The United Nations General Committee is a committee of the United Nations General Assembly whose main purpose is to organize the body's agenda, among other things.

An individual Vice-President of the General Assembly does not have the power to unilaterally add an item to the General Assembly's agenda, not even if they are a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council such as the United States.

For example, the General Committee has regularly rejected agenda items about the participation of the Republic of China (Taiwan),[4] even when raised by a sitting Vice-President who formally recognizes the Republic of China (such as Guatemala in 1993).

)[7] The rules also state that every member of the General Committee must be from a different country.

[8] As the permanent members of the Security Council are always vice-presidents, this rule officially bans the permanent members from being President of the General Assembly or chairs of any Main Committee.