Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues (Third Committee)
Draft proposals per agenda item
ITEM 28: Social development
Persons with albinism
Inclusive social development policies and programmes to address homelessness including in the aftermath of COVD-19
Fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Volunteers programme and twentieth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers
Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Addressing the challenges of persons living with a rare disease and their families
(a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly
(b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family
Policies and Programmes involving Youth
Promoting social integration through social inclusion
Cooperatives in social development
Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing
Preparations for and observance of the thirtieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family
ITEM 29: Advancement of women
a) Advancement of women
Violence against women migrant workers
Improvement of the situation of women and girls in rural areas
(b) Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly
ITEM 65: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa
ITEM 69: Report of the Human Rights Council
Report of the Human Rights Council
ITEM 70: Promotion and protection of the rights of children:
(a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children
The girl child
Rights of the child
(b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children
ITEM 71: Rights of indigenous peoples
(a) Rights of indigenous peoples
Rights of indigenous peoples
(b) Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples
ITEM 72: Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
(a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance
(b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
A global call for concrete action for the elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action
ITEM 73: Right of peoples to self-determination
Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination
Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination
ITEM 74: Promotion and protection of human rights:
The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
(a) Implementation of human rights instruments
Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto: participation
(b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Countering Disinformation and Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa
Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region
Freedom of religion or belief
Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights
Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodies
Human rights and unilateral coercive measures
Human rights and cultural diversity
The right to development
Strengthening United Nations action in the field of human rights through the promotion of international cooperation and the importance of non-selectivity, impartiality and objectivity
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization
The right to food
Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief
The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity
Terrorism and Human Rights
Implementing the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms through providing a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and ensuring their protection in the context of and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic
Protection of migrants
National Human Rights Institutions
Ensuring equitable, affordable, timely and universal access for all countries to vaccines in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
(c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine
Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar
Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic
(d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
ITEM 108: Crime prevention and criminal justice
Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
Reducing reoffending through rehabilitation and reintegration
Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies
Strengthening criminal justice systems during and after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Preventing and combating crimes that affect the environment
Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity
Improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons
ITEM 109: Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes
ITEM 110: International drug control
International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem
ITEM 122: Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly
Draft programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly
ITEM 139: Programme Planning
Programme 14 - Gender equality and the empowerment of women
