UN Basics #6.2 – What is the UN General Assembly?
Update: 2025-11-05
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The UN General Assembly is the platform through which 193 states can come together to discuss the future. This is why the UN General Assembly is often referred to as a ‘forum for discussion’.
In this episode of UN Basics, we take a look at what exactly the UN General Assembly discusses and what influence it has.
Here are the three most important sources used:
- Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (2021) – Vereinte Nationen: Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen: https://www.bpb.de/themen/internationale-organisationen/vereinte-nationen/48586/generalversammlung-der-vereinten-nationen/
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen(2020) – UN Basis-Informationen 57: Die Vereinten Nationen im Überblick: https://dgvn.de/publications/PDFs/Basis_Informationen/BI_57_UN-im-Ueberblick.pdf
- United Nations (1945) Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice: https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/ctc/uncharter.pdf
Editing & Moderation: Laura Stettner & SophieFasshauer
Post-production: Erwin Eisenhardt & SophieFasshauer
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