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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Third Committee	3
Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly canonical	2
GA Third Committee	1
United Nations General Assembly Third Committee	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]

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.
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.
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. 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.
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.

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.
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.
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. 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.
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 ⓘ Subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee ⓘ linked to: Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Third Committee ⓘ linked to: Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
canAdopt	Decisions ⓘ Draft resolutions ⓘ
considersReportsFrom	Chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies ⓘ Human Rights Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations Human Rights Council Independent experts ⓘ Special rapporteurs ⓘ linked to: Special Rapporteurs
decisionMaking	Resolutions adopted by majority vote ⓘ
focusesOn	Human‑centered aspects of development ⓘ Implementation of human rights instruments ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	United Nations Headquarters, New York City ⓘ linked to: United Nations Headquarters
mandate	Advancement of women ⓘ 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 ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
partOf	Main Committees of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly committees
relatedTo	Economic and Social Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations Economic and Social Council United Nations human rights machinery ⓘ linked to: United Nations human rights system
sessionTiming	Usually meets from late September to November ⓘ
shortName	GA Third Committee ⓘ linked to: Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
submitsTo	Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly plenary meetings
votingSystem	One‑state‑one‑vote ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

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

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