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If a particular issue proves too complex for the committee, it may refer it to the International Law Commission, or it may create an ad hoc committee to discuss it. [ 1 ] [ 7 ] The highlight of the Sixth Committee's work is the "International Law Week" beginning at the end of October, when top legal advisers from member states meet in New York ...
On 22 October the Ad Hoc Committee formed two subcommittees. Subcommittee 1 (chaired by Ksawery Pruszyński [5]) comprised nine members ( United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Uruguay, Guatemala, Jewish Agency for Palestine) [6] and was responsible for producing a plan of implementation of the UNSCOP majority report; and subcommittee 2 (chaired by ...
Meetings of UNSCOP at YMCA in Jerusalem (seated at far left, David Ben-Gurion) UNSCOP members visiting Haifa (July 18, 1947). The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) was created on 15 May 1947 [1] [2] in response to a United Kingdom government request that the General Assembly "make recommendations under article 10 of the Charter, concerning the future government of Palestine".
The Parliamentary committees are of two kinds – standing or permanent committees and ad hoc committees. The former are elected or appointed periodically and they work on a continuous basis. The latter are created on an ad hoc basis as the need arises and they are dissolved after they complete the task assigned to them. [3]
The next year, on 12 December 1959, the ad hoc committee was established as a permanent body by the General Assembly with its membership being further increased to 24. It retained the same mission as its predecessor – to review international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space.
A special committee (also working, select, or ad hoc committee) is established to accomplish a particular task or to oversee a specific area in need of control or oversight. [28] Many are research or coordination committees in type or purpose and are temporary.
The Standing Committee has approved the creation of bodies to work on problems in Belarus and Moldova as well as to address the need for greater transparency and accountability in the OSCE. [3] Currently, there are two ad hoc committees of the Assembly: the Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism and the Ad Hoc Committee on Migration.
Article 17 of the Statute authorises the Committee of Ministers to set up "advisory or technical committees". This has led to the creation of some 30 steering committees and a large number of ad hoc expert committees, which assist the Committee of Ministers in the implementation of the programme of activities.