United Nations General Assembly Third Committee
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The United Nations General Assembly Third Committee (also known as the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee or SOCHUM or C3) is one of six main committees at the General Assembly of the United Nations. It deals with human rights, humanitarian affairs and social matters.
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Abbreviation | SOCHUM, C3 |
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Legal status | Active |
Headquarters | New York, United States |
Head | Chairperson Christian Braun |
Parent organization | United Nations General Assembly |
Website | www.un.org/en/ga/third |
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The Third 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. As in previous sessions, an important part of the work of the committee will focus on the examination of human rights questions, including reports of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council which was established in 2006.