General Assembly: 87th plenary meeting, 79th session

The General Assembly, 87th plenary meeting, 79th session, considers various items on its agenda with debate and action on various draft resolutions.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:56:10
• Production Date: 25 August 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: PHILEMON YANG
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GENERAL ASSEMBLY; NEGOTIATION; GENERAL DEBATE; SPEAKERS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC COOPERATION; DEVELOPMENT FINANCE; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
• MAMS Id: 3440290
• Parent Id: 3439736

Description

The General Assembly debates the report, transmitted in a Secretary-General note (document A/79/915), on improving international cooperation and multilateral efforts to address global health challenges and promote equity in health for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO), pursuant to Assembly resolution 78/280, as well as discusses the Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Youth Office (document A/79/986). 

It will also take action on the following draft resolutions and decisions: Sevilla Commitment (document A/79/L.109); Participation of non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector in the “World Social Summit" under the title "the second World Summit for Social Development” (document A/79/L.115) and a related amendment to it (document A/79/L.120) and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia — residual functions (document A/79/L.116/Rev.1). 

Other drafts for action include: Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council (in the form of an oral draft decision); Terms of Reference and Modalities for the Establishment and Functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance (document A/79/L.118); and Cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States (document A/79/L.114). 

- Global health and foreign policy - Item 127: note by the Secretary-General (A/79/915) Debate on the item 

- Report of the United Nations Youth Office - Item 134: report of the Secretary-General (A/79/986) Debate on the item 

- Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development - Item 17: draft resolution (A/79/L.109) Action on the draft resolution 

- Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family - Item 26 (b): draft decision (A/79/L.115) Action on the draft decision 

- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - residual functions - Item 88: draft resolution (A/79/L.116/Rev.1) Action on the draft resolution 

- Confirmation of the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - Item 116 (h): note by the Secretary-General (A/79/996) 

- United Nations reform: measures and proposals - Item 124: draft resolution (A/79/L.118) Action on the draft resolution 

- Cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States - Item 125 (w): draft resolution (A/79/L.114) Action on the draft resolution

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