Sixth Committee (Legal) — 79th session
The rule of law at the national and international levels (Agenda item 84)
Draft resolution? was adopted without a vote at the 38th meeting on 22 November 2024. The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 84.
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Documentation
- — Report of the Secretary-General: Strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities
- — Draft resolution
Summary of work
Background (source: )
The item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels” was included in the agenda of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly at the request of Liechtenstein and Mexico (). The Assembly has had the item on its agenda since its sixty-first session (resolutions , , , , , , (declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels), , , , , , , , , , , and ).
At its seventy-eighth session, the Assembly allocated the item to the Sixth Committee, where statements in the debate were made by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and by 93 delegations (see –). The Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit, in a timely manner, his next annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution , addressing, in a balanced manner, the national and international dimensions of the rule of law, and invited Member States to focus their comments during the upcoming Sixth Committee debate on the subtopic “The full, equal and equitable participation at all levels in the international legal system” (resolution ).
Archived videos and summaries of plenary meetings
(16 October 2024, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
(17 October 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
(17 October 2024, 3:00pm – 6:00pm) | Summary
(18 October 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
(18 October 2024, 3:00pm – 3:30pm) | Summary
(22 November 2024, 10:00am – 1:00pm) | Summary
