United Nations Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===General Assembly=== {{Main|United Nations General Assembly}} [[File:RIAN archive 828797 Mikhail Gorbachev addressing UN General Assembly session.jpg|thumb|[[Mikhail Gorbachev]], leader of the Soviet Union, addressing the UN General Assembly in December 1988]] The General Assembly is the main [[deliberative assembly]] of the UN. Composed of all [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member states]], the assembly meets in regular yearly sessions at the [[United Nations General Assembly Hall|General Assembly Hall]], but emergency sessions can also be called.{{sfn|Fomerand|2009|pp=131β133}} The assembly is led by a [[President of the United Nations General Assembly|president]], elected by the member states on a rotating regional basis, and 21 vice-presidents.{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|pp=69β70}} The first session convened on 10 January 1946 in the [[Methodist Central Hall, Westminster|Methodist Central Hall]] in London and included representatives of 51 nations.<ref name=unmilestones1941to1950 /> When the General Assembly decides on important questions such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs/index.html|access-date= 21 November 2018|title= Main Organs|date= 18 November 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181116040902/http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs/index.html|archive-date= 16 November 2018|url-status=live|df= dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/about/ropga/plenary.shtml |title=General Assembly of the United Nations: Rules of Procedure: XII β Plenary Meetings |publisher=United Nations |access-date=4 December 2013 |quote=Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 c of Article 86 of the Charter, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113095649/http://www.un.org/en/ga/about/ropga/plenary.shtml |archive-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> All other questions are decided by a majority vote. Each member has one vote. Apart from the approval of budgetary matters, resolutions are not binding on the members. The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security that are under consideration by the Security Council.{{sfn|Fomerand|2009|pp=131β133}} Draft resolutions can be forwarded to the General Assembly by its six main committees:{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|pp=70β73}} * [[General Assembly First Committee|First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)]] * [[United Nations General Assembly Second Committee|Second Committee (Economic and Financial)]] * [[United Nations General Assembly Third Committee|Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural)]] * [[United Nations Fourth Committee|Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)]] * [[United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee|Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)]] * [[United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal)|Sixth Committee (Legal)]] As well as by the following two committees: * [[United Nations General Committee|General Committee]] β a supervisory committee consisting of the assembly's president, vice-presidents, and committee heads * [[United Nations Credentials Committee|Credentials Committee]] β responsible for determining the credentials of each member nation's UN representatives Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page