United Nations Credentials Committee
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Background
Each year before the regular session begins, the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) recommends a group of candidates to the President of the General Assembly (PGA) for the Credentials Committee. The PGA then proposes nine (9) candidates to the General Assembly, which then votes on the candidates. [1][2]
According to Rule 27 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, Member States must send the credentials of their representatives to the Secretary-General of the United Nations more than one week before the opening of the regular session. When Members States send these credentials in, they are formally notifying the Secretary-General that these representatives are entitled to speak on their behalf. They must be sent by the Head of State, Head of Government or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. [1][3]
The “delegation” of a Member State shall: "consists of up to five representatives, five alternate representatives, and as many advisers and experts as required." [1] The General Assembly formally acknowledges the representatives of the Member States by approving their credentials.
In cases of special or emergency sessions of the General Assembly, as well as any as conferences convened under its authority, the credentials committee is reconvened with "the same composition as that of the Credentials Committee at its most recent regular session." [2]
The consideration of the credentials by the Credentials Committee is normally a formality. However, if a delegation's legitimacy is contested, its credentials may be challenged by another Member State. In these cases, the office of the PGA is often called upon to help resolve the matter before a formal meeting of the Credentials Committee. Nonetheless, delegations whose credentials have been challenged retain all their rights until, and unless, they are revoked by the General Assembly. [1]
Members
The members of the Credentials Committee for the 74th Session of the General Assembly are:[4][5]
Barbados
Botswana
China
Mauritius
Nepal
Russian Federation
San Marino
United States of America
Uruguay
References
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- ↑ United Nations General Assembly Session 74 Official record PV.1. 1st plenary meeting A/74/PV.1 17 September 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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