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UN General Assembly
The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives of all Member States, each of which has one vote. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new Members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority. Decisions on other questions are reached by a simple majority. These decisions may be adopted without a vote, or with a vote, which may be recorded, non-recorded or by roll-call. While the decisions of the General Assembly have no legally binding force for Governments, they carry the weight of world opinion on major international issues, as well as the moral authority of the world community. The work of the United Nations derives largely from the decisions of the General Assembly, i.e. the will of the majority of the Members, as expressed in resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. This database contains General Assembly reports and resolutions of relevance to the work of UNHCR.
Website: www.un.org/ga
- Annual Reports 20
- Bilateral Treaties/Agreements 1
- Conference Reports 17
- Country News 3
- Country Reports 377
- Fact Finding Reports 1
- International Legal Instruments 4
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 9
- Legislative History / Travaux Préparatoires 51
- Mission Reports 4
- Multilateral Treaties/Agreements 60
- Notes on International Protection 80
- Regional Reports 31
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 6,026
- Sessional Reports 75
- Speeches/Statements 1
- States Parties Reports 1
- Thematic Guidelines 4
- Thematic Reports 566
- Afghanistan 65
- Albania 2
- Algeria 3
- American Samoa 24
- Angola 11
- Anguilla 14
- Antigua and Barbuda 6
- Argentina 4
- Armenia 8
- Australia 3
- Austria 1
- Azerbaijan 13
- Bahamas 8
- Bangladesh 2
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 8
- Belgium 1
- Belize 1
- Benin 2
- Bermuda 20
- Bolivia 3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 34
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 6
- British Virgin Islands 22
- Brunei Darussalam 4
- Bulgaria 1
- Burkina Faso 2
- Burundi 13
- Cambodia 23
- Cameroon 2
- Canada 2
- Cayman Islands 22
- Central African Republic 11
- Chad 18
- Chile 4
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands 9
- Colombia 7
- Comoros 2
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 32
- Congo, Republic of the 4
- Costa Rica 3
- Croatia 21
- Cuba 21
- Cyprus 3
- Czech Republic 2
- Côte d'Ivoire 2
- Djibouti 6
- Dominica 6
- Ecuador 4
- Egypt 2
- El Salvador 17
- Equatorial Guinea 1
- Eritrea 1
- Estonia 2
- Ethiopia 10
- Finland 4
- France 2
- Gabon 2
- Georgia 19
- Germany 5
- Ghana 1
- Gibraltar 5
- Greece 8
- Greenland 1
- Grenada 6
- Guam 40
- Guatemala 28
- Guinea 2
- Guinea-Bissau 1
- Haiti 31
- Honduras 2
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 46
- Iraq 24
- Ireland 2
- Israel 53
- Italy 3
- Jamaica 2
- Japan 5
- Jordan 4
- Kazakhstan 4
- Kenya 8
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 29
- Korea, Republic of 2
- Kuwait 4
- Latvia 1
- Lebanon 18
- Liberia 14
- Libya 5
- Lithuania 2
- Madagascar 3
- Malawi 4
- Maldives 1
- Mali 4
- Malta 3
- Mauritania 3
- Mauritius 8
- Mexico 8
- Moldova, Republic of 1
- Monaco 2
- Mongolia 1
- Montenegro 27
- Montserrat 22
- Morocco 5
- Mozambique 9
- Myanmar 57
- Namibia 5
- Nepal 4
- Netherlands 1
- New Caledonia 10
- Nicaragua 5
- Niger 3
- Nigeria 12
- Niue 6
- Norway 2
- Oman 2
- Pakistan 3
- Palestine, State of 241
- Panama 2
- Paraguay 4
- Philippines 3
- Pitcairn 19
- Poland 1
- Qatar 4
- Romania 1
- Russian Federation 10
- Rwanda 38
- Saint Helena 20
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 5
- Saint Lucia 5
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6
- Samoa 3
- Sao Tome and Principe 2
- Saudi Arabia 2
- Senegal 1
- Serbia 40
- Seychelles 9
- Sierra Leone 7
- Slovakia 4
- Slovenia 2
- Solomon Islands 10
- Somalia 27
- South Africa 18
- South Sudan 8
- Spain 8
- Sri Lanka 3
- Sudan 42
- Swaziland 1
- Sweden 1
- Switzerland 4
- Syrian Arab Republic 63
- Tajikistan 4
- Tanzania, United Republic of 4
- Thailand 2
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 3
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 7
- Togo 2
- Tokelau 16
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 5
- Turkey 2
- Turkmenistan 4
- Turks and Caicos Islands 22
- U.S. Virgin Islands 23
- Uganda 9
- Ukraine 6
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3
- United States of America 3
- Uruguay 1
- Uzbekistan 4
- Venezuela 5
- Western Sahara Territory 18
- Yemen 5
- 1951 Refugee Convention 3
- Abduction 11
- Access to procedures 2
- Access to water 6
- Accession 1
- Administrative courts 3
- Administrative law 4
- Adoption 6
- Africans 1
- Age discrimination 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
- Aliens 4
- Anti-terrorism law 6
- Apartheid 151
- Arabs 25
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 20
- Armed forces / Military 11
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 18
- Asylum-migration nexus 1
- Asylum-seekers 23
- Baha'i 6
- Basarwa 1
- Border conflict 13
- Border controls 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 34
- Capacity building of state institutions 14
- Carrier sanctions 1
- Ceasefire 4
- Cessation clauses 2
- Child labour 7
- Child prostitution 10
- Child soldiers 32
- Children's rights 145
- Children-at-risk 88
- Chin 1
- Christian 4
- Citizenship / Nationality law 4
- Civil and political rights 33
- Civil war 2
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 50
- Combatants / Former combatants 2
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 3
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 6
- Conflict resolution 18
- Conflict situation 12
- Constitutional law 1
- Contemporary forms of slavery 8
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 1
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 4
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 2
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 6
- Corruption 13
- Coup d'état 1
- Crime prevention 87
- Crimes against humanity 28
- Crimes against peace 3
- Criminal justice 73
- Customary law 1
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 28
- Demobilization / Disarmament 27
- Democracy 26
- Deportation / Forcible return 18
- Diplomatic protection 4
- Disappeared persons 41
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 296
- Domestic violence 5
- Drug trafficking 26
- Economic, social and cultural rights 100
- Effective protection 1
- Effective remedy 20
- Elections 20
- Embargo 2
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Ethnic cleansing 13
- Evangelical 1
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 1
- Ewe 3
- Expulsion 1
- Extradition 13
- Extrajudicial executions 28
- Extreme poverty 34
- Family reunification 18
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 4
- Forced labour 7
- Forced marriage 5
- Foreign occupation 218
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 94
- Freedom of assembly and association 39
- Freedom of conscience 3
- Freedom of expression 54
- Freedom of information 20
- Freedom of movement 60
- Freedom of religion 37
- Freedom of speech 9
- Gender discrimination 67
- Gender mainstreaming 12
- Gender-based persecution 14
- Genocide 43
- Good governance 19
- Good offices 6
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
- HIV and AIDS 29
- Habeas corpus 4
- Harmful traditional practices 1
- Hijacking 2
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 24
- Human Rights Council 33
- Human rights activists 25
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1,388
- Human rights law 5
- Human rights monitors 7
- Humanitarian assistance 82
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 5
- Immigrants 2
- Immigration Detention 6
- Immunity 2
- Impunity 33
- Independence of judiciary 9
- Indigenous persons 57
- Integration 4
- Internal armed conflict 35
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 132
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 1
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 2
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 4
- International armed conflict 18
- International courts and tribunals 47
- International criminal law 18
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 47
- International protection 91
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Jew 4
- Juvenile justice system 4
- Kachin 2
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 6
- Law of the sea 48
- Legal representation / Legal aid 4
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Livelihoods 5
- Mandate status 1
- Mass exodus 27
- Maternal and child health care 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 4
- Mercenaries 43
- Messianic Jews 1
- Migrant rights 62
- Migrants 97
- Military courts 1
- Military operations 17
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1
- Minorities 12
- Minority rights 16
- Muslim 3
- National security / Public order 2
- Non-refoulement 11
- Non-self-governing territories 133
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
- Older persons 24
- Opposition 2
- Palestinian 82
- Peace agreements 17
- Peace process 27
- Peacekeeping 71
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 5
- Persecution based on political opinion 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 1
- Persons not in need of international protection 3
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 21
- Persons with disabilities 53
- Piracy 1
- Police 3
- Political groups 3
- Political parties 8
- Political situation 52
- Pre-trial detention 3
- Prevention of discrimination 13
- Prison or detention conditions 21
- Property restitution 3
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 6
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 51
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
- Public health 8
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 192
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 18
- Reception 2
- Reconciliation 8
- Referendum 2
- Refoulement 4
- Refugee / Asylum law 3
- Refugee camps 2
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 5
- Refugees 175
- Registration 1
- Reintegration 6
- Rejected asylum-seekers 1
- Religious discrimination 73
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 5
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 2
- Resettlement 65
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 82
- Right to a nationality 5
- Right to development 42
- Right to education 37
- Right to employment 39
- Right to family life 9
- Right to food 31
- Right to health 25
- Right to justice 9
- Right to liberty and security 6
- Right to life 23
- Right to return 3
- Right to seek asylum 2
- Right to self-determination 103
- Rights of non-citizens 20
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 3
- Roma 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 92
- SGBV 95
- Sale of children 7
- Sami 1
- Sanctions 6
- Security forces 7
- Security situation 46
- Sexual and reproductive rights 1
- Signatories and Parties 2
- Small arms 7
- Smuggling of persons 8
- Social group discrimination 4
- State of emergency 2
- Statelessness 43
- Stowaways 1
- Sufi 3
- Sunni 1
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 8
- Territorial asylum 40
- Terrorism 132
- Torture 9
- Trafficking in persons 51
- Travel documents 2
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 91
- UNHCR mandate 6
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 18
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 3
- Urban refugees 2
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 23
- War crimes 6
- Widowed persons 4
- Witnesses 6
- Women's rights 150
- Women-at-risk 45
- Zoroastrian 2
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