United Nations General Assembly
There is a varied group of working groups and other subsidiary bodies.
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General Assembly reform and UNPA
- See also: United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
On 21 March 2005, Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented a report, In Larger Freedom, that criticized the General Assembly for focusing so much on consensus that it was passing watered-down resolutions reflecting "the lowest common denominator of widely different opinions". He also criticized the Assembly for trying to address too broad an agenda, instead of focusing on "the major substantive issues of the day, such as international migration and the long-debated comprehensive convention on terrorism". Annan recommended streamlining the General Assembly's agenda, committee structure, and procedures; strengthening the role and authority of its president; enhancing the role of civil society; and establishing a mechanism to review the decisions of its committees, in order to minimize unfunded mandates and micromanagement of the UN Secretariat. Annan reminded UN members of their responsibility to implement reforms, if they expect to realize improvements in UN effectiveness.[7]
A United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, or United Nations People's Assembly (UNPA), is a proposed addition to the United Nations System that eventually could allow for direct election of UN parliament members by citizens all over the world.
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See also
- President of the United Nations General Assembly
- List of ambassadors to the United Nations
- Reform of the United Nations
- United Nations Secretary-General
- United Nations System
- UN Security Council
- UN Economic and Social Council
- Music for UNICEF Concert
- UNIS-UN
- UN Parliamentary Assembly
- United Nations Interpretation Service
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Notes
- ^ CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS: Chapter IV. UN.org.
- ^ General Assembly: Subsidiary organs. UN.org.
- ^ Research Guide: General Assembly. caitlinUnited Nations.
- ^ ICJ Advisory Opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons (1996)par. 70
- ^ Historical Personalities and Diplomats: Oswaldo Aranha. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations.
- ^ UNGA Emergency Special Sessions. UN.org.
- ^ In Larger Freedom, Chapter 5. United Nations.
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External links
- United Nations General Assembly
- UN General Assembly - Background (61st Session)
- Webcast archive for the UN General Assembly A subsection of the overall UN webcast site (q.v. http://www.un.org/webcast).
- UN Democracy: hyperlinked transcripts of the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council
- UN General Assembley - Documentation Center
- Annan, Kofi: Strengthening the United Nations, In Larger Freedom, 21 March 2005.
- United States Department of State – UN Division
- Council on Foreign Relations: The Role of the UN General Assembly
- United Nations - Official site
- Who will be the next UN Secretary General?
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