Sixth Committee (Legal) — 75th session
Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly (Agenda item 179)
- Authority: decision 74/530
Documentation
- A/74/293 — Letter dated 16 August 2019 from the representatives of China, Cambodia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Summary of work
Background (source: A/75/100)
The item entitled “Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly at the request of China, Cambodia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam (A/74/293).
At its seventy-fourth session, the General Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by 13 delegations (see A/C.6/74/SR.20). The Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-fifth session (decision 74/530).
Consideration at the seventy-fifth session
The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 19th meeting, on 19 November 2020 (see A/C.6/75/SR.19). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it a letter dated 16 August 2019 from the representatives of China, Cambodia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kyrgyzstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/74/293).
Summaries of plenary meetings
19th meeting (19 November 2020, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
Action taken by the Sixth Committee
At its 19th meeting, on 19 November, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed that the delegation of China, on behalf of the sponsors, had requested that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly until the seventy-sixth 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 Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly to the seventy-sixth session of the Assembly.
Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly
- Report of the Sixth Committee: A/75/447
- GA decision: 75/536 [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-sixth session (2021).
