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, debating global issues, and overseeing key UN functions.

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Label Occurrences
general assembly canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative assembly ⓘ
plenary body ⓘ
principal organ of the United Nations ⓘ
adopts budgets for the United Nations ⓘ
declarations ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
adoptsDecisionsBy simple majority for most questions ⓘ
two-thirds majority for important questions ⓘ
canDiscuss any questions or matters within the scope of the UN Charter ⓘ
canHold emergency special sessions ⓘ
special sessions ⓘ
cannot impose binding obligations on member states except in budgetary matters ⓘ
elects President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Secretary-General on recommendation of the Security Council ⓘ
judges of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
members of the United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
establishedBy Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
establishedIn 1945 ⓘ
hasEqualVoteFor each United Nations member state ⓘ
hasMember all United Nations member states ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasPower initiate studies and make recommendations to promote international cooperation ⓘ
make recommendations to member states ⓘ
hasPrincipalCommittee 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) ⓘ
holds regular annual sessions ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
meetsAt United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
oversees United Nations budget ⓘ
administrative questions of the United Nations ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
presidentTermLength one year ⓘ
primaryFunction deliberation on international issues ⓘ
policy-making ⓘ
representation of all UN member states ⓘ
role main deliberative organ of the United Nations ⓘ
oversight of United Nations activities ⓘ
policy-setting organ of the United Nations ⓘ
votingRule one country one vote ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary General → appointedBy → general assembly ⓘ