general assembly
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While non-binding, the advisory opinion carries legal weight and prompted the UN General Assembly to demand the archipelago's return to Mauritius in a near-unanimous vote in 2019.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
In 1946, that first gathering of the UN General Assembly happened, in London, just four months after the war's conclusion.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
UN chief Antonio Guterres Saturday deplored a host of "powerful forces lining up to undermine global cooperation" in a London speech marking the 80th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly.
From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026
Israel was the only country to raise the issue of the killings in the United Nations General Assembly, a stand that is still appreciated in Hargeisa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
He’d been elected to the General Assembly in Hartford, but he’d been pushed out of it by the Patriots for being a Tory.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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