Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2], 4. The Taliban, the country's new rulers for a matter of weeks, are challenging the credentials of their country's former U.N. ambassador and want to speak at the General Assembly's high-level meeting of world leaders this week, the international body says. (b) Election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council, (a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/798) GENERAL ASSEMBLY (75TH SESS. Global health and foreign policy [item 129]: draft resolution (A/76/L.43), Debate on the item and Action on the draft resolution, 1. Reports of the Fifth Committee. The international community must provide support to the National Unity Government which is the true representative body of the people of Myanmar. Ep 62: Malta aims to preserve the legal status of countries facing rising sea levels. Rights of Indigenous peoples [item 71]: report of the Third Committee (A/76/459), 7. The Assembly's Credentials Committee verifies that the requirements described in Rule 27 have been satisfied, and on that basis makes a recommendation to the Assembly. 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In the case of Libya, the Assembly accepted the credentials of the opposition National Transitional Council in 2011, even though it was not in effective control. General and complete disarmament [item 100]: draft decision (A/76/L.79), 3. Implementation 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 Nations: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/76/423) [item 61], 13. (c) Draft resolution (A/76/L.57), 3. General Assembly (76th sess. Observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the General Assembly: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/485) [item 172], 20. Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [item 115 (b)] (Continued), 2. Prime Minister and Minister for Public Enterprises, Kingdom of Tonga (pre-recorded), Her Excellency Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Independent State of Samoa (pre-recorded), His Excellency Kausea Natano, Prime Minister, Tuvalu (pre-recorded), His Excellency Gaston Alphonso Browne, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Corporate Governance, Antigua and Barbuda (pre-recorded), His Excellency Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister, Solomon Islands (pre-recorded), His Excellency Choguel Kokalla Maga, Prime Minister and Head of Government, Republic of Mali, His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, Holy See (pre-recorded), His Excellency Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister, Minister for Community Affairs and Minister for National Digital Affairs, State of Israel, The provisional list of speakers No. ], Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/76/418) [item 56], 8. There have been serious inconsistencies in the handling of this issue by different UN bodies, with some allowing the military junta to represent Myanmar, while most have not allowed anyone to sit in Myanmars seat, the Myanmar Accountability Project said in a statement. The annotated draft agenda of the 76th session has been issued as document A/76/100/Add.1. A Credentials Committee is appointed at the beginning of each regular Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedom [item 74 (b)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.75) (item 7 to reopen item 74 (b): Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedom ), Informal consultations on the modalities for the Summit of the Future, Informal Consultations on Financing for Peacebuilding, Informal meeting on Youth Engagement in UN Processes, 1. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. Magistrate-judge, lawyer. The United Nations Credentials Committee is a committee of the United Nations General Assembly whose main purpose is to report to the Assembly regarding the credentials of the body's representatives. The NUGs founding document, the Federal Democracy Charter, lays out a roadmap for a democratic government and commits the NUG to diversity and the inclusion of all ethnic nationality groups. The UN is not requiring vaccination for participants. Macroeconomic policy questions [item 18]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531), 3. International trade and development [item 18 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531/Add.1), 4. International financial system and development [item 18 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/531/Add.2), 5. Some of the speakers listed for the 7th plenary meeting will therefore be heard at the 9th plenary meeting. FILE - The U.N. General Assembly Hall is empty before the start of the U.N. General Assembly 76th session General Debate at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, Sept. 20, 2021. Prevention of an arms race in outer space [item 98]: Report of the First Committee (A/76/442, draft resolutions III and IV) GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. The NUG represents the Myanmar people. Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization [item 112] (A/76/1), 2. The Taliban had written to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistans ambassador to the UN and had asked to participate in the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly. [This] would allow the NUG to establish diplomatic relations with those countries [and] would have knock-on impacts on building a democratic movement inside Myanmar.. After having come to power in contested circumstances the month before, the new government sought to speak at the UN General Assembly before the close of its session in September 2021: the Credential Committee did not meet to agree to accept new Afghan appointments before the end of the session. The 77th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is scheduled to meet from 3 October-4 November 2022 in New York. ], 1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Operational activities for development of the United Nations system [item 25 (a)]: draft resolution (A/76/L.4) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (a) of agenda item 25), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021 and 22 October 2022, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. I am sure that Sweden will keep to the credentials schedule, the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, said in his first press conference here on Friday. It consists of nine members, who are appointed by the General Assembly on the proposal of the . Global health and foreign policy [item 129]: Note by the Secretary- General (A/76/492) and draft resolution (A/76/L.43), [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated21 January 2022,24 January 2022, 8 February 2022, 18 February 2022 and 17 March 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. UN--BUDGET CONTRIBUTIONS, A/76/251 3a Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council [item 123], Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on the outcomes of the G20 Rome Leaders Summit, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 September 2021, 11 October 2021 and 19 November 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. UN. ], Continuation of the list of speakers, followed by the interactive segment of the meeting, Informal consultations on the preparations for the high-level meeting on improving global road safety, Interactive dialogue on the theme Harmony with Nature and Biodiversity: Contributions of Ecological Economics and Earth-centered law, [Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated23 March 2022, and 14 April 2022 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. The NUG has democratic legitimacy which is also a really key thing in state recognition and has also shown its commitment to upholding international law, Phongsathorn said. Now the Assembly must consider . Myanmars National Unity Government (NUG), established by the democratically-elected politicians removed from office in last years military coup, is calling for official recognition at this months 77th United Nations General Assembly. His Excellency Nicols Maduro Moros, President, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (pre-recorded), His Excellency Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, President, Mongolia, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, Republic of Kenya (pre-recorded), His Excellency Juan Orlando Hernndez Alvarado, President, Republic of Honduras, His Excellency Joko Widodo, President, Republic of Indonesia (pre-recorded), His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President, Ukraine, His Excellency Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President and Minister for Defense, Republic of Malawi (pre-recorded), His Excellency Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca, President, Republic of Cabo Verde, His Excellency Nguyen Xuan Phuc, State President, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, 8th plenary meeting: High-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action [item 72 (b)]: High-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (resolutions 75/237 and 75/320), His Excellency Faure Essozimna Gnassingb, President, Togolese Republic (pre-recorded), His Excellency Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President, Dominican Republic, His Excellency maro Sissoco Embal, President, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, His Excellency Ismal Omar Guelleh, President and Head of Government, Republic of Djibouti (pre-recorded), His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President, Republic of Kazakhstan (pre-recorded), Continuation of the general debate [item 8], His Excellency Pedro Snchez Prez-Castejn, President of the Government, Spain, Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister, Norway (pre-recorded), His Excellency Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Delegations are kindly reminded that, in accordance with established practice, each statement in the general debate should be limited to 15 minutes in order to accommodate speakers for each meeting in a timely fashion. When Members States send these credentials in, they are formally notifying the Secretary-General that these representatives are entitled to speak on their behalf. Ms. Egriselda Aracely Gonzlez Lpez (El Salvador) Vice-Chairs . Rebeca Barber Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council. UN Upholds Decision Denying Taliban, Myanmar Junta's Requests for - VOA Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country: report of the Sixth Committee (A/76/480) [item 167], 15. Some 2,276 people have been killed since the coup and more than 15,000 arrested, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a civil society group which has been monitoring the crackdown. The backdrop to this year's 76th UN General Assembly was a world that felt fractured just when we needed to come together against the continued ravages of COVID-19, the accelerating climate emergency, unfolding humanitarian disasters, rising inequality, and much more. ], Eleventh Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly (Resumed: 11th Plenary meeting), Continuation of statements after adoption, Informal meeting of the plenary to hear an interim oral update on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic, Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal [item 12]: draft resolution (A/76/L.48) (item 7 to reopen item 12), Action on the draft resolution, Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly, Thematic debate on the role and authority of the General Assembly, 1. Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences [item 117 (f)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/76/106), 3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY (76TH SESS. Disaster risk reduction [item 20 (c)]: report of the Second Committee (A/76/533/Add.3), 15.