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What are the components of the General Assembly of the United Nations?
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The United Nations General Assembly is made up of numerous subsidiary organs, beyond the 192-member sessions which oversee the budget, appoint non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other areas of the UNSC and offer recommendations in the form of UNGA Resolutions.
There are five categories of subsidiary organ - Committees (Thirty total, six main), commissions (Seven), Boards (Six), Councils and Panels (Five), Working Groups and 'Others'.
The main Committees are:-
The First Committee: Disarmament and International Security (DISEC)
The Second Committee: Economic and Financial (ECOFIN)
The Third Committee: Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian (SOCHUM)
The Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization (SPECPOL)
The Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary
The Sixth Committee: Legal.
The Commissions
Disarmament Commission
International Civil Service Commission
International Law Commission
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
The Boards
Board of Auditors
Trade and Development Board
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
Executive Boards
Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund
Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund
Executive Board of the World Food Programme
The Councils and Panels
Councils
Human Rights Council
Council of the United Nations University
Governing Councils
Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme
Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat
Panel
Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency
Working Groups
High-Level Open-Ended Working Group on the Financial Situation of the United Nations
Working Group on the Future Operations of the International Research and Training Instatitute for the Advancement of Women
Working Group on the Finance of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Groups
Open-Ended Ad Hoc Working Group of the General Assembly on the Integrated and Coordinated Implementation of and Follow-up to the Major United Nations Conferences and Summits in the Economic and Social Fields
Open-Ended Working Groups
Open-ended Working Group on the Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa
Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council
Open-ended Working Group to consider the objectives and agenda, including the possible establishment of the preparatory committee, for the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament
Other
Joint Inspection Unit
United Nations Administrative Tribuneral
United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea
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