Functioning of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is one of the major decision making mechanisms in which all the member nations have representatives. UNGA`s main function is to make recommendations (General Assembly Resolutions), analyze the reports of other UN entities, supervise the budget of UN and direct the agenda of the Security Council. Comprising all 193 Member Nations of the United Nations, UNGA is the chief policy making organ of the UN. It also plays a significant role in the implementation of the international law.
In this respect, General Assembly meets annually on September. UNGA releases a list of preliminary items to be included in the provisional agenda seven months in advance of the General Assembly. Voting in the General Assembly on important questions (recommendations on peace and security, budgetary concerns and the election, admission, suspension or expulsion of members) is by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. Other subjects are decided by a straightforward majority. Each Member State has one vote. Through the sessions, final agenda is drafted by the Main Committees and submitted to Assembly for the approval of the adoption.
Organizational Chart of the Subsidiary Organs
Boards
- Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund
- Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and of the United Nations Population Fund
- Executive Board of the World Food Programme
- Board of Auditors
- Trade and Development Board
- United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
- Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
Commissions
- Disarmament Commission
- International Civil Service Commission
- International Law Commission
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine
- United Nations Peacebuilding Commission
- Advisory Commission on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Councils and Panels
- Human Rights Council
- Council of the United Nations University
- Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme
- Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN – Habitat
- Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency
Committees
- Investments Committee
- United Nations Staff Pensions Committee
- Committee for the United Nations Population Award
- Committee on Contributions
- Committee for Programme and Coordination
- Committee on Conferences
- Committee on Information
- Committee on Relations with the Host Country
- Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
- Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
- United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
- Ad hoc Committees
- Advisory Committees
- Executive Committee
- High-Level Committee
- Special Committees
Working Groups
- Ad hoc Working Group
- Open-ended Ad hoc Working Groups
- Open-ended Working Groups
