Editing United Nations (section)

=== General Assembly ===
{{Main|United Nations General Assembly}}
[[File:RIAN archive 828797 Mikhail Gorbachev addressing UN General Assembly session.jpg|thumb|[[Mikhail Gorbachev]], leader of the Soviet Union, addressing the UN General Assembly in December 1988]]

The General Assembly is the primary [[deliberative assembly]] of the UN. Composed of all [[Member states of the United Nations|UN member states]], the assembly gathers at annual sessions at the [[United Nations General Assembly Hall|General Assembly Hall]], but emergency sessions can be summoned.{{sfn|Fomerand|2009|pp=131–133}} The assembly is led by a [[President of the United Nations General Assembly|president]], elected by the member states on a rotating regional basis, and 21 vice-presidents.{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|pp=69–70}} The first session convened on 10 January 1946 in the [[Methodist Central Hall, Westminster|Methodist Central Hall]] in London and comprised representatives of 51 nations.<ref name=unmilestones1941to1950 />

When the General Assembly decides on seminal questions such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, a two-thirds majority of those present and voting is required.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs/index.html|access-date= 21 November 2018|title= Main Organs|date= 18 November 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181116040902/http://www.un.org/en/sections/about-un/main-organs/index.html|archive-date= 16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/about/ropga/plenary.shtml |title=General Assembly of the United Nations: Rules of Procedure: XII – Plenary Meetings |publisher=United Nations |access-date=4 December 2013 |quote=Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 c of Article 86 of the Charter, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113095649/http://www.un.org/en/ga/about/ropga/plenary.shtml |archive-date=13 January 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> All other questions are decided by a majority vote. Each member has one vote. Apart from the approval of budgetary matters, resolutions are not binding on the members. The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security that are under consideration by the Security Council.{{sfn|Fomerand|2009|pp=131–133}}

Draft resolutions can be forwarded to the General Assembly by its six main committees:{{sfn|Fasulo|2004|pp=70–73}}
* [[General Assembly First Committee|First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)]]
* [[United Nations General Assembly Second Committee|Second Committee (Economic and Financial)]]
* [[United Nations General Assembly Third Committee|Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural)]]
* [[United Nations Fourth Committee|Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)]]
* [[United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee|Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)]]
* [[United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal)|Sixth Committee (Legal)]]

As well as by the following two committees:
* [[United Nations General Committee|General Committee]] – a supervisory committee consisting of the assembly's president, vice-presidents, and committee heads
* [[United Nations Credentials Committee|Credentials Committee]] – responsible for determining the credentials of each member nation's UN representatives