General Committee

Composition

The General Committee is composed of the President and 21 Vice-Presidents of the Assembly and the Chairmen of the six Main Committees.

  • President: H.E. Srgjan Kerim (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)
  • Vice-Presidents:
    • Bahamas
    • Benin
    • Botswana
    • China
    • Cyprus
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Egypt
    • France
    • Gambia
    • Honduras
    • Iceland
    • Iraq
    • Mauritius
    • Palau
    • Russian Federation
    • Sri Lanka
    • Turkey
    • Turkmenistan
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Uruguay
  • Chairpersons of Main Committees:
    • H.E. Mr. Paul Badji (Senegal) - First Committee
    • H.E. Mrs. Kirsti Lintonen (Finland) - Second Committee
    • H.E. Mr. Raymond Wolfe (Jamaica) - Third Committee
    • H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad (Sudan) - Fourth Committee
    • H.E. Mr. Hamidon Ali (Malaysia) - Fifth Committee
    • H.E. Mr. Alexei Tulbure (Republic of Moldova) - Sixth Committee

Functions

At the beginning of each session, the General Committee considers the provisional agenda and the supplementary list and makes recommendations to the General Assembly.

The role of the General Committee has been further strengthened over the past few sessions with the holding of informal meetings and briefings, open to all Member States, on specific issues under consideration by or pertaining to the work of the Assembly.

The General Committee also makes recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the closing date of the session. It assists the President and the General Assembly in drawing up the agenda for each plenary meeting, and in the general conduct of the work of the General Assembly.

It shall not however, decide on any political question.

[Source: Rules of procedures, Section VI]

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