The theme of this year's session is Indigenous peoples: development with culture and identity; articles 3 and 32 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
In its resolution 34/182 of 18 December 1979, the General Assembly decided to maintain the Committee to Review UN Public Information Policies and Activities, to be known as the Committee on Information.
For the first time in 24 years, people in Sudan are electing a national president, as well as a president of the southern region, state governors and members of national and local assemblies.