Matters considered by the General Assembly at its twenty-fourth regular session

1969 ◽  
pp. 1017-1033 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Assembly ◽  
Regular Session

General Assembly

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 614-630
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Atomic Energy ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Political Integrity ◽  
Regular Session

The fifth regular session of the General Assembly, meeting at Lake Success on September 19, 1950, had before it an agenda of 70 items. The Assembly was expected to discuss, in particular, questions concerning Palestine, the former Italian colonies, the Balkans, threats to the political integrity of China, the problem of the independence of Korea, observance of human rights, international control of atomic energy, technical assistance for under-developed areas, freedom of information, refugees and stateless persons, matters concerning trusteeship and non-self-governing territories, administrative and budgetary matters, reports of the specialized agencies, and reports of the Secretary-General on activities of the organization during the year.

General Assembly

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-118
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Vice Presidents ◽  
Regular Session

The seventh regular session of the General Assembly opened on October 14, 1952, and elected as its President Mr. Lester B. Pearson of Canada. Representatives of China, Egypt, France, Honduras, USSR, United Kingdom and United States were elected vice-presidents of the session, and chairmen of the committees of the Assembly were elected as follows: Political and Security Committee, Joāo Carl Muniz (Brazil); Economic and Financial Committee, Jiri Nosek (Czechoslovakia); Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee, S. Amjad Ali (Pakistan); Trusteeship Committee, Rodolfo Muñoz (Argentina); Administrative and Budgetary Committee, Carlos P. Romulo (Philippines); Legal Committee, Prince Wan Waithayakon (Thailand). The session also established an Ad Hoc Political Committee, with Alexis Kyrou (Greece) as its chairman. General debate extended from the 382d meeting on October 16 to the 385th meeting on October 20.

General Assembly

1952 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 559-575
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New York ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
New Members ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Regular Session

The seventh regular session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, October 14, 1952, to consider an agenda which included, in addition to administrative, legal and financial items, the reports of various organs and agencies of the United Nations, and the continuing problems of Korea, the limitation and reduction of armaments, economic development and the admission of new Members, certain new problems such as the questions of Morocco and Tunisia, minorities in the Union of South Africa and the complaint of violation by Arab states of their obligations under the Charter.

Economic and Social Council

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-166
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Commodity Trade ◽  
International Commodity ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Social Council ◽  
The Status ◽  
20Th Session ◽  
Regular Session ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

The first part of the 20th session of the Economic and Social Council was held in Geneva from July 5 through August 5,1955; Sir Douglas Copland (Australia) continued as president of the Council. The second part of the 20th session was scheduled to take place during or shortly after the tenth regular session of the General Assembly. At the opening meeting a discussion was held on adoption of the sessional agenda;1 a proposal by the United Kingdom delegate that a coordination committee be established to deal with matters of detail that might arise under item four of the agenda, general review of the development and coordination of the economic, social and human rights programs and activities of the UN and the specialized agencies as a whole, was adopted. The United Kingdom representative also proposed that consideration of 1) the status and functions of the Interim Coordinating Committee for International Commodity Arrangements and 2) the status and functions of the Commission on International Commodity Trade be postponed until the 21st session; the proposal was adopted by a vote of 10 to 5 with 3 abstentions. Also at its opening meeting the Council agreed it would decide at a later meeting whether or not to include in the provisional agenda the question of Spain becoming a party to the protocols of 1946 and 1948 on narcotic drugs. The agenda, as amended, was adopted unanimously, and fifteen of the nineteen agenda items were discussed at the first part of the session.

General Assembly

1947 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-493
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Special Committee ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Additional Item ◽  
Regular Session

First Special SessionThe first special session of the General Assembly, convened at the request of the United Kingdom to consider the question of Palestine, met in New York from April 28 to May 5, 1947. The original agenda for the session contained only one substantive item, the British proposal for “constituting and instructing a special committee to prepare for consideration of the question of Palestine at the second regular session.” To this was added, at the request of the Governments of Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, an additional item: “The termination of the Mandate over Palestine and the declaration of its independence.”

General Assembly

1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-171
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Gustavo Gutierrez ◽  
Regular Session

The fifth regular session of the General Assembly, meeting at Lake Success and Flushing Meadows from September 19 to December 15, 1950, elected Nasrollah Entezam (Iran), President of the Assembly, by a vote of 32; Sir Mohammed Zafrulla Khan (Pakistan) received 22 votes; Viliam Siroky (Czechoslovakia) received 4 and Stefan Wierblowski (Poland) 1. The seven vicepresidents of the Assembly were chosen on September 23 and were the chief delegates of Australia, China, France, United Kingdom, United States, USSR and Venezuela, and who, with the President, constituted the General Committee. At the same time, the following representatives were elected chairmen of the respective committees: Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (Colombia), Political and Security Committee; Gustavo Gutiérrez (Cuba), Economic and Financial Committee; G. J. van Heuven Goedhart (Netherlands), Social, Cultural and Humanitarian Committee; Prince Wan Waithayakon (Thailand), Trusteeship Committee; Jam Sahib (India), Administrative and Budgetary Committee; and Vladimir Outrata (Czechoslovakia), Legal Committee.

General Assembly

1951 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 722-736
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
Social Council ◽  
Indian Origin ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Regular Session

The sixth regular session of the United Nations General Assembly was to convene at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris on Tuesday, November 6, 1951. The agenda included: the report of the Committee of Twelve, the problem of the independence of Korea, the report of the Collective Measures Committee, items on China, Palestine, the treatment of people of Indian origin in the Union of South Africa, the report of the Economic and Social Council, relief and rehabilitation, the draft international covenant on human rights, items concerning trust and non-self-governing territories, administrative and budgetary matters and legal affairs.

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