Although the name contains the word "General Assembly", it is true that the General Assembly of the United Nations is not a meeting, but the main deliberative, supervisory and deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is also 1945 one of the six major organizations established at the beginning of the United Nations. The other five are the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice and the Secretariat.
Therefore, the "United Nations General Assembly" is not a meeting and cannot be held. We can only hold a meeting once.
2. Member States
The General Assembly of the United Nations is composed of all Member States of the United Nations, with a total of 193 members, which is a significant increase from 5 1 members at the beginning of the founding of the United Nations 70 years ago. The latest country to join the United Nations is South Sudan, which became independent on July 9, 201/KLOC-0. Less than a week after its independence, it was accepted as a member of the United Nations by the General Assembly.
3. Duration
The General Assembly holds a regular session every year. The regular meeting opens on the third Tuesday of September every year and usually lasts until the middle and late February of 65438. The regular meeting is divided into two stages, the first half is the general debate, and the second half is the deliberation topic. This year's 70th session of the General Assembly opened on September 15. According to the schedule announced by the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Summit will be held from September 25th to September 27th, and the general debate will be held from September 28th to June 5438+1October 3rd.
4. Number of votes of a country
Every member of the General Assembly has the right to vote, so it is the only universally representative organ of the United Nations. Decisions on important issues such as peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters must be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the Member States present and voting; Other issues only need a simple majority (more than half) to pass. Unlike Security Council resolutions, resolutions adopted by the General Assembly are only recommendations and are not legally binding.
5. Special session of the General Assembly
At the request of the Security Council, or at the request of more than half of the Member States, or after half of the Member States agree to the request of any Member State, the General Assembly may convene a special session of the General Assembly within 15 days and an emergency special session within 24 hours. Since its establishment, the United Nations has held 29 special sessions. For China people, the sixth special session of the General Assembly held in April 1974 is the most familiar one. It was at this meeting that Comrade Deng Xiaoping comprehensively and systematically expounded the theory of "Three Worlds" and put forward the basic proposition of establishing a new international economic order, indicating that China will never seek hegemony. This is also the first time that a leader of China has taken the podium of the United Nations.
6. Chairman
The plenary session of the General Assembly shall be presided over by the President (or Vice-President) of the General Assembly. The general assembly shall have a chairman 1 person and a vice-chairman1person, who shall be elected by the plenary session for a term of one year. The five permanent members of the Security Council are ex officio vice-presidents. Although the president can be elected after the election, according to careful research, since the founding of the United Nations, there has not been a president from the P5 countries. The current chairman is Moens Lykketoft from Denmark.
7. Front seat
The Great Hall of the United Nations is the largest venue in the United Nations building, which can accommodate more than 1800 people. It was collectively designed by 1 famous architects, including Liang Sicheng from China. Every year, the Secretary-General of the United Nations draws lots from all Member States to choose a country to sit at the first position in the General Assembly Hall. Tuvalu was drawn this year. Therefore, during the seventieth session of the General Assembly, the delegation of Tuvalu will be seated at the first table, and other countries will be seated in alphabetical order.
8, multilateral and bilateral
This session of the General Assembly is undoubtedly a multilateral occasion, but diplomats from various countries also take this opportunity to frequently carry out bilateral or trilateral diplomatic activities. How many sides does it have? In short, the interaction between the two countries is a bilateral activity; The participation of the three countries is tripartite. More than three countries are multilateral.
According to Dohari Qi, spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, during the general debate of the UN General Assembly, 485 conferences and meetings have been confirmed. In order to facilitate bilateral meetings between leaders of various countries, the United Nations Headquarters has set up about 40 bilateral meeting places in four locations. Last year, the number of bilateral meetings exceeded 1300, and it is expected that this year will far exceed this number.