Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main body responsible for addressing social, humanitarian, and human rights issues within the UN’s principal deliberative organ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12983775 — 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: Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Context triple: [48th session of the United Nations General Assembly, hasOrgan, Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly]
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A.
Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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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B.
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.
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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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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: Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Target entity description: The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main body responsible for addressing social, humanitarian, and human rights issues within the UN’s principal deliberative organ.
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A.
Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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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B.
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.
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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.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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Subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee
NERFINISHED
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Third Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canAdopt |
Decisions
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Draft resolutions ⓘ |
| considersReportsFrom |
Chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies
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Human Rights Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Independent experts ⓘ Special rapporteurs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decisionMaking | Resolutions adopted by majority vote ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Human‑centered aspects of development
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Implementation of human rights instruments ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
Arabic
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Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| location | United Nations Headquarters, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mandate |
Advancement of women
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Ageing issues ⓘ Crime prevention ⓘ Crime prevention and criminal justice ⓘ Criminal justice ⓘ Elimination of racism and racial discrimination ⓘ Family issues ⓘ Human rights issues ⓘ Humanitarian issues ⓘ Indigenous issues ⓘ International drug control ⓘ Literacy ⓘ Persons with disabilities ⓘ Promotion of fundamental freedoms ⓘ Protection of children ⓘ Right to self‑determination ⓘ Social development ⓘ Social issues ⓘ Treatment of refugees ⓘ Youth issues ⓘ |
| meetsDuring | Regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ |
| membership | All Member States of the United Nations ⓘ |
| numberOfMainCommitteesInGA | 6 GENERATED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Main Committees of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Economic and Social Council
NERFINISHED
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United Nations human rights machinery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sessionTiming | Usually meets from late September to November ⓘ |
| shortName | GA Third Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| submitsTo | Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem | One‑state‑one‑vote ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly Description of subject: The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is the main body responsible for addressing social, humanitarian, and human rights issues within the UN’s principal deliberative organ.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
48th session of the United Nations General Assembly
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hasOrgan
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Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
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