Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly (Agenda item 164)
At the 37th meeting on 14 November 2025, the Sixth Committee decided to recommend the General Assembly to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly to its eighty-first session. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 164.
- Authority: decision 79/529
- List of speakers
Documentation
- A/72/194 — Note verbale dated 11 August 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
Summary of work
Background (source: A/80/100)
The item entitled “Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly” was included in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly at the request of Uruguay (A/72/194).
At its seventy-ninth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item to its eightieth session (decision 79/529).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
37th meeting (14 November 2025, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
