Sixth Committee (Legal) — 78th session

Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly (Agenda item 164)

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Background (source: A/78/100)

The item entitled “Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventieth session of the Assembly at the request of El Salvador (A/70/142). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda annually since its seventieth session (decisions 70/525, 71/526, 72/525, 73/536, 74/525, 75/531, 76/529 and 77/525).

At its seventy-seventh session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its seventy-eighth session (decision 77/525).

Consideration at the seventy-eighth session

The Sixth Committee considered the item at its 36th meeting, on 8 November 2023 (see A/C.6/78/SR.36). For its consideration of the item, the Committee had before it a letter dated 10 July 2015 from the Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (A/70/142).

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Video   36th meeting (8 November 2023, 10:00am – 11:30am) | Summary

Action taken by the Sixth Committee

At the 36th meeting, on 8 November 2023, the Chair of the Committee announced that the Bureau had been informed that the delegation of Canada, on behalf of the sponsors, had requested that the Committee defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly until the seventy-ninth 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-ninth session of the Assembly.

Subsequent action taken by the General Assembly

This agenda item will be considered at the seventy-ninth session (2024).

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