A United Nations General Assembly resolution is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly.
General Assembly resolutions usually require a simple majority (more yes votes than no votes) to pass.[1] However, if the General Assembly determines that the issue is an "important question" by a simple majority vote, then a two-thirds majority (twice as many yes votes as no votes) is required; "important questions" are those that deal significantly with the maintenance of international peace and security, admission of new members to the United Nations, suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of members, operation of the trusteeship system, or budgetary questions.
Although General Assembly resolutions are generally non-binding towards member states, internal resolutions may be binding on the operation of the General Assembly itself, for example with regard to budgetary and procedural matters.
Select list of General Assembly resolutions
- 1946
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- Resolution 273: Admits the State of Israel to membership in the United Nations.
- Resolution 289: On the Question of the disposal of the former Italian colonies: recommending that Libya should be independent not later than 1 January 1952[2]
- Resolution 303: On the Question of an international regime for the Jerusalem area and the protection of the Holy Places: restated the United Nation's stance on corpus separatum for Jerusalem.
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- 1955
- 1956
- 1960
- Resolution 1514: Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.
- Resolution 1541: United Nations definition of what a colony is, and what self-determination is. Principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter.
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1978
- Resolution 33/75: Urges the Security Council, especially its permanent members, to take all necessary measures for ensuring UN decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security. United States and Israel were the only no vote.
- 1979
- 1981
- 1989
- 1991
- 1992
- Resolution 47/90, made 16 December 1992,[8] the first of a series of resolutions concerning cooperatives in social development listed in Resolution 62/128 (see below).
- 1993
- 1998
- Resolution 53/176 on action against corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions, 15 December 1998 [9]
- 2000
- Resolution 54/205, Prevention of corrupt practices and illegal transfer of funds, 27 January 2000 [10]
- Resolution 55/56: Introduced a process to certify the origin of rough diamonds from sources that are conflict-free
- 2003
- Resolution 58/76 on the Model Legislative Provisions on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, recommended adoption of work undertaken in this specialist field by UNCITRAL.[11]
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- Resolution 62/63: Criminal Accountability of UN Officials and Experts on Mission.
- Resolution 62/128, Cooperatives in social development, adopted having recalled the following earlier resolutions on the same subject: resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December 1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of 19 December 2001, 58/131 of 22 December 2003 and 60/132 of 16 December 2005.[16]
- Resolution 62/243: The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.
- 2012
- 2014
- 2015
- 2017
- 2018
- Resolution 72/191: "Situation of Human Rights in the Syrian Arab Republic"
- Resolution 73/5: Palestine is granted enhanced privileges in General Assembly work and sessions when it assumes 2019 Group of 77 chair.[19]
- Resolution ES-10/20: "Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory" and "Protection of the Palestinian civilian population"
- 2022
- 2023
- Resolution ES-11/6: Principles of the Charter of the United Nations underlying a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine
- Resolution ES-10/21: Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
- Resolution ES-10/22: Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations
See also
References
- ^ "General Assembly of the United Nations". www.un.org.
- ^ "General Assembly Resolutions 4th Session". Un.org. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ^ Archive, Wilson Center Digital. "Wilson Center Digital Archive". digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ ""Defining International Aggression: The Search for World Peace"". www.derechos.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b John Kuo-Chang Wang, United Nations voting on Chinese representation: An cancer of General Assembly roll-calls, 1950-1971
- ^ "977(X). Establishment and maintenance of a United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea" (PDF). General Assembly – Tenth Session; 557th plenary meeting. United Nations. 15 December 1955. pp. 37–38.[permanent dead link]; also see: United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2003. p. 554. ISBN 978-9211337679
- ^ "Research Guides: General Assembly - Quick Links: 36th Session (1981-1982)". research.un.org. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Resolution 47/90 on the role of cooperatives in the light of new economic and social trends, made 16 December 1992, accessed 16 December 2021
- ^ United Nations, Action against corruption and bribery in international commercial transactions, adopted 15 December 1998, accessed 2 April 2021
- ^ United Nations, Resolution 54/205, Prevention of corrupt practices and illegal transfer of funds, adopted 27 January 2000, accessed 2 April 2021
- ^ United Nations General Assembly, Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2003, 58/76, 8 January 2004, accessed 16 February 2023
- ^ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the Holocaust Remembrance (A/RES/60/7)". United Nations. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
- ^ "61/106. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". United Nations General Assembly. 13 December 2006. Archived from the original on Oct 29, 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "61/255. Holocaust denial" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ^ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007". United Nations. Retrieved 23 October 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2007 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/62/432)]: 62/128. Cooperatives in social development". United Nations. Archived from the original on Dec 16, 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Resolutions of the 69th Session". General Assembly of the United Nations. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ United Nations General Assembly, "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015: 70/1 - Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", accessed 19 September 2019.
- ^ "State of Palestine to Gain Enhanced Rights, Privileges in General Assembly Work, Sessions When It Assumes 2019 Group of 77 Chairmanship". United Nations. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on Oct 17, 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution Aimed at Holding Five Permanent Security Council Members Accountable for Use of Veto". un.org. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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