United Nations General Assembly resolutions

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United Nations document type of international resolution

United Nations General Assembly resolutions are formal decisions and declarations adopted by the UN’s main deliberative body that guide international norms, policies, and the work of UN organs and agencies.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
UN General Assembly resolution 2
United Nations General Assembly resolution 2
United Nations resolutions on Palestine 2
General Assembly resolutions 1
United Nations General Assembly embargo resolutions 1
United Nations General Assembly management reform resolutions 1
United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning human rights 1
United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning refugees 1
United Nations General Assembly resolutions on budgetary process 1
United Nations resolutions 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations document ⓘ
type of international resolution ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionMethod consensus ⓘ
recorded vote ⓘ
adoptionRequires vote of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionThreshold simple majority of members present and voting ⓘ
two‑thirds majority for important questions ⓘ
areAccessibleAt Official Document System of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Official Document System
areCitedIn international judicial decisions ⓘ
arePublishedBy United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
areUsedBy states in diplomatic practice ⓘ
canBe politically binding ⓘ
canCreate global development agendas ⓘ
international observances and days ⓘ
canExpress opinion of the international community ⓘ
principles of international law ⓘ
canInfluence customary international law ⓘ
definedIn Rules of Procedure of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
example United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 ⓘ
surface form: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1)

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/RES/1514 (XV)) ⓘ
Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) ⓘ
Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
surface form: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (A/RES/217 A (III))
guide United Nations agencies ⓘ
surface form: United Nations agencies and programs

international norms ⓘ
international policies ⓘ
hasLegalStatus generally non‑binding under international law ⓘ
haveFormat A/RES/session/number ⓘ
haveNumberingScheme session‑based resolution numbers ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
mayEstablish subsidiary organs of the General Assembly ⓘ
mayRecommend collective measures ⓘ
development policies ⓘ
human rights standards ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ
mayRequest advisory opinions from the International Court of Justice ⓘ
partOf United Nations system ⓘ
regulate work of United Nations organs ⓘ
subjectArea decolonization ⓘ
disarmament ⓘ
economic development ⓘ
environment ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
international law ⓘ
international peace and security ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: UN General Assembly resolution
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons → adoptionMethod → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN General Assembly resolution
Resolution 260 A (III) → category → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning human rights
United Nations General Assembly resolution 428 (V) → category → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions concerning refugees
United Nations international days → definedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
United Nations Security Council resolutions → differFrom → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
Department of Management → dissolvedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly management reform resolutions
UNON → establishedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolution
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights → establishedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolution
Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance → governedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
Palestinian national movement → invokes → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations resolutions on Palestine
EPTA → legalBasis → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
United Nations international days → legalBasis → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme → mandateSource → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
United States–Cuba relations → multilateralContext → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly embargo resolutions
Russo-Ukrainian War → opposedBy → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
Resolution 260 A (III) → partOf → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
United Nations Security Council resolutions → relatedTo → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → resultsIn → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Assembly resolutions
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) → subjectOf → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations General Assembly resolutions on budgetary process
International Day of Human Space Flight → subjectOf → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations resolutions
Palestinian territories → subjectOf → United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations resolutions on Palestine