How nations vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Organization
- Vol. 41 (4) , 705-724
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002081830002765x
Abstract
For over forty years the United Nations’ General Assembly has been meeting annually to examine a broad range of international issues. At the conclusion of its debates, it adopts resolutions and decisions on each of its agenda items. While some resolutions are procedural, many can be considered important, even historic, because of the events they spawned or because they marked a turning point in international relations. These include, among others, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the Partition of Palestine, and the recognition of the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate representative of China in the UN.Keywords
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