General Assembly: 62nd plenary meeting, 79th session

Commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade held pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/RES/73/345 of 16 September 2019.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 03:35:36
• Production Date: 25 March 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY - WSIS
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL DAYS; SLAVERY; TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; COMMEMORATION; DIAMONDS; CONFLICT; ROHINGYA MUSLIMS; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; VOTING; NUTRITION; 2030 AGENDA; INFORMATION
• Geographic Subject: MYANMAR; AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 3354926
• Parent Id: 3353853

Description

The General Assembly will convene its annual plenary meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. 

Speakers will include the President of the 79th Session of the General Assembly, His Excellency Philemon Yang; the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres; keynote speaker and Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Mr. Wole Soyinka; youth speaker and former United States Youth Poet Laureate Ms. Salome Agbaroji; and representatives of Member States and regional groups. 

• Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade - Item 119 
• The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict - Item 31: draft resolution (A/79/L.63) 

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution 

• Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields - Item 13: draft resolution (A/79/L.66) 

Action on the draft resolution 

• Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7; Information and communications technologies for sustainable development - Item 15: draft resolution (A/79/L.62) (Item 7 to reopen and reallocate agenda item 15) 

Action on the draft resolution 

• Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7; Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives - Item 71 (c): draft resolution (A/79/L.67) (Item 7 to reopen and reallocate sub-item (c) of agenda item 71) 
• Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7; Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions - Item 116 (b): report of the Fifth Committee (A/79/533/Add.1) (Item 7 to reopen and reallocate sub-item (b) of agenda item 116) 

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A/79/PV.62

A/79/L.63

A/RES/73/345

A/79/L.66

A/79/L.62

A/79/L.67

A/79/533/Add.1

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