Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

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Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly UN General Assembly subsidiary organ

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) canonical	5
Fourth Committee	3
Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly	2
United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee	2
Special Political and Decolonization Committee	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T261550 — 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: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
Context triple: [United Nations General Assembly, hasMainCommittee, Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)]

A. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly that focuses on human rights, social development, humanitarian affairs, and cultural issues worldwide.
B. United Nations General Assembly committees
The United Nations General Assembly committees are specialized bodies within the General Assembly that focus on drafting, debating, and recommending resolutions on key global issues such as disarmament, decolonization, human rights, and budgetary matters.
C. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
D. Permanent Representatives' Committee
The Permanent Representatives' Committee is a key decision-preparatory body of the African Union composed of member states' ambassadors, responsible for overseeing implementation of AU policies and coordinating the work of its various organs.
E. Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) is one of the United Nations General Assembly’s main committees responsible for handling global economic, financial, and development issues.
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: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
Target entity description: 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.

A. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) is a main committee of the United Nations General Assembly that focuses on human rights, social development, humanitarian affairs, and cultural issues worldwide.
B. United Nations General Assembly committees
The United Nations General Assembly committees are specialized bodies within the General Assembly that focus on drafting, debating, and recommending resolutions on key global issues such as disarmament, decolonization, human rights, and budgetary matters.
C. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
D. Permanent Representatives' Committee
The Permanent Representatives' Committee is a key decision-preparatory body of the African Union composed of member states' ambassadors, responsible for overseeing implementation of AU policies and coordinating the work of its various organs.
E. Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) is one of the United Nations General Assembly’s main committees responsible for handling global economic, financial, and development issues.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (234)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Main Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ UN General Assembly subsidiary organ ⓘ
composition	all UN Member States ⓘ
country	United Nations ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	consensus ⓘ majority vote ⓘ
establishedBy	United Nations General Assembly rules of procedure ⓘ
hasMember	Albania ⓘ Algeria ⓘ Andorra ⓘ Angola ⓘ Antigua and Barbuda ⓘ Argentina ⓘ Armenia ⓘ Australia ⓘ Austria ⓘ Azerbaijan ⓘ Bahrain ⓘ Bangladesh ⓘ linked to: People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) Barbados ⓘ Belarus ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Belize ⓘ Benin ⓘ Bhutan ⓘ Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ⓘ linked to: Venezuela Bolivia ⓘ Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Botswana ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Brunei Darussalam ⓘ Bulgaria ⓘ Burkina Faso ⓘ Burundi ⓘ Cambodia ⓘ Cameroon ⓘ Canada ⓘ Cape Verde ⓘ linked to: Cape Verde Islands Central African Republic ⓘ Chad ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Comoros ⓘ Costa Rica ⓘ Croatia ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ Czechia ⓘ linked to: Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire ⓘ Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: North Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Dominica ⓘ Dominican Republic ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Egypt ⓘ El Salvador ⓘ Eritrea ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Eswatini ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ Fiji ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Gabon ⓘ Gambia ⓘ linked to: The Gambia Georgia ⓘ Germany ⓘ Ghana ⓘ Greece ⓘ Grenada ⓘ Guatemala ⓘ Guinea ⓘ Guinea-Bissau ⓘ Guyana ⓘ linked to: British Guiana Haiti ⓘ Holy See ⓘ Honduras ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Iceland ⓘ India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Israel ⓘ Italy ⓘ Jamaica ⓘ Japan ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Kazakhstan ⓘ Kenya ⓘ Kiribati ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Kyrgyzstan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Latvia ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Lesotho ⓘ Liberia ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Lithuania ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ Malawi ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Maldives ⓘ Mali ⓘ Malta ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ Mauritania ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Micronesia (Federated States of) ⓘ linked to: Federated States of Micronesia Monaco ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Morocco ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Namibia ⓘ Nauru ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nicaragua ⓘ Niger ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ North Macedonia ⓘ Norway ⓘ Oman ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Palau ⓘ Panama ⓘ Papua New Guinea ⓘ Paraguay ⓘ People's Republic of China ⓘ linked to: China Peru ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Poland ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Republic of Korea ⓘ linked to: South Korea Republic of Moldova ⓘ linked to: Moldova Republic of the Congo ⓘ Romania ⓘ Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia Rwanda ⓘ Saint Kitts and Nevis ⓘ Saint Lucia ⓘ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ⓘ Samoa ⓘ San Marino ⓘ Sao Tome and Principe ⓘ linked to: São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia ⓘ Senegal ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Seychelles ⓘ Sierra Leone ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ Solomon Islands ⓘ Somalia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ South Sudan ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ Sudan ⓘ Suriname ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ Tajikistan ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Timor-Leste ⓘ Togo ⓘ Tonga ⓘ Trinidad and Tobago ⓘ Tunisia ⓘ Turkey ⓘ Turkmenistan ⓘ Uganda ⓘ Ukraine ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ Uzbekistan ⓘ Vanuatu ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ Yemen ⓘ Zambia ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
hasNumber	Fourth ⓘ
hasPrecedenceOrder	4 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
locatedIn	New York ⓘ linked to: New York City United States of America ⓘ
mainResponsibility	Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories ⓘ United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ⓘ linked to: UNRWA decolonization ⓘ decolonization-related agenda items ⓘ effects of atomic radiation ⓘ information ⓘ international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space ⓘ peacebuilding ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ questions relating to information ⓘ questions relating to public information ⓘ questions relating to the University for Peace ⓘ special political questions ⓘ
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
meetsDuring	regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
organizationType	deliberative body ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
relatedBody	Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) ⓘ First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) ⓘ Special Committee on Decolonization ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly plenary ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly
scope	peacekeeping financing recommendations in coordination with the Fifth Committee ⓘ political issues not dealt with by the First Committee ⓘ questions relating to decolonization ⓘ special political missions ⓘ
sessionFrequency	annual ⓘ
shortName	Fourth Committee ⓘ linked to: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) Special Political and Decolonization Committee ⓘ linked to: Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
UNGACommitteeNumber	4 ⓘ
UNOfficialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ

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

United Nations General Assembly → hasMainCommittee → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly committees → hasPart → Fourth Committee ⓘ