emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly

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United Nations procedure special session of the United Nations General Assembly

The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly is a rare, urgent meeting of all UN member states convened to address crises or threats to international peace and security when the Security Council is unable to act.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
emergency special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly	4
Eleventh Emergency Special Session, 1st plenary meeting	1
Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly	1
First United Nations Emergency Special Session	1
emergency special session of the General Assembly	1
emergency special session of the UNGA	1
emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly canonical	1
special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T268542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
Context triple: [United Nations General Assembly committees, convenesIn, emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly]

A. Third session of the United Nations General Assembly
The Third session of the United Nations General Assembly was a 1948–1949 meeting of UN member states in Paris and New York that, among other actions, adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
B. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
C. UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
D. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
E. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
Target entity description: The emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly is a rare, urgent meeting of all UN member states convened to address crises or threats to international peace and security when the Security Council is unable to act.

A. Third session of the United Nations General Assembly
The Third session of the United Nations General Assembly was a 1948–1949 meeting of UN member states in Paris and New York that, among other actions, adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
B. United Nations General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly is the main deliberative body of the UN, where all member states meet to discuss and coordinate on international issues and policies.
C. UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 is a 2014 UN General Assembly measure affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and declaring the Crimean referendum and subsequent annexation by Russia to have no validity.
D. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/19 is the 2012 UN measure that upgraded Palestine’s status to that of a non-member observer state, widely seen as a de facto recognition of Palestinian statehood.
E. UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7
UN General Assembly Resolution 60/7 is the 2005 UN measure that established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day and urged global education and commemoration of the Holocaust.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations procedure ⓘ special session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
aimsTo	uphold the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	ESS of the UN General Assembly ⓘ linked to: United Nations General Assembly emergency special session of the UNGA ⓘ linked to: emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly
appliesToJurisdiction	United Nations member states ⓘ linked to: Member States of the United Nations
canBeRequestedBy	Security Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council majority of United Nations member states ⓘ
canEstablish	subsidiary organs to address the crisis ⓘ
canRecommend	collective measures including economic and diplomatic sanctions ⓘ
characteristic	convened on short notice ⓘ focuses on a specific crisis ⓘ may be resumed multiple times ⓘ
convenedBy	President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
conveningCondition	when the Security Council fails to act because of lack of unanimity of its permanent members ⓘ when there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression ⓘ
decisionNature	politically authoritative but legally non-binding ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	regular session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ special session of the United Nations General Assembly on thematic issues ⓘ
firstHeld	1956 ⓘ
firstHeldOnSubject	Suez Crisis ⓘ
frequency	rare ⓘ
governingBody	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
hasLanguageRequirement	official languages of the United Nations ⓘ
legalBasis	UN General Assembly resolution 377 A (V) ⓘ United Nations Charter ⓘ linked to: Charter of the United Nations Uniting for Peace resolution ⓘ linked to: Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V))
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters, New York City ⓘ linked to: United Nations Headquarters
normativeRole	expresses the collective will of the international community on urgent peace and security matters ⓘ
outcomeType	non-binding resolutions ⓘ recommendations to member states ⓘ
participants	all United Nations member states ⓘ
proceduralFramework	rules of procedure of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
purpose	to act when the United Nations Security Council fails to exercise its primary responsibility ⓘ to address crises or threats to international peace and security ⓘ to recommend collective measures for the maintenance or restoration of international peace and security ⓘ
relatedTo	collective security ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ peacekeeping operations ⓘ use of veto in the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
subjectOf	scholarly analysis in international law ⓘ
timeLimitForConvening	within 24 hours of the request ⓘ
usedFor	situations involving international armed conflict ⓘ situations involving large-scale violations of international law ⓘ situations involving occupation of territory ⓘ
votingRequirement	two-thirds majority of members present and voting for important questions ⓘ
votingRule	one state one vote ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

United Nations General Assembly committees → convenesIn → emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

United Nations Emergency Force → createdDuring → First United Nations Emergency Special Session ⓘ