The First Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to disarmament and international security.
The First Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it. Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted 43 resolutions based on the report of the First Committee (A/79/408).
The Second Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to economic and financial matters.
The Second Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it. Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted resolution 79/194 based on the report of the Second Committee (A/79/434).
The Third Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to social, humanitarian and cultural matters, including human rights.
The Third Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it. Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted resolutions 79/160 and 79/161 based on the report of the Third Committee (A/79/456).
The Fourth Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to special political and decolonization matters, including peacekeeping.
The Fourth Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it, including the item "comprehensive review of peacekeeping operations".
Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted resolutions 79/98-115 based on the report of the Fourth Committee (A/79/431).
Prior to the 48th session (1993), the Fourth Committee handled only decolonization questions. An additional Main Committee, the Special Political Committee (SPC), handled political questions.
Until 1993, the SPC was listed in UN documents and publications after the First Committee. When the SPC and the Fourth Committee merged in accordance with General Assembly resolution 47/233, the Fourth Committee moved to the second spot. Today, in some publications such as the Journal, the order of the Committees is: First, Fourth, Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth.
The Fifth Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to administrative and budgetary matters.
The Fifth Committee meets in 3 sessions throughout the year:
The Fifth Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it. Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/79/280based on the report of the Fifth Committee (A/79/839).
The Sixth Committee, one of the six Main Committees of the General Assembly, is allocated agenda items related to legal matters.
The Sixth Committee submits a separate report to the plenary on every agenda item allocated to it. Each report:
The plenary considers each report and votes on the draft resolutions or decisions it contains.
For example, the General Assembly adopted resolution 79/130 based on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/79/479).
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