| Cities: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Compactnav: | yes |
| Participants: | United Nations Member States |
| Secretary: | Dag Hammarskjöld |
| Precedes: | 4th |
| Venues: | General Assembly Hall at the United Nations headquarters |
| Follows: | 2nd |
The Third emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly was invoked by the UN Security Council's Resolution 129. Sitting in August 1958, the Third Emergency Special Session on "The Situation in the Middle East" adopted Resolution 1237 (ES-III) calling for early withdrawal of foreign troops from Jordan and Lebanon.[1]