Sixth Committee (Legal) — 80th session
Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly (Provisional agenda item 166)
- Authority: decision 79/529
- List of speakers (will be made available upon the closing of the 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).
