II.F.25 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/1 (On Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks in the United States of America) (12 September 2001)

The Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (ENDC) devoted its major efforts from the endof July 1965 until April 1968 to negotiating the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, spending little time on other arms control measures in the sessions throughout this period. In May 1968 the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics jointly presented the draft treaty to the First (Political and Security) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. After lengthy debate and acceptance of several amendments to meet the wishes of nonnuclear states the Treaty reached its final form on May 21, 1968, and was “commended” in General Assembly Resolution 2373 (XXII) of June 12, 1968.

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The Intent to Destroy Groups in the Genocide Convention: The Proposed U.S. Understanding

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.2307/2202281 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

pp. 369-385 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Lawrence J. LeBlanc

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Nations ◽

Foreign Relations ◽

The United States ◽

General Assembly ◽

Genocide Convention ◽

United Nations General ◽

United Nations General Assembly ◽

The United Nations

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention) in December 1948. A representative of the United States signed the Convention, and President Truman later transmitted it to the Senate with a request that it give its advice and consent to ratification. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on the Convention in 1950. It has since held hearings on four occasions (1970, 1971, 1977 and 1981), and favorably reported the Convention to the Senate four times (1970, 1971, 1973 and 1976). However, the Senate has failed to act; a resolution of ratification was debated on the floor in 1973-1974, but it fell victim to a filibuster and the Convention remains in committee.

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Recognition of the ‘Government’ of Republic of Korea by the United States and the United Nations General Assembly, and Its historical implications

Journal of Western History and Culture ◽

10.32961/jwhc.2017.09.44.85 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 85-109

Author(s):

Jung-Bae Kim

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Nations ◽

The United States ◽

Republic Of Korea ◽

General Assembly ◽

United Nations General ◽

United Nations General Assembly ◽

The United Nations ◽

The Government

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Changing Patterns in the Voting Success of Member States in the United Nations General Assembly: 1945–1966

International Organization ◽

10.1017/s0020818300031581 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 231-253 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Edward T. Rowe

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Nations ◽

The United States ◽

General Assembly ◽

United Nations General ◽

Changing Patterns ◽

United Nations General Assembly ◽

The United Nations ◽

The One ◽

New Situation

In recent years considerable concern has been expressed in the United States over the changing composition of the United Nations membership and the failure of the one-state, one-vote formula in the General Assembly to reflect the actual power and significance of the different United Nations Members. “Malapportionment” as such is frequently not the issue here, for whether one looks at population, wealth, or budget assessments the United Nations General Assembly has always been “malapportioned.” And, at least in terms of population, the United Nations is no more malapportioned now than it was in 1945. Rather than a concern with a new situation, the growing emphasis on this issue is often a reflection of the fear that malapportionment will now operate to the disadvantage of the United States; that is, the ”overrepresented” states of today may not be as closely associated with the United States as the ”overrepresented” states of the past.

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