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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
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on her visit to Libya

10 May 2018 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

1 February 2018 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Myanmar

5 August 2016 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic

9 June 2016 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : report of the Secretary-General

16 May 2016 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

23 November 2015 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Situation of human rights in Myanmar : note by the Secretary-General

6 October 2015 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan : note / by the Secretary-General

8 May 2015 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Identical letters dated 8 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

8 December 2014 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons: situation of internally displaced persons in the Syrian Arab Republic

15 July 2013 | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

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