Sixth Committee (Legal) — 71st session
Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly (Agenda item 168)
- Authority: decision 70/525
Documentation
- A/70/142 — Letter dated 10 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General; Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly
Summary of work
Background (source: A/71/100)
In a letter dated 10 July 2015 (A/70/142), the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations requested the inclusion of this item in the provisional agenda of the seventieth session.
At its seventieth session, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the Assembly to its seventy-first session (decision 70/525).
Consideration at the seventy-first session
The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 12th meeting, on 11 October 2016 (see A/C.6/71/SR.12). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it the above-mentioned letter dated 10 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/70/142).
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
At the 12th meeting, on 11 October, the Committee had before it a proposal for a draft resolution, entitled “Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly” (A/C.6/71/L.3). At the same meeting, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed by the delegation of the United States of America, on behalf of the sponsors, that the sponsors were requesting that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly to the seventy-second session of the Assembly.
At the same meeting, the Committee adopted, without a vote, a draft decision under which the General Assembly would decide to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly to the seventy-second session of the Assembly.
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee: A/71/525
- GA decision: 71/526 [for the text of the decision, see the Sixth Committee's report to the General Assembly]
This agenda item will be considered at the seventy-second session (2017).
