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UN General Assembly

The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives of all Member States, each of which has one vote. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new Members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority. Decisions on other questions are reached by a simple majority. These decisions may be adopted without a vote, or with a vote, which may be recorded, non-recorded or by roll-call. While the decisions of the General Assembly have no legally binding force for Governments, they carry the weight of world opinion on major international issues, as well as the moral authority of the world community. The work of the United Nations derives largely from the decisions of the General Assembly, i.e. the will of the majority of the Members, as expressed in resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. This database contains General Assembly reports and resolutions of relevance to the work of UNHCR.  Website: www.un.org/ga

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The responsibility to protect : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 7 October 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

System-wide coherence : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2 October 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 30 September 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Situation in Honduras : democracy breakdown : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 1 July 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 27 May 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 26 March 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 26 March 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 26 March 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Combating defamation of religions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 24 March 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Regional arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 20 March 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations


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