Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

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Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly United Nations General Assembly subsidiary organ

The Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main economic and financial committee responsible for deliberating and drafting resolutions on global economic development, sustainability, and related policy issues.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Second Committee	2
Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly canonical	1
United Nations General Assembly Second Committee	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12983774 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Context triple: [48th session of the United Nations General Assembly, hasOrgan, Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly]

A. Fifth Committee
The Fifth Committee is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for administrative and budgetary matters, including the UN’s regular and peacekeeping budgets.
B. Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions)
The Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) was a specialized body of the League of Nations Assembly responsible for addressing international social issues and a broad range of general policy questions.
C. Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for issues related to decolonization, peacekeeping, and a range of special political matters.
D. Sixth Committee
The Sixth Committee is the primary legal committee of the United Nations General Assembly, responsible for handling legal questions and developing international law.
E. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly that focuses on human rights, social development, humanitarian affairs, and cultural issues worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Target entity description: The Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main economic and financial committee responsible for deliberating and drafting resolutions on global economic development, sustainability, and related policy issues.

A. Fifth Committee
The Fifth Committee is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for administrative and budgetary matters, including the UN’s regular and peacekeeping budgets.
B. Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions)
The Fifth Committee (Social and General Questions) was a specialized body of the League of Nations Assembly responsible for addressing international social issues and a broad range of general policy questions.
C. Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for issues related to decolonization, peacekeeping, and a range of special political matters.
D. Sixth Committee
The Sixth Committee is the primary legal committee of the United Nations General Assembly, responsible for handling legal questions and developing international law.
E. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly that focuses on human rights, social development, humanitarian affairs, and cultural issues worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations General Assembly subsidiary organ ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Economic and Financial Committee ⓘ Second Committee ⓘ linked to: Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
composition	All 193 UN Member States ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Agricultural development ⓘ Development cooperation ⓘ Development dimensions of climate change ⓘ Environment and development ⓘ Eradication of poverty ⓘ External debt crisis ⓘ Financing for development ⓘ Follow-up to major UN conferences on development ⓘ Food security ⓘ Global partnerships for development ⓘ Globalization and interdependence ⓘ Human settlements and urbanization ⓘ Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ⓘ Implementation of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda ⓘ International financial system ⓘ International trade and development ⓘ Landlocked developing countries ⓘ Least developed countries ⓘ linked to: United Nations list of Least Developed Countries Macroeconomic policy ⓘ Middle-income countries ⓘ Operational activities for development ⓘ Science and technology for development ⓘ Small island developing States ⓘ linked to: Small Island Developing States South-South cooperation ⓘ Sovereign debt sustainability ⓘ Sustainable development ⓘ
function	Considers draft resolutions on economic and financial issues ⓘ Holds general debates on economic and financial questions ⓘ Negotiates outcome documents on development issues ⓘ Submits recommendations to the United Nations General Assembly plenary ⓘ
governedBy	Rules of Procedure of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasBureau	Chair of the Second Committee ⓘ Rapporteur of the Second Committee ⓘ Vice-Chairs of the Second Committee ⓘ
hasMember	All Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
locatedIn	United States of America ⓘ
mainResponsibility	Economic and financial matters ⓘ Global economic development ⓘ International economic policy coordination ⓘ Sustainable development policy ⓘ
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
meetsDuring	Regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ linked to: regular session of the United Nations General Assembly
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ
relatedTo	Economic and Social Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations Economic and Social Council High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development ⓘ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ⓘ linked to: Department of Economic and Social Affairs
sessionFrequency	Annually ⓘ
website	https://www.un.org/en/ga/second ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

48th session of the United Nations General Assembly → hasOrgan → Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Twenty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly → hasPart → Second Committee ⓘ

linked to: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly → mainCommittee → Second Committee ⓘ

linked to: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

49th session of the United Nations General Assembly → hasPart → United Nations General Assembly Second Committee ⓘ

linked to: Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly

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