79th UN General Assembly: Committees 2 & 3

Bridging the gap between what is said and discussed at the UN headquarters and how that is translated into policy at the national and local levels remains a persistent challenge. Attention and querying at the national level on how concerns are being represented at the UN are integral to democratic global governance and accountability.

The work of the UN General Assembly is carried out by Member States in its plenary and six main committees. Collectively, they take up a full range of issues covering peace and disarmament, economics and finance, social, cultural and humanitarian concerns as well as tackling budget and legal matters.

A major area of contention during the Pact for the Future negotiations was reform of the international financial architecture (IFA) for better and equitable international cooperation on sustainable development, especially as Member States are in preparations for the 4th International Conferences on Financing for Development (FFD4). There will be a stocktaking in the Second and Third Committees of where we are and where we would like to be.

This GPW Factsheet on the 79th UN General Assembly outlines the meeting schedule, links and throughlines for action on the deliberations of Committees 2 and 3. Key issues highlighted in this briefing include macroeconomics, sustainable development, debt, food security, unilateral coercive measures (UCMs), information and communications technology (ICT), and social justice and human rights issues.

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By the Global Policy Watch Team.

Source: Global Policy Watch (GPW).