United Nations General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA, GA, or, from the French: Assemblée Générale, "AG") is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member nations have equal representation. Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also established a wide number of subsidiary organs.

The General Assembly meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed (which often is just before the next session's start). It can also reconvene for special and emergency special sessions. Its composition, functions, powers, voting, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.

General assembly

A general assembly is a meeting of all the members of an organisation or shareholders of a company.

Specific examples of general assembly include:

Churches

General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presbyterian polity

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, highest court of the Church of Scotland
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, highest court of the Church of Scotland

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists of the Unitarian Universalist Association

General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other religious congregations in the United Kingdom

General Ordinary Assembly, advisory body for the Pope in the Catholic Church

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.

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One of Vladimir Putin’s closest friends said on Thursday he believed Donald Trump would be the next president of the United States and that Western leaders were no match for the Russian president. Sergei Roldugin, a childhood friend of Putin’s and godfather to his eldest daughter, made i... ....

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First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the audience at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Wounded Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo, Apr. 30, 2012.

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The emails are from July 2015, when the staffer was still in college, through July 2016.The Daily Mail published an email from DC Leaks claiming responsibility for the hack.“The leaked files show the security level of our government ... WN.com, Jim Berrie....

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FILE - In this photo made from a Sept. 16, 2016 police video, Terence Crutcher, left, with his arms up is pursued by police officers as he walks next to his stalled SUV moments before he was shot and killed by one of the officers in Tulsa, Okla.

Manslaughter charge for cop in Tulsa shooting

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Rachel Maddow reports on the latest developments in the fatal police shooting of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, including a first degree manslaughter charge for police officer Betty Shelby. Read more ... ....

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Police confront protesters blocking I-277 during demonstrations following Tuesday's police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016.

3rd night of Charlotte protests stays largely peaceful

Edit The Associated Press 23 Sep 2016

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Protesters massed on Charlotte's streets for a third night Thursday in the latest sign of mounting pressure for police to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting of a black man ... Later, several dozen demonstrators climbed onto an interstate highway through the city, but they were pushed back by police in riot gear ... Charlotte is the latest U.S ... And it was not easy to see ... ....

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Logos are seen on a laptop, Monday, July 25, 2016, in North Andover, Mass. Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet

More Than Half a Billion Yahoo Accounts Have Been Hacked, Yahoo Confirms

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Yahoo confirmed on Thursday that account information for more than 500 million Yahoo users was stolen in a 2014 data breach of epic proportions. The information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, encrypted passwords, and security questions and answers, the company said in a Tumblr post ... That’s sound advice—changing passwords as soon as you’re aware of a breach is always advisable ... ....

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Papua New Guinea decries lack of democracy, female representation in UN bodies (UN - United Nations)

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... Security Council over the 193-member Assembly. 'The international community is all too familiar with the constant and increasing calls by UN Member States and other stakeholders to reform the UN system, including the Security Council, to reflect today's global circumstances,' Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato told the Assembly's annual General Debate....

Kazakhstan at UN Assembly warns of fragmented world economy, urges cooperation (UN - United Nations)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Sep 2016

... its future, Kazakhstan's foreign minister warned the United Nations General Assembly today ... Idrassov is among the many leaders who will address the general debate of 71st General Assembly which opened this year with the adoption of the New York Declaration as the outcome of yesterday's first-ever UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants....

Papua New Guinea decries lack of democracy, female representation in UN bodies

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... Security Council over the 193-member Assembly. “The international community is all too familiar with the constant and increasing calls by UN Member States and other stakeholders to reform the UN system, including the Security Council, to reflect today's global circumstances,” Foreign Minister Rimbink Pato told the Assembly’s annual General Debate....

Kazakhstan at UN Assembly warns of fragmented world economy, urges cooperation

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“These factors might signal the beginning of a new round of negative and damaging competition between global markets,” Erlan Idrissov told the Assembly’s annual General Debate on its third day ... Idrassov is among the many leaders who will address the general debate of 71st General Assembly which opened this year with the adoption of the New York Declaration as the outcome of yesterday's first-ever UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants....

MIKTA Holds its 7th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea)

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On the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, Minister Yun Byung-se attended the seventh MIKTA foreign ministerial meeting in New York on September 22 ... ° At their senior officials' meeting (SOM) in January, the MIKTA countries had agreed to cover at the meeting on the sidelines of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly only one of the topics of the General Assembly session....

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UN Photo/Cia Pak 22 September 2016 - Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, the Vice-President of Angola today underlined the urgency of reforming the global Organization, in particular the Security Council, to strengthen the UN's capability in promoting international peace and security, and to increase its ability to respond quickly in conflicts and challenges....

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus V.Makei holds bilateral meetings at the UN Headquarters (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus)

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On September 22, 2016 at the UN Headquarters the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Vladimir Makei, met with the President of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Peter Tomson ... President of the General Assembly, in his turn, highly estimated the contribution of the Republic of Belarus to the UN activities, as well as noble principles, which the country consistently promotes in the Organisation....

Treffen der Außenminister der G4-Staaten (Brasilien, Deutschland, Indien und Japan) zur Reform des UN-Sicherheitsrates - gemeinsame Presseerklärung (englisch) (Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany)

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The Ministers thanked the President of the 70th General Assembly, Mogens Lykketoft, for his efforts on Security Council Reform (IGN). They welcomed the consensual adoption of Decision 70/559 by the UN General Assembly to continue to use the text presented by the President of the 69th General Assembly in his letter dated 31 July 2015 as the basis for negotiations within the IGN process in the General Assembly....

Political accord remains key to resolving crisis in Libya, Presidency Council Chair tells UN Assembly (UN - United Nations)

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In his address to the Assembly's annual general debate, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra called for urgent UN reform to tackle the multiple challenges now facing it, a cause championed by the Non-Aligned Movement of which Algeria is a long-time member that seeks to expand the 15-member Security Council and overhaul other UN bodies....

Africa’s Population Well Placed to Seize Opportunities Offered by Innovation, Technology, Secretary-General Says in Message for Conference (UN - United Nations)

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UN - United Nations). Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message, delivered by Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa, to the conference on Israeli innovation and technology in Africa, in New York today. ... Last December, the General Assembly passed a resolution on agricultural technology for sustainable development, which was initiated and promoted by Israel....

22/09/2016 West African nations committed to fighting terrorism in subregion, Liberian President tells UN (United Nations General Assembly)

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United Nations General Assembly). 22 September 2016 - Noting that the United Nations General Assembly is taking place at a time when there is escalation of conflicts engulfing millions of people in many parts of the world, Liberia's President today stressed that West African States are collectively demonstrating their commitment and preparedness to combat terrorism affecting the subregion....

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, before attending their direct talks aimed at peace in the Middle East.

Netanyahu Extends Invitation At UN For Abbas To Address Knesset

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Speaking before the UN General Assembly in New York Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to address Israel’s parliament and said he would gladly accept any invitation to speak to the Palestinian parliament, BBC News reported.Netanyahu called on Abbas to work for peace, instead of “stoking ......

Political accord remains key to resolving crisis in Libya, Presidency Council Chair tells UN Assembly

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In his address to the Assembly’s annual general debate, Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra called for urgent UN reform to tackle the multiple challenges now facing it, a cause championed by the Non-Aligned Movement of which Algeria is a long-time member that seeks to expand the 15-member Security Council and overhaul other UN bodies....

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