This Alert outlines the key issues and potential flashpoints expected at the 65th session of the General Assembly and its Third Committee.

This Alert outlines the key issues and potential flashpoints expected at the 65th session of the General Assembly and its Third Committee. The New York office of ISHR will monitor and report on key human rights developments at the Third Committee, which meets at UN Headquarters in New York from 4 October until late November 2010.  The General Assembly delegates most of its human rights-related work to its Third Committee, including the endorsement of the annual report of the Human Rights Council; interactive dialogues with invited special procedures and treaty body chairpersons; and the negotiation of some 50 human rights resolutions.

ISHR has also published two fact sheets on the General Assembly and its various committees, including the Third Committee. They provide useful information about

• role and functions of the GA and the President
• voting and the political groupings in the GA
• rules of procedure
• budget processes.