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Programme of meetings and agenda

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Official meetings

General Assembly Seventy-first session

10:00

[webcast]

63rd plenary meeting General Assembly

Hall

1. Election of five members of the Organizational

Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission

[item 114 (c)]

2. Culture of peace: report of the Secretary-General

(A/71/407) [item 14]

3. Global health and foreign policy [item 127]

i. Notes by the Secretary-General (A/71/601 and

A/71/598)

ii. Draft resolution (A/71/L.41)

Security Council

10:00 7837th meeting Security Council Chamber

[webcast]

1. Adoption of the agenda

2. Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Preventing catastrophe: A global agenda for

stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass

destruction by non-State actors

Letter dated 1 December 2016 from the

Permanent Representative of Spain to the

United Nations addressed to the Secretary-

General (S/2016/1013)

[Delegations are kindly requested to limit their

statements to no more than four minutes.]

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Afternoon (to be held following the adjournment of the 7837th meeting)

7838th meeting

Security Council Chamber

[webcast]

1. Adoption of the agenda

2. Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and

South Sudan


10:00 [webcast] Trusteeship Council Chamber

15:00 [webcast] Trusteeship Council Chamber

Informal consultations on the ways to enable the participation of indigenous peoples’

representatives and institutions in meetings of relevant United Nations bodies on issues

affecting them

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 October 2016 and

2 December 2016, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Main Committees

Fifth Committee

10:00 22nd meeting [webcast] Conference Room 3

1. Statement by the President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly

2. Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 [item 134]

Special political missions (SPMs)

Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political

initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council

(A/71/365 and A/71/595)

Thematic cluster I: special and personal envoys and special advisers of the

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Yemen; Office of the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Conflict

Prevention, including in Burundi (A/71/365/Add.6 and A/71/595/Add.6)

Thematic cluster III: United Nations offices, peacebuilding support offices,

integrated offices and commissions: United Nations Mission in Colombia

(A/71/365/Add.7, A/71/365/Add.7/Corr.1 and A/71/595/Add.7)

Programme budget implications

New Urban Agenda (A/C.5/71/15 and A/71/687)

Oceans and the law of the sea (A/C.5/71/16 and A/71/686)

Revised estimates resulting from resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human

Rights Council at its thirty-first, thirty-second and thirty-third sessions and twenty-

fourth special session (A/71/623 and A/71/688)

Contingency fund: consolidated statement of programme budget implications and

revised estimates (A/C.5/71/17 and A/71/691)

First performance report on the programme budget for the biennium 2016 -2017

(A/71/576 and A/71/680)

Introduction and general discussion

Morning (following

the adjournment of the

22nd meeting) to 13:00 Informal consultations (closed) Conference Room 5

Informal consultations on agenda item 134 (Programme budget for the biennium 2016-

2017: Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political

initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/71/365

and A/71/595):


Secretary-General (A/71/365/Add.1* and A/71/595/Add.1)

Thematic cluster II: sanctions monitoring teams, groups and panels

(A/71/365/Add.2* and A/71/595/Add.2)


integrated offices and commissions (A/71/365/Add.3 and A/71/595/Add.3)

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (A/71/365/Add.4 and

A/71/595/Add.4)

United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (A/71/365/Add.5 and A/71/595/Add.5)







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initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council (A/71/365

and A/71/595):


Secretary-General (A/71/365/Add.1* and A/71/595/Add.1)

Thematic cluster II: sanctions monitoring teams, groups and panels

(A/71/365/Add.2* and A/71/595/Add.2)


integrated offices and commissions (A/71/365/Add.3 and A/71/595/Add.3)

United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (A/71/365/Add.4 and

A/71/595/Add.4)

United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (A/71/365/Add.5 and A/71/595/Add.5)







(A/71/365/Add.7, A/71/365/Add.7/Corr.1 and A/71/595/Add.7))

Open-ended Working Group on Ageing

Seventh working session

10:00 to 13:00 7th meeting [webcast] Conference Room 4

1. Other matters [item 6]

Interactive dialogue with the civil society

Discussion on the way forward

2. Provisional agenda for the next working session of the Open-ended Working Group on

Ageing [item 7]

3. Adoption of the report (A/AC.278/2016/L.2) [item 8]

4. Conclusion of work of the Open-ended Working Group at its seventh session

[Delegations are kindly requested to communicate the names of their representatives and alternates

participating in the seventh working session to the Secretary of the Open-ended Working Group,

Ms. Lana Emelina-Sarte (e-mail [email protected]; copied to Mr. Jose Rene Tanoy (e-mail

[email protected]; Room S-1291; fax 1 (212) 963-5935)).

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Security Council

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism

15:00 to 18:00 314th meeting (closed) Conference Room 7

Other meetings The information below is reproduced as received and does not imply

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Briefing to Member States on the “Humanitarian Situation and Recovery Activities in Ukraine” (organized by

the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA))

11:00 to 13:00 Conference Room 12

All are invited. For further information, please contact OCHA (Ms. Margarette Pradel

(e-mail [email protected]; tel. 1 (917) 367-2217); or Ms. Miriam Danar (e-mail

[email protected]; tel. 1 (212) 963-2259)).

Panel discussion on “The Evolution of Development Thinking: Governance, Economics, Assistance and

Security” (co-organized by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International

IDEA), the East-West Center, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)) and the Pacific Basin

Research Center)

11:00 to 13:00 [webcast] Conference Room 8

All are invited. For further information, please contact Mr. Kieran M. Lettrich,

International IDEA (e-mail [email protected]; tel. 1 (212) 286-1084).

Non-Aligned Movement: Coordinating Bureau (monthly meeting)

15:00 to 18:00 Closed meeting Conference Room 1

Press conferences

Press Briefing Room (S-0237) [webcast]

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Forthcoming official meetings


Friday, 16 December 2016

10:00 64th plenary meeting General Assembly Hall

1. Sport for development and peace: draft resolution (A/71/L.38) [item 11]

2. Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions: draft resolution

(A/71/L.42) [item 69 (c)]

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12:00 Trusteeship Council Chamber

Informal briefing on the High-Level dialogue entitled “Building Sustainable Peace for

All: Synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustaining

Peace”, to be held on 24 January 2017

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 6 December 2016, was sent

to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

15:00 Trusteeship Council Chamber

Informal consultations on the zero draft of the modalities draft resolution on the

intergovernmental negotiations leading to the adoption of a global compact for safe,

orderly and regular migration to be presented at an intergovernmental conference on

international migration in 2018

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 November 2016, was

sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

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Monday, 19 December 2016

10:00 65th plenary meeting General Assembly Hall

1. Social development: report of the Third Committee (A/71/476) [item 26]

2. Advancement of women: report of the Third Committee (A/71/477); draft amendment

(A/71/L.30 (to be issued)) to draft resolution I recommended in the report of the

Committee [item 27]

3. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to

refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions (A/71/478)

[item 60]

4. Report of the Human Rights Council: report of the Third Committee (A/71/479)

[item 63]

5. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: report of the Third Committee

(A/71/480); draft amendment (A/71/L.29 (to be issued)) to draft resolution III

recommended in the report of the Committee under sub-item (a) [item 64]

6. Rights of indigenous peoples: report of the Third Committee (A/71/481) [item 65]



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7. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: report

of the Third Committee (A/71/482) [item 66]

8. Right of peoples to self-determination: report of the Third Committee (A/71/483)

[item 67]

9. Promotion and protection of human rights: report of the Third Committee ( A/71/484)

[item 68]

10. Implementation of human rights instruments: report of the Third Commi ttee

(A/71/484/Add.1) [item 68 (a)]

11. Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective

enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms: report of the Third Committe e

(A/71/484/Add.2) [item 68 (b)]

12. Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives: report of

the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.3) [item 68 (c)]

13. Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and

Programme of Action: report of the Third Committee (A/71/484/Add.4) [item 68 (d)]

14. Crime prevention and criminal justice: report of the Third Committee (A/71/485)

[item 106]

15. International drug control: report of the Third Committee (A/71/486) [item 107]

16. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: report of the Third Committee

(A/71/487) [item 121]

17. Programme planning: report of the Third Committee (A/71/488) [item 135]

[See Note by the Secretariat (document A/C.3/71/INF/3 (Situation reports of the Third

Committee on agenda items 26, 27, 60, 63 to 68, 106, 107, 121 and 135)) .]

Security Council

Tuesday, 20 December 2016

10:00 Security Council Chamber

Open debate on “Trafficking in persons in conflict situations” in connection with the

agenda item “Maintenance of international peace and security”.

Member States wishing to inscribe their names on the list of speakers should send a

letter addressed to the President of the Security Council requesting to participate in

accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure (e -mail

[email protected]; or fax 1 (917) 367-0406), starting today, 15 December 2016,

at 09:30.

Please note that only scanned copies of signed letters will be accepted by e-mail.

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Forthcoming informal meetings on draft proposals convened by delegations

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documents A/71/251 and A/71/252. The meetings under this header are closed.

General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution entitled “Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert

working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction” (under agenda item 19 (c))

(convened by the delegations of Chile and Switzerland)


10:00 to 13:00 Conference Room B

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Group of 77 (at the ambassadorial level)


15:00 to 18:00 Closed meeting Economic and Social Council Chamber

Launch of the “Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) 2017-2018” (co-organized by the

Permanent Missions of Germany and Morocco)

Monday, 19 December 2016


All are invited. For further information, contact Mr. Peter Buschmann, Permanent Mission of

Germany (e-mail [email protected]; tel. 1 (212) 940-0416).

High-level launch of the 2016 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons (co-organized by the Permanent

Mission of France and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC))

Wednesday, 21 December 2016


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Announcements

United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added the following

lectures to the Lecture Series of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International

Law (AVL) website: Professor Ludmila Nikiforovna Galenskaya - “Settlement of

disputes in public and private international law” (in Russian) and Dr. Gus Waschefort -

“International Law and Child Soldiers”. All interested parties are invited to visit the

website, please click here to access the lectures.

Online reservation system for side events on the occasion of the sixty-first session of the Commission on the

Status of Women

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

(UN-Women) is pleased to announce that the online reservation for side events on the

occasion of the sixty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW61)

will open on Friday, 16 December 2016, at 10:00. Permanent Missions and United Nations

entities interested in booking a room for a side event are asked to sign-up for a user

account for the upcoming session (CSW61). User accounts from previous sessions are not

valid. Sign-up is open as of now and organizers are encouraged to sign up prior to the

opening of the online room reservation. To sign up for an account, please click here; or

contact the UN-Women (e-mail [email protected]).

2017 United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Latin America and the

Caribbean: Deadline for applications – extended until Friday, 16 December 2016

The Regional Course for Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Santiago,

Chile, from 24 April to 19 May 2017. This course is open for candidates from Member

States of the United Nations, which are also members of the regional group of Latin

American and Caribbean States. Applications for the 2017 United Nations Regional

Course in International Law for Latin America and the Caribbean are now being

accepted. The extended deadline for applications is Friday, 16 December 2016. The

Regional Course will be conducted in English in 2017.

For further information, including application forms, please consult the website of

the Regional Courses (click here) or contact the Codification Division (e-mail

[email protected]).

2017 United Nations International Law Fellowship Programme

Call for applications — Deadline for applications

is Friday, 16 December 2016

Applications for the 2017 United Nations International Law Fellowship Programme,

scheduled to be held at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, from 26 June to

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4 August 2017, are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is Friday,

16 December 2016.

The Fellowship Programme will be conducted in English in 2017. For further

information, including application forms, please consult the International Law

Fellowship Programme website at www.un.org/law/ilfp or contact the Codification

Division (e-mail [email protected]).

Training for delegates and staff of permanent missions

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library will conduct the following training in English (unless

otherwise indicated) for delegates and staff of permanent missions, at the Library

Building, Room L-133 (First Floor), for the month of December 2016:

General Assembly documentation (French)

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Calendar (click here). For more information, please contact the Library (e-mail

[email protected]; tel. 1 (212) 963-3000).

International Law Seminar for African Universities: Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia (19 to 30 June 2017): Urgent appeal for voluntary

contributions and call for applications

The African Institute of International Law is planning to conduct the second

International Law Seminar for African Universities at the Economic Commission for

Africa in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 19 to 30 June 2017, to promote capacity building

in international law education for the benefit of the faculty members of academic

institutions and government training centres throughout the region.

The African Institute of International Law will conduct the seminar in cooperation with

the Codification Division of the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs pursuant to

General Assembly resolution 71/139 (A/RES/71/139).

The curriculum for this seminar will include: International Law (Ms. Boisson de

Chazournes), International Trade Law and Environmental Law (Mr. Mbengue), African

Union Law and Institutions (Judge Kioko), International and African Human Rights

Law (Mr. Okafor), Law of the Sea (Ms. Oral), as well as, International Humanitarian

Law and International Criminal Law (Judge Advocate General Riordan).

The seminar is subject to funding by voluntary contributions. Voluntary contributions

are urgently needed to ensure the continuation of this essential capacity building

activity to promote international law education in Africa.

For further information, please contact the African Institute of International Law

(e-mail [email protected]), or the Secretary of the Advisory Committee on the

Programme of Assistance, Ms. Virginia Morris (e-mail [email protected]). Application

forms are available on the AIIL website (click here).

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Press kit for the seventy-first session of the General Assembly

The press kit for the seventy-first session of the General Assembly is available online in

all six official languages. Produced by the Department of Public Information (DPI), in

cooperation with the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management

(DGACM), the kit is paper-free.

Print-on-demand versions are available on the General Assembly website (click here).

Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council

The Repertoire provides comprehensive coverage of the Security Council’s

interpretation and application of the United Nations Charter and its own Provisional

Rules of Procedure. It is prepared by the Security Council Affairs Division in the

Department of Political Affairs.

The Repertoire is designed to assist government officials, practitioners of international

law and international relations, academics and all those interested in the work of the

United Nations in following the evolving practice of the Council and gaining a better

understanding of the framework in which it operates. The latest printed volume

(Seventeenth Supplement), covering the years 2010 to 2011, is now available. For

copies, please contact Mr. Louis Giordano, Meetings Support Section (tel. 1 (212)

963-7288).

The Eighteenth Supplement (2012-2013) and Part I of the Nineteenth Supplement

(2014-2015) are available in their advance versions on the Repertoire section of the

website of the Security Council.

Report of the High-level Panel on the Global Response

to Health Crises

The report of the Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on the Global Response to

Health Crises has been issued in document A/70/723, in conjunction with the

Secretary-General’s report, contained in document A/70/824.

Calendar of conferences and meetings

The 2016 calendar of conferences and meetings is available and posted on the

Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) website,

or can be consulted by clicking here.

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Summary of official meetings

Tuesday, 13 December 2016


Main Committees

Second Committee

[archived video]

29th meeting The Chair of the Committee (Indonesia) made a statement.

Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on

Financing for Development [item 18]

The Committee resumed its consideration of the item.

Action on draft resolutions A/C.2/71/L.32 and A/C.2/71/L.62

The Committee was informed that draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.62 contained no

programme budget implications.

The facilitator of the draft resolution (Guyana) made a statement and orally corrected

draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.62.

The Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.62, as orally corrected.

Statements after the adoption of the draft resolution were made by the representatives of

Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), South Africa, Burkina Faso (on

behalf of the African Group), Mexico and the Russian Federation.

A statement was also made by the representative of the European Union (also on behalf

of Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Liechtenstein, New Zealand,

Switzerland and the United States).

In light of the adoption of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.62, as orally corrected, draft

resolution A/C.2/71/L.32 was withdrawn by its sponsors.

Oral decision

Upon the proposal of the Chair, the Committee took note of document A/71/534.

The Committee thus concluded its consideration of agenda item 18.

Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human

Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of

the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) [item 20]



The Secretary of the Committee read out a statement of programme budget implications

of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.59.

The facilitator of the draft resolution (Singapore) made a statement and orally corrected

draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.59.


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Ecuador, the United States and Japan (also on behalf of Canada).

A statement was also made by the representative of the European Union.

In light of the adoption of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.59 as orally corrected, draft



Operational activities for development: Operational activities for development of the

United Nations system [item 24 (a)]

The Committee resumed its consideration of the sub-item.


Following a statement by the Chair, the Committee was informed that draft resolution

A/C.2/71/L.63 contained no programme budget implications.

The facilitator of the draft resolution (Switzerland) made a statement.

The representative of Israel made a statement and proposed an oral amendment to

operative paragraph 10 of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.63.

The representative of Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) made a

statement.

The Chair of the Committee made a statement to which the representative of Thailand

responded.

The meeting was suspended.

The meeting was resumed.

The representative of Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) made a

statement in which he requested a recorded vote on the proposed oral amendment to

operative paragraph 10 of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.63.

Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of

Lebanon, Nigeria, the United States (also on behalf of Australia and Canada) and the

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The Committee rejected the oral amendment to operative paragraph 10 of draft

resolution A/C.2/71/L.63 by a recorded vote of 5 to 115, with 45 abstentions.

A statement in explanation of vote after the vote was made by the representative of

Armenia.

A statement was also made by the representative of Israel.

The Committee then adopted draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.63 without a vote.


Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China), the Sudan (on behalf of the Arab

Group), Cuba, the United States, Australia (also on behalf of Canada and New Zealand)

and Nigeria.

A statement was also made by the representative of the European Union.

In light of the adoption of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.63, draft resolution

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The Committee thus concluded its consideration of sub-item 24 (a) and agenda item 24

as a whole.

Macroeconomic policy questions: External debt sustainability and development

[item 17 (c)]





Following a statement by the facilitator of the draft resolution (Saint Lucia), the

Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.60.


the Russian Federation and the United States.



The Committee thus concluded its consideration of sub-item 17 (c) and agenda item 17

as a whole.

Eradication of poverty and other development issues: Implementation of the Second

United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) [item 23 (a)]





The facilitator of the draft resolution (Republic of Moldova) made a statement and

orally corrected draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.55.


A statement after the adoption of the draft resolution was made by the representative of

the United States.

In light of the adoption of draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.55, as orally corrected, draft


The Committee thus concluded its consideration of sub-item 23 (a) and agenda item 23

as a whole.

Agriculture development, food security and nutrition [item 25]





The Vice-Chair (Republic of Moldova) made a statement on behalf of the facilitator of

the draft resolution (Indonesia).

The Committee adopted draft resolution A/C.2/71/L.56.



















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the United States and Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China).




Programme planning [item 135]

The Committee began its consideration of the item.

Following a statement by the Chair, the Committee concluded its consideration of

agenda item 135.

Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 121]

The Committee began its consideration of the item.

Following a statement by the Chair, the Committee approved its draft programme of

work for the seventy-second session of the General Assembly as contained in document

A/C.2/71/L.64.


A statement was made by the representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Conclusion of the substantive work of the Second Committee

The closing remarks by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs

was delivered by the Director of the Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination,

Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The Chair made closing remarks.

A statement was made by the representative of Thailand (on behalf of the Group of 77

and China).

The Chair of the Committee (Indonesia) declared completed the substantive work of the

Second Committee for the main part of the seventy-first session of the General

Assembly.

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The agenda was adopted without objection.

The President drew attention to the text of a draft resolution contained in document

S/2016/1051, prepared in the course of the Council’s prior consultations.

The Council proceeded to take a decision on the draft resolution (S/2016/1051)

before it.

Decision: The draft resolution (S/2016/1051) was adopted by acclamation as

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Following the vote, the President made a statement on behalf of the Council.

The Secretary-General made a statement.


Main Committees

Fifth Committee

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21st meeting Financing of the United Nations Operations in Côte d’Ivoire [item 152]

The Committee began its consideration of this agenda item.

The Assistant Secretary-General, Controller, Office of Programme Planning, Budget

and Accounts introduced the report of the Secretary-General on the revised budget for

the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire for the period from 1 July 2016 to

30 June 2017 (A/71/599).

The Vice-Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

introduced the related report of that Committee (A/71/676).

Statements were made by the representatives of Chad (on behalf of the African Group),

the European Union (also on behalf of the candidate countries the former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania; the country of the

Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidate Bosnia and Herzegovina;

as well as Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, which aligned themselves

with the statement) and Côte d’Ivoire.

The Committee thus concluded its general discussion on this item.

The Vice-Chair (Austria) informed the Committee that informal consultations on this

item would be held on that day, Wednesday, 14 December, immediately following the

adjournment of the formal meeting and would be coordinated by Mr. Felipe García

Landa (Mexico); followed by informal consultations on agenda item 134 (Programme

budget for the biennium 2016-2017), in particular on the question of the proposed

regional restructuring of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Open-ended Working Group on Ageing

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Statements on a point of order were made by the representatives of the Russian

Federation, France and Mexico.

The Secretary of the Open-ended Working Group provided clarifications.

The Vice-Chair suspended the meeting.

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Statements were made by the representatives of the Russian Federation, Costa Rica,

France and Mexico.

The Secretary provided clarifications.

The Chair made a statement.

Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of

older persons [item 5]

The Open-ended Working group continued its consideration of agenda item 5.

The Open-ended Working Group held a panel discussion on “Human rights dimensions

concerning older persons in recent policy developments and initiatives in multilateral

processes” under the agenda item.

The Open-ended Working Group heard presentations by the following panellists:

Ms. Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development of the

Department of Economic and Social Affairs; Mr. Wataru Kawasaki, Programmer and

Planning Officer, Habitat III Secretariat; Mr. Rio Hada, Human Rights Officer, Human

Rights and Economic and Social Issues Section, Development and Economic and Soc ial

Issues Branch, Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development

Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Mr. Werner

Obermeyer, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Affairs and Interagency

Relations, World Health Organization.

An interactive dialogue ensued, during which the panellists responded to the comments

and questions posed by the representatives of Argentina, Mexico, Morocco, Spain and

France.

Statements were also made by the representatives of the following non-governmental

organizations approved to participate in the work of the Open-ended Working Group on

Ageing: International Network of Prevention of Elder Abuse; American Bar

Association; National Community of Legal Centres; Gray Panthers; Dave Omokaro

Foundation; International Federation for Family Development; International Longevity

Centre Global Alliance; New Future Foundation; and HelpAge International.

A statement was made a representative of the Division for Social Policy and

Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Organization of work

The Vice-Chair (Qatar) made a statement.

6th meeting The Chair (Argentina) opened the meeting and made a statement.

Measures to enhance the promotion and protection of the human rights and dignity of

older persons [item 5]

The Open-ended Working Group continued its consideration of agenda item 5.

Statements were made by Uruguay, the Dominican Republic (also on behalf of

Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru,

Qatar, Slovenia, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay, comprising the

Group of Friends of Older Persons), Costa Rica, the United States, the European Union,

the Russian Federation, Argentina, Slovenia, Mexico, Germany, Austria, the United

Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Chile and Ghana.

A statement was also made by the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with

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Statements were also made by the representatives of the following non-governmental

organizations approved to participate in the work of the Open-ended Working Group on

Ageing: National Association of Community Legal Centres Australia, HelpAge

International, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG),

American Bar Association, Die Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren-

Organisationen (BAGSO), Age Platform Europe, International Network for the

Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), AARP (also on behalf of Gray Panthers and

International Federation on Ageing), International Longevity Centre Global Alliance,

Federation Internationale des Associations des Personnes Agees, The China Great Wall

Society, Age International, Gerontoplus, Fundación Oportunidad Mayor, CARERights

(Korea) and Old Folks of Liberia.

The Working Group thus concluded its consideration of the agenda item.

Organization of work

The Chair (Argentina) made a statement.

Signatures, Ratifications, etc. The dates indicated correspond to the dates of receipt

of the relevant documents, except for the signatures.

[Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General]

Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Seoul, 12 November 2012

Ratification: Lithuania (14 December 2016)

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Chairs of regional groups

The following information regarding the chairmanship of the regional groups for the

month of December 2016 has been communicated to the Secretariat:

African States

Burkina Faso

His Excellency Yemdaogo Eric Tiare

Asia-Pacific States

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

His Excellency Khiane Phansourivong

Eastern European States

Latvia

His Excellency Jānis Mažeiks


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Latin American and Caribbean States

Costa Rica

His Excellency Juan Carlos Mendoza-García

Western European and other States

Sweden

His Excellency Olof Skoog


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Seventy-first session

A/71/365/Add.8 Item 134 — Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 — Estimates in respect of

special political missions, good offices and other political initi atives authorized by the

General Assembly and/or the Security Council — Thematic cluster II: special political

missions — Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons — United Nations

Joint Investigative Mechanism — Report of the Secretary-General [A C E F R S]

— 7 pages

A/71/480 Item 64 — Promotion and protection of the rights of children — Report of the Third

Committee [A C E F R S] — 37 pages

A/71/595 Item 134 — Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 — Estimates in respect of

special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the

General Assembly and/or the Security Council — Report of the Advisory Committee on

Administrative and Budgetary Questions [A C E F R S] — 28 pages



General Assembly and/or the Security Council — Thematic cluster I: special and

personal envoys and special advisers of the Secretary-General — Office of the Special

Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen — Office of the Special Adviser to the

Secretary-General on Conflict Prevention, including in Burundi — Report of the

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions [A C E F R S]

— 18 pages



General Assembly and/or the Security Council — Thematic cluster III: United Nations

offices, peacebuilding support offices, integrated offices and commissions — United

Nations Mission in Colombia — Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative

and Budgetary Questions [A C E F R S] — 9 pages

A/71/680 Item 134 — Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 — First performance report

on the programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 — Report of the Advisory

Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions [A C E F R S] — 9 pages

A/71/L.28/Add.1 Item 69 (d) — Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief

assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: strengthening

of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize

the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh,

Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia,

Ecuador, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malta,

Montenegro, Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Russian

Federation, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Ukraine and United States of America: draft resolution — Persistent legacy of the

Chernobyl disaster [A C E F R S] — 1 page

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A/71/L.31/Add.1 Item 69 (b) — Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief

assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: assistance to

the Palestinian people — Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia,

Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania,

Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden: draft resolution — Assistance to the Palestinian

people [A C E F R S] — 1 page

A/71/L.32/Add.1 Item 69 (a) — Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief


of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

Sweden: draft resolution — Strengthening of the coordination of emergency

humanitarian assistance of the United Nations [A C E F R S] — 1 page

A/71/L.33/Add.1 Item 69 (a) — Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief


of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations —

Thailand: draft resolution — International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the

field of natural disasters, from relief to development [A C E F R S] — 1 page

A/71/L.39/Add.1 Item 31 — Prevention of armed conflict — Canada: draft resolution — The situation in

the Syrian Arab Republic [A C E F R S] — 1 page

A/RES/71/10 Item 126 (y) — Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016 —

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States

[A C E F R S] — 2 pages

A/RES/71/11 Item 126 (d) — Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016 —

Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States [A C E F R S]

— 2 pages

A/RES/71/12 Item 126 (v) — Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016 —

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty

Organization [A C E F R S] — 3 pages

A/RES/71/13 Item 126 (w) — Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016 —

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative [A C E F R

S] — 3 pages

A/RES/71/14 Item 126 (u) — Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 November 2016 —

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

[A C E F R S] — 3 pages

Sixth Committee

A/C.6/71/2/Rev.1 Membership of the Sixth Committee [E (only)] — 13 pages

Security Council

S/2016/1000 Letter dated 29 November 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian

Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General [A C E F R S]

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