UN General Assembly Resolution
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A United Nations General Assembly Resolution is voted on by all member states of the United Nations in the General Assembly and requires a simple majority (50% of all votes plus one) to pass (with the exception of 'important questions which require two-thirds majority').
Notable General Assembly resolutions
- 1947
- Resolution 47/181: The partition of the British Mandate of Palestine.
- 1948
- Resolution 194: Recommends the "right of return" for Palestinian refugees.
- 1952
- Resolution 505: Threats to the political independence and territorial integrity of China (Republic of China) and to the peace of the Far East, resulting from Soviet violations of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance of 14 August 1945 and from Soviet violations of the Charter of the United Nations
- 1962
- Resolution 1761: Recommended sanctions against South Africa in response to the governments policy of apartheid.
- 1971
- Resolution 2758: Expelled the Republic of China and replaced it with the People's Republic of China. It also recognized the PRC as the sole legal authority of China. (See China's seat in the United Nations)
- 1975
- Resolution 3379: Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination; revoked by Resolution 4686.
- 1991
- Resolution 4686: revoked Resolution 3379.
See also: List of UN Security Council Resolutions
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