What is United Nations General Assembly?
The '''United Nations General Assembly''' is made up of all [[United Nations]] [[Nation|member states]]. The Assembly meets once a year, which usually begins on the third Tuesday in September and ends in mid-December. The first meeting was held on [[10 January]] [[1946]]. [[File:Mahathir Mohamad addressing the United Nations General Assembly (September 25 2003).jpg|thumb|[[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]] spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2003.]] [[Vote|Voting]] in the General Assembly on important questions, for example [[suggestion]]s on [[world peace]], [[human rights]] and [[wikt:security|security]], is by two-thirds of those present and voting. Other questions are decided by popular vote. Each member country has one vote. At present, the [[Holy See]] ([[Vatican City]]) and [[Palestine]] are the only two observer states at the United Nations. [[Switzerland]] also had that status until it became a member state. The current [[President of the United Nations General Assembly]] is [[Philémon Yang]] since 10 September 2024. United nations general assembly observers have the right to speak in the assembly. The observers have no rights to vote in the assembly. ==Related pages== * List of [[Members of the United Nations]] {{politics-stub}} [[Category:1946 establishments]] [[Category:United Nations General Assembly]]