Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee)

Status of action on draft proposals

Symbol
Title
Main Sponsor
Programme Budget Implications
Action
Item 24: Social Development
A/C.3/78/L.9/Rev.1 Addressing the challenges of persons living with a rare disease and their families Brazil, Spain and Qatar None Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.9  
A/C.3/78/L.10 Persons with Albinism Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.13 Inclusive policies and programmes to address homelessness, including in the aftermath of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Madagascar (on behalf of the Group of African States) Oral statement Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
Item 24 (a): Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty -fourth special session of the General Assembly
A/C.3/78/L.17/Rev.1 Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly Cuba (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) None Adopted
55th mtg
16 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.17  
Item 24 (b): Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family
A/C.3/78/L.11 Cooperatives in Social Development Mongolia None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.14/Rev.1 Promoting social integration through social inclusion Peru None Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.14  
A/C.3/78/L.15/Rev.1 Preparations for and observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family Cuba (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.15  
A/C.3/78/L.16/Rev.1 Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing Cuba (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.16  
A/C.3/78/L.18/Rev.1 Policies and Programmes involving Youth Cabo Verde, Kazakhstan and Portugal None Adopted
as orally revised
55th mtg
16 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.18  
Item 25: Advancement of women:
         
Item 25 (a): Advancement of women:
A/C.3/78/L.21/Rev.1 Violence against women migrant workers Indonesia and Philippines None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.21  
A/C.3/78/L.22/Rev.1 Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas Mongolia None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.22  
Item 25 (b): Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly:
A/C.3/78/L.65 Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly  Chair's text Oral statement Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
Item 60: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions
A/C.3/78/L.26 Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Guatemala None Adopted by vote:
121-3-41
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.28 Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Ukraine None Adopted by vote:
121-4-42
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.59 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Denmark (on behalf of Nordic Countries) None Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.61 Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa Congo (on behalf of Group of African States) None Adopted
54th mtg
15 Nov
Item 66: Report of the Human Rights Council
A/C.3/78/L.64 Report of the Human Rights Council Zambia (on behalf of Group of African States) None Adopted by vote:
109-4-63
51st mtg
14 Nov
Item 67: Promotion and protection of the rights of children:
A/C.3/78/L.19/Rev.1 Rights of the Child Spain (on behalf of the European Union) and Uruguay (on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC)) None Adopted
55th mtg
16 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.19  
A/C.3/78/L.23/Rev.1 The Girl Child

Angola (on behalf of Southern African Development Community (SADC))

None Adopted
55th mtg
16 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.23  
Item 68: Rights of indigenous peoples:
Item 68 (a): Rights of indigenous peoples
A/C.3/78/L.20/Rev.1 Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bolivia (Plurinational State of) and Ecuador None Adopted
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.20
   
Item 68 (b): Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
         
Item 69: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance:
Item 69 (a): Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
A/C.3/78/L.7 Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Russian Federation None Adopted, as amended by vote:
112-50-14
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.58 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.7 Albania, Australia, Guatemala, Japan, Liberia, Marshall Islands and North Macedonia None Adopted by vote:
66-26-67
47th mtg
3 Nov
Item 69 (b): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
A/C.3/78/L.60/Rev.1 A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Cuba (on behalf of Group of 77 and China) PBI - L.71 Adopted by vote: 124-17-39
56th mtg
17 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.60  
A/C.3/78/L.71 Programme budget implications of draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.60/Rev.1      
Item 70: Right of peoples to self-determination
A/C.3/78/L.24 The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination Egypt (on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)) None Adopted by vote:
168-5-9
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.29 Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination Cuba None

Adopted by vote:
126-52-6
48th mtg
7 Nov

A/C.3/78/L.62 Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination Pakistan None Adopted
56th mtg
17 Nov
Item 71: Promotion and protection of human rights:
A/C.3/78/L.25 Commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Austria None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
Item 71 (a): Implementation of human rights instruments
A/C.3/78/L.53/Rev.1 Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies New Zealand and Mexico None Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.53
Item 71 (b): Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
A/C.3/78/L.27 National Human Rights Institutions Germany None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.30/Rev.1 Implementing the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms through providing a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and ensuring their protection Norway None Adopted
56th mtg
17 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.30  
A/C.3/78/L.31/Rev.1 Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons Norway None Adopted
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.31
A/C.3/78/L.63 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.31/Rev.1 Russian Federation None Rejected
by vote:
13-91-45
49th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.32 Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Cuba None Adopted by vote:
123-54-7
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.33 Strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity Cuba None Adopted
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.34 Terrorism and Human Rights Egypt and Mexico None Adopted
51st mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.35 The right to food Cuba None Adopted
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.36 Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Austria None Adopted
52nd mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.37 Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights Cuba (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) None Adopted
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.38 Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies Cuba (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) None Adopted by vote:
128-52-0
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.44 Human rights and cultural diversity Cuba (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) None Adopted by vote:
130-54-0
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.45 Human rights and unilateral coercive measures Cuba (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) None Adopted by vote:
128-54-0
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.46 The right to development Cuba (on behalf of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)) None Adopted by vote:
131-26-25
48th mtg
7 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.47 The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation Germany and Spain None Adopted
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.48 Freedom of religion or belief Spain (on behalf of European Union (EU)) None Adopted
52nd mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.49/Rev.1 Promotion and protection of human rights in the context of digital technologies

Czechia, Maldives, Mexico, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) and South Africa

None Adopted
52nd mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.49  
A/C.3/78/L.50 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance Argentina, France and Morocco None Adopted
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.51 Strengthening the role of the United Nations in the promotion of democratization and enhancing periodic and genuine elections United States of America None Adopted
by vote:
146-1-25
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.66 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.51 Russian Federation None Rejected by vote:
46-71-31
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.67 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.51
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen
None Rejected by vote:
61-84-7
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.68 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.51 Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan None Rejected by vote:
55-85-12
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.69 Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.51 Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan None Rejected by vote:
63-82-11
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.52/Rev.1 Protection of Migrants Mexico None Adopted
56th mtg
17 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.52  
A/C.3/78/L.54 Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief Egypt (on behalf of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)) None Adopted
52nd mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.55 United Nations subregional Centre for human rights and democracy in central Africa Cameroon (on behalf of Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)) L.73 Adopted 56th mtg
17 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.56 The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity Argentina, Austria, Costa Rica, France, Greece and Tunisia None Adopted
52nd mtg
14 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.57 United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region Qatar None Adopted by vote:
174-0-2
50th mtg
10 Nov
Item 71 (c): Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives
A/C.3/78/L.39 Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Spain (on behalf of European Union (EU)) None Adopted
53rd mtg
15 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.40/Rev.1 Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar Spain (on behalf of European Union (EU)) and Mauritania (on behalf of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)) None Adopted
53rd mtg
15 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.40
A/C.3/78/L.41 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Canada None Adopted
80-29-65
53rd mtg
15 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.42 Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol Ukraine None Adopted
77-14-79
53rd mtg
15 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.43 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic United States of America and Qatar PBI - L.70 Adopted
as orally revised
by vote:
85-15-73
54th mtg
15 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.70 Programme budget implications of draft resolution A/C.3/78/L.43      
Item 71 (d): Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
         
Item 107: Crime prevention and criminal justice
A/C.3/78/L.2 Follow-up to the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fifteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Recomended by ECOSOC Oral statement Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.3 Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and reintegration  Recomended by ECOSOC None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.4 Enhancing the contributions of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to the accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Recomended by ECOSOC None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.5 Technical assistance provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime related to counter-terrorism Recomended by ECOSOC None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.6 Equal access to justice for all Recomended by ECOSOC None Adopted
47th mtg
3 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.8/Rev.1 Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity Italy None Adopted 56th mtg
17 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.8  
A/C.3/78/L.12/Rev.1 Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons Belarus None Adopted
50th mtg
10 Nov
A/C.3/78/L.12
Item 108: Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes

       
Item 120: Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly
A/C.3/78/L.72

Draft programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly

Conference room paper 2 on the provisional programme of work and timetable for the Third Committee at the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly

 

Bureau   Adopted 56th mtg
17 Nov
Item 139: Programme Planning
         

 

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