Each year before the regular session begins, the
Office of Legal Affairs recommends a group of candidates to the
President of the General Assembly for the Credentials Committee. The President of the General Assembly then proposes nine candidates to the General Assembly, which then votes on the candidates. Rule 25 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly also defines a "delegation" of a Member State as, "consist[ing] of up to five representatives, five alternate representatives, and as many advisers and experts as required." On 1 December 2021, the Committee decided to reject recognition of UN seats for both Afghanistan's Taliban government and Myanmar's ruling
Tatmadaw military junta. On 16 December 2022, the Committee decided again to reject recognition of UN seats for Afghanistan's
Taliban government, Myanmar's
Tatmadaw military junta and Libya's rival eastern-based government. On 6 December 2023, this was repeated for Afghanistan and Myanmar. On 20 November 2024, this was again repeated for Afghanistan and Myanmar. On 25 November 2025, this was again repeated for Afghanistan and Myanmar. In all five years, the Chair of the committee has proposed these decisions with no objections (
unanimous consent). == Members ==