General Assembly (GA)

General Assembly (GA) The General Assembly is one of the six main organs of the United Nations, the only one in which all Member States have equal representation: one nation, one vote. All 193 Member States of the United Nations are represented in this unique forum to discuss and work together on a wide array of international issues covered by the UN Charter, such as development, peace and security, international law, etc. In September, all the Members meet in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual General Assembly session.

Our work falls under The following main committees of the GA:

1. Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee)
2. Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee)

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2024

“World Social Summit” under the title “Second World Summit for Social Development”

The General Assembly, Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000,

Reaffirming that the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development 1 and the further initiatives for social development adopted by the General Assembly at its twentyfourth special session,2 as well as a continued global dialogue on social development issues, constitute the basic framework for the promotion of social development for all at the national and international…

2015

Persons with albinism (under agenda item 28) - 2015 Resolution

2015

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (under agenda item 72 (a)) - 2015 Resolution

2015

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty – fourth special session of the General Assembly, A/69/157

A/69/157

2015

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly - 2014

2015

Realizing the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond” - 2015 Resolution

2015

International Day of Yoga

The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 66/2 of 19 September 2011 on the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and 68/98 of 11 December 2013 on global health and foreign policy,

Please click on the publication link above for the full resolution, which is available in all six UN official languages.

2015

“World Social Summit” under the title “Second World Summit for Social Development”

Persons with albinism (under agenda item 28) - 2015 Resolution

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto (under agenda item 72 (a)) - 2015 Resolution

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty – fourth special session of the General Assembly, A/69/157

Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly - 2014

Realizing the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond” - 2015 Resolution

International Day of Yoga

Rights of indigenous peoples, A/RES/70/232

Cooperatives in social development, A/RES/70/128

Policies and programmes involving youth, A/RES/70/127

Promoting social integration through social inclusion, A/RES/70/126

Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017), A/RES/70/218