The main job of the 3rd Committee is to pass resolutions to do with Social Cultural and Humanitarian issues. Resolutions are pieces of writing that outline what the 191 member nations have agreed on a certain issue for that particular year. Although the resolutions are non-enforceable (countries don’t HAVE to abide by them, and there is no real punishment to not abiding by it), if you do not abide by the resolutions you lose ‘face’ amongst the international community. So countries tend to take them very seriously.

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