 | ||
110Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the OrganizationGA Plenary | ||
111Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding FundGA Plenary | ||
112Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United NationsGA Plenary | ||
113Elections to fill vacancies in principal organsGA Plenary | ||
114Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other electionsGA Plenary | ||
115Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointmentsGA Plenary · C5 | ||
116Admission of new Members to the United NationsGA Plenary | ||
117Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium SummitGA Plenary | ||
118The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism StrategyGA Plenary | ||
119Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave tradeGA Plenary | ||
120Implementation of the resolutions of the United NationsGA Plenary | ||
121Revitalization of the work of the General AssemblyGA Plenary · C1 · C4 · C2 · C3 · C5 · C6 | ||
122Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security CouncilGA Plenary | ||
123Strengthening of the United Nations systemGA Plenary | ||
124United Nations reform: measures and proposalsGA Plenary | ||
125MultilingualismGA Plenary | ||
126Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizationsGA Plenary | ||
127Global health and foreign policyGA Plenary | ||
128International Residual Mechanism for Criminal TribunalsGA Plenary | ||
129Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying himGA Plenary | ||
130Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policyGA Plenary | ||
131The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanityGA Plenary | ||
132Report of the United Nations Youth OfficeGA Plenary | ||
133Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of AuditorsC5 | ||
134Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United NationsC5 | ||
135Programme budget for 2025C5 | ||
136Proposed programme budget for 2026C5 | ||
137Programme planningGA Plenary · C1 · C4 · C2 · C3 · C5 · C6 | ||
138Improving the financial situation of the United NationsC5 | ||
139Pattern of conferencesC5 | ||
140Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United NationsC5 | ||
141Human resources managementC5 | ||
142Report on the activities of the Ethics OfficeC5 | ||
143Joint Inspection UnitC5 | ||
144United Nations common systemC5 | ||
145Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight ServicesC5 | ||
146Administration of justice at the United NationsC5 · C6 | ||
147Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal TribunalsC5 | ||
148Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operationsC5 | ||
149Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for AbyeiC5 | ||
150Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African RepublicC5 | ||
151Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in CyprusC5 | ||
152Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the CongoC5 | ||
153Financing of the United Nations Mission in East TimorC5 | ||
154Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in KosovoC5 | ||
155Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in MaliC5 | ||
156Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle EastC5 | ||
157Financing of the United Nations Mission in South SudanC5 | ||
158Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western SaharaC5 | ||
159Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009)C5 | ||
160Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host CountryC6 | ||
161Observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
162Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
163Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
164Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
165Observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
166Observer status for the International Organization of Employers in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
167Observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
168Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
169Observer status for the International Parliamentarians’ Congress in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
170Observer status for the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
171Observer status for the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
172Observer status for the Islamic Organization for Food Security in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
173Observer status for the African Export-Import Bank in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
174Observer status for the International Tropical Timber Organization in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
175Observer status for the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
176Observer status for the Climate Vulnerable Forum in the General AssemblyC6 | ||
177Financing of the United Nations Support Office in HaitiC5 | ||
178Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)GA Plenary | ||