Sixth Committee (Legal) — 81st session
Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly (Agenda item 168)
At the 41st meeting on 13 November 2026, 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-second session. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 168.
- Authority: decision 80/523
- 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/81/100)
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 eightieth session, the Assembly decided to defer a decision on the item until its eighty-first session (decision 80/523).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
41st meeting (13 November 2026, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
