Third session of the United Nations General Assembly
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The Third session of the United Nations General Assembly was a 1948–1949 meeting of UN member states in Paris and New York that, among other actions, adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations General Assembly session
→
session of the United Nations General Assembly → |
| appliesToJurisdiction | United Nations member states → |
| chronology | early Cold War period → |
| country |
France
→
United States of America → |
| describedBySource |
United Nations General Assembly official records
→
United Nations Yearbook 1948–1949 → |
| endTime | 1949 → |
| followedBy | Fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly → |
| follows | Second session of the United Nations General Assembly → |
| hasEffect |
codification of the crime of genocide in international law
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development of international human rights law → strengthening of the United Nations’ normative framework → |
| hasLanguage |
Arabic
→
Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish → |
| hasPart |
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
→
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Sixth Committee →
surface form:
Sixth Committee (Legal)
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) → |
| legislativeBody | United Nations General Assembly → |
| location |
New York City
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Paris → |
| mainSubject |
Korean question
→
Palestine question → United Nations budget → collective security → decolonization → disarmament → human rights → international law → post–World War II international order → refugees → |
| organizedBy | United Nations → |
| partOf | United Nations General Assembly → |
| pointInTime | post–World War II era → |
| significantEvent |
adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights → consideration of the admission of new member states → debates on the Berlin Blockade and early Cold War tensions → debates on the regulation of armaments → decisions concerning the future of the former Italian colonies → decisions on the international status of Jerusalem → establishment of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees (predecessor arrangements to UNRWA) → |
| startTime | 1948 → |
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