General Assembly

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The General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the United Nations, comprising all member states and responsible for setting broad policies and making recommendations on international issues.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative assembly ⓘ
intergovernmental organization organ ⓘ
principal organ of the United Nations ⓘ
adopts decisions ⓘ
declarations ⓘ
recommendations ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
cameIntoForce 24 October 1945 ⓘ
canHold emergency special sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
canRequest advisory opinions from the International Court of Justice ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateEstablished 1945 ⓘ
decisionRule simple majority for most questions ⓘ
two-thirds majority for important questions ⓘ
establishedBy Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
hasMainCommittee Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) ⓘ
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) ⓘ
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ⓘ
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) ⓘ
Sixth Committee (Legal) ⓘ
linked to: Sixth Committee

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) ⓘ
hasMembership all United Nations member states ⓘ
hasOfficialName General Assembly of the United Nations ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasPrincipalFunction main deliberative organ of the United Nations ⓘ
policy-making organ of the United Nations ⓘ
representative organ of the United Nations ⓘ
hasSubsidiaryBody Credentials Committee ⓘ
General Committee ⓘ
importantQuestionsInclude admission of new members ⓘ
budgetary questions ⓘ
peace and security ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalEffectOfResolutions generally non-binding ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
meetsAt United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
meetsIn General Assembly Hall ⓘ
meetsInRegularSession annually ⓘ
numberOfMembers 193 ⓘ
parentOrganization United Nations system ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
presidentTermLength one year ⓘ
regionServed worldwide ⓘ
regularSessionBegins September ⓘ
role appoints the Secretary-General on the recommendation of the Security Council ⓘ
approves the United Nations budget ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on development ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on disarmament ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on human rights ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on international economic cooperation ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on international law ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on international peace and security ⓘ
discusses and makes recommendations on social and humanitarian issues ⓘ
elects judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
elects members of the Economic and Social Council ⓘ
elects members of the Human Rights Council ⓘ
elects non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
shortName UN General Assembly ⓘ
UNGA ⓘ
votingSystem one state one vote ⓘ

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Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany → participatesIn → United Nations General Assembly sessions ⓘ
linked to: General Assembly
ODS → includesBody → General Assembly ⓘ
UER → mainOrgan → General Assembly ⓘ
Secretariat → notableProgeny → General Assembly ⓘ
A/RES/57/199 → UNBody → General Assembly ⓘ