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The United Nations Regional Groups are the geopolitical regional groups of member states of the United Nations. Originally, the UN member states were unofficially organized into five groups as an informal means of sharing the distribution of posts for General Assembly committees. Now this grouping has taken on a much more expansive and official ...
The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.
(Prior to 1994, there were seven Main Committees, with two chairs from the African Group, one chair from every other group, and the remaining chair rotating between the Asian Group and the Latin American Group "every alternate year".) The rules also state that every member of the General Committee must be from a different country.
Pages in category "United Nations General Assembly Main Committees" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The committee comprises 19 members who are elected based on the principle of equitable geographic distribution as follows: 5 members from African States; 4 members from Asian States; 2 members from Eastern European States; 4 members from Latin American and Caribbean States; 4 members from Western European and Other States
The First Committee meets every year in October for a 4–5-week session, after the General Assembly General Debate. All 193 member states of the UN can attend. It is the only main committee of the General Assembly entitled to verbatim records.
The committee recommended a study of 911 fees and the long-term local government funding of the system. The General Assembly begins its 2025 session Jan. 14. Show comments
The rules of the General Assembly do not list any regional groups or permanent members for the committee (only stating that the committee has nine members), but the General Assembly has always appointed the above permanent members and regional groups (e.g. two members from the African Group) since 1972. [1] [11] [12]