Press Release
GA/L/3741
The Sixth Committee (Legal) elected Trishala Simantini Persaud, Deputy Permanent Representative of Guyana, Chair on 2 June.
General Assembly
Biographical Note
GA/AB/4514*
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected Ibrahim Folorunsho Jimoh (Nigeria) Chair on 2 June.
Biographical Note
GA/DIS/3761*
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Lok Bahadur Thapa (Nepal) Chair on 2 June.
Meetings Coverage
GA/SPD/833
Dialogue, political will and respect for international law must continue to guide the decolonization process, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard today.
Meetings Coverage
GA/SHC/4437
Climate change, poverty, conflict and rapid technological change are placing mounting pressure on social development and human rights, the Third Committee heard today, amid concerns over the role of the United Nations human rights system and the devastating toll of war on civilians.
Biographical Note
GA/SPD/831*
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Coly Seck (Senegal) Chair on 2 June.
Biographical Note
GA/SHC/4435*
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) elected James Martin Larsen (Australia) Chair on 2 June.
Biographical Note
GA/EF/3617*
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Suela Janina (Albania) Chair on 2 June.
Meetings Coverage
GA/12792
Pursuant to its veto initiative, speakers in the General Assembly today weighed in on the vetoes recently cast by China and the Russian Federation concerning a Security Council resolution that would have extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts tasked with monitoring implementation of United Nations sanctions on Iran.
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At 10 a.m., the General Assembly meets to debate the use of the veto by two permanent Security Council members at the Council's 17 September 2026 meeting in connection with the item entitled “Non-proliferation”, for which the Council submitted a special report, A/81/395. The meeting will be held pursuant to resolution 76/262 - which requires an Assembly debate within 10 working days of a veto, unless an emergency special session addresses the same situation. The procedure gives the wider UN membership an opportunity to discuss the issue and promotes transparency and accountability in the use of the veto.