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Date	Document	Subject	Duration
16 Oct 2026 Morning	—	Second Committee, 17th plenary meeting - General Assembly, 81st sessionReviewedAgenda item 58 · Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources

Agenda items this session

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Item 14

Information and communications technologies for sustainable development

2 meetings

Item 15

Macroeconomic policy questions

2 meetings

Item 15(a)

International trade and development

2 meetings

Item 15(b)

International financial system and development

2 meetings

Item 15(c)

External debt sustainability and development

2 meetings

Item 15(d)

Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development

Item 15(e)

Promoting investments for sustainable development

2 meetings

Item 15(f)

Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations

2 meetings

Item 15(g)

Creative economy and sustainable development

2 meetings

Item 16

Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development

2 meetings

Item 17

Sustainable development

3 meetings

Item 17(a)

Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21

3 meetings

Item 17(b)

Follow-up to and implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States: A Renewed Declaration for Resilient Prosperity

3 meetings

Item 17(c)

Disaster risk reduction

3 meetings

Item 17(d)

Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind

3 meetings

Item 17(e)

Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme

3 meetings

Item 17(f)

Harmony with Nature

3 meetings

Item 17(g)

Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

3 meetings

Item 17(h)

Combating sand and dust storms

3 meetings

Item 17(i)

Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development

3 meetings

Item 18

Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

2 meetings

Item 19

Globalization and interdependence

2 meetings

Item 19(a)

Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence

2 meetings

Item 19(b)

International migration and development

2 meetings

Item 20

Groups of countries in special situations

2 meetings

Item 20(a)

Follow-up to the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries

2 meetings

Item 20(b)

Follow-up to the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries

2 meetings

Item 21

Eradication of poverty and other development issues

2 meetings

Item 21(a)

Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027)

2 meetings

Item 21(b)

Industrial development cooperation

2 meetings

Item 21(c)

Women in development

2 meetings

Item 21(d)

Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2 meetings

Item 22

Operational activities for development

1 meeting

Item 22(a)

Operational activities for development of the United Nations system

1 meeting

Item 22(b)

South-South cooperation for development

1 meeting

Item 23

Agriculture development, food security and nutrition

2 meetings

Item 58

Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources

1 meeting