The Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on 18 September 2018. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the GRULAC group.

Organisation for the session President Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés was elected as President of the General Assembly on 5 June 2018.

Vice-Presidents There were twenty-one vice-presidents for the 73rd Session. They were:

The five permanent members of the Security Council:

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America As well as the following nations:

Gambia (Republic of The)

Committees The following were elected as Chairs and officers of the General Assembly committees for the 73rd Session:

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) Name Country Position H.E. Mr. Ion Jinga Chairperson Ms. Marissa Edwards Vice-chair Mr. Noël Diarra Vice-chair Mr. José Ataíde Amaral Vice-chair Ms. Muna Zawani Md Idris Rapporteur Second Committee (Economic and Financial) Name Country Position H.E. Mr. Jorge Skinner-Kleé Arenales Chairperson Mr. Mehdi Remaoun Vice-chair Ms. Hessa Muneer Mohammed Rashed AlAteibi Vice-chair Mr. Cedric Braquetti Vice-chair Ms. Anneli Lepp Rapporteur Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Name Country Position H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Saikal Chairperson Ms. Lahya Itedhimbwa Shikongo Vice-chair Mr. Martin Kováčik Vice-chair Mr. Andrés Molina Linares Vice-chair Ms. Katharina Konzett-Stoffl Rapporteur Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) Name Country Position H.E. Mr. Lewis Garseedah Brown II Chairperson Mr. Faisal Nasser M. Alhakbani Vice-chair Mr. Dániel Goldea Vice-chair Mr. Michael O'Toole Vice-chair Mr. Luis Mauricio Arancibia Fernández Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Rapporteur Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) Name Country Position H.E. Ms. GiIlian Bird Chairperson Mr. Fabio Esteban Pedraza-Torres Vice-chair Mr. Andre Lipand Vice-chair Mr. Haseeb Gohar Vice-chair Mr. Hicham Oussihamou Rapporteur Sixth Committee (Legal) Name Country Position H.E. Mr. Michel Xavier Biang Chairperson Ms. Maria Angela Ponce Vice-chair Ms. Barbara Kremžar Vice-chair Mr. Patrick Luna Vice-chair Ms. Nadia Alexandra Kalb Rapporteur

Seat Allocation As is tradition during each session of the General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres drew lots to see which member state would take the helm at the first seat in the General Assembly Chamber, with the other member states following according to the English translation of their name, the same order would be followed in the six main committees. For this session, Mali was chosen to take the first seat of the General Assembly Chamber.

General Debate

Most states had a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA will do. This was an opportunity for the member states to opine on international issues of their concern. The General Debate occurred from 25 September to 1 October 2018, with the exception of the intervening Sunday. The theme for that year's debate was chosen by President María Fernanda Espinosa as "Making the United Nations relevant to all people: Global leadership and shared responsibilities for peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies".

The order of speakers was given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observers entities had a chance to speak at the end of the debate, if they so choose. Speakers were put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in one of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators. Each speaker is requested to provide 20 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. Speeches are requested to be limited to five minutes, with seven minutes for supranational bodies.

Foreign ministers and high representatives participating in the General Debate signed the Code of Conduct Towards Achieving a World Free of Terrorism. The Code of Conduct was the brainchild of Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The main goal of the document is implementation of a wide range of international commitments to counter terrorism and establishing a broad global coalition towards achieving a world free of terrorism by 2045.

Resolutions

The following are resolutions the General Assembly has passed in its 73rd session, .

ResolutionDatePlenary or CommitteeAgenda ItemVote PassedTopic A/RES/73/1 24 September 2018 Plen. 66 No Vote Yes Political declaration adopted at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit A/RES/73/2 10 October 2018 Plen. 119 No Vote Yes Political declaration of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases A/RES/73/3 10 October 2018 Plen. 129 No Vote Yes Political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the fight against tuberculosis A/RES/73/4 12 October 2018 C.5 140 No Vote Yes Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations: requests under Article 19 of the Charter A/RES/73/5 16 October 2018 Plen. 125 146-3-15 Yes Chair of the Group of 77 for 2019 A/C.1/73/X 26 October 2018 Plen. This draft resolution was not formally introduced 31-55-54 No Preservation of and compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty A/RES/73/6 26 October 2018 Plen. 30 No Vote Yes Fiftieth anniversary of the first United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: space as a driver of sustainable development A/RES/73/7 29 October 2018 Plen. 77 No Vote yes Report of the International Criminal Court A/RES/73/8 1 November 2018 Plen. 43 189-2-0 Yes Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba A/RES/73/9 9 November 2018 Plen. 92 No Vote Yes Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency A/RES/73/10 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (u) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative A/RES/73/11 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (y) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) A/RES/73/12 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (k) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization A/RES/73/13 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (o) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization A/RES/73/14 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (v) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM A/RES/73/15 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (l) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe A/RES/73/16 26 November 2018 Plen. 128 (w) No Vote Yes Cooperation between the United Nations and the Commonwealth of Independent States A/RES/73/17 26 November 2018 Plen. 133 No Vote Yes Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets A/RES/73/18 30 November 2018 Plen. 39 100-12-62 Yes Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People A/RES/73/19 30 November 2018 Plen. 39 156-8-12 Yes Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine A/RES/73/20 30 November 2018 Plen. 39 152-8-14 Yes Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat A/RES/73/21 30 November 2018 Plen. 39 96-13-64 Yes Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat A/RES/73/22 30 November 2018 Plen. 38 148-11-14 Yes Jerusalem A/RES/73/23 30 November 2018 Plen. 38 99-10-66 Yes The Syrian Golan A/RES/73/24 3 December 2018 Plen. 12 No Vote Yes Sport as an enabler of sustainable development A/RES/73/25 3 December 2018 Plen. 14 No Vote Yes International Day of Education A/RES/73/165 17 December 2018 Plen. 14 No Vote Yes United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Elections

See also List of UN General Assembly sessions List of General debates of the United Nations General Assembly

References

External links President of the 73rd General Assembly Agenda for the 73rd General Assembly