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The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee is one of the six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with global finance and economic matters.
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Investigate this subjectThe United Nations General Assembly Second Committee (also known as the Economic and Financial Committee or ECOFIN or C2) is one of the six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with global finance and economic matters.
The United Nations General Assembly Second Committee (also known as the Economic and Financial Committee or ECOFIN or C2) is one of the six main committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It deals with global finance and economic matters.
The Second Committee meets every year in early October and aims to finish its work by the end of November. All 193 member states of the UN can attend.
In its 81st Session, the committee focused on:
A. Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences. Specifically:
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development
Macroeconomic policy questions
Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development
Sustainable development
Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Groups of countries in special situations
Eradication of poverty and other development issues
Operational activities for development
B. Maintenance of international peace and security. Specifically:
Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resource
The committee has five main bodies that report through it to the General Assembly. Two programmes: the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, as well as the governing bodies of the three Rio conventions: the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The work of the committee usually begins in early October and ends sometime by the end of November, though extensions are often granted to allow the committee to continue its work until early to mid-December. Its work is split into two main stages: (1) general debate and (2) action on individual items. The first stage, the general debate, lasts up to one week and begins with a keynote address by an invited speaker. The second stage lasts around four weeks, and is usually when negotiations on draft proposals are conducted.
The committee also meets annually in a joint meeting with the Economic and Social Council.
The following make up the bureau of the Second Committee for the 81st Session of the General Assembly:
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