United Nations General Assembly

Summary

United Nations General Assembly is an international parliament^[1]. It draws 1,104 Wikipedia views per month (international_parliament category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2]

Key Facts

• United Nations General Assembly's image is recorded as The Assembly Hall, Palais des Nations (47570471872).jpg^[3].
• United Nations General Assembly's instance of is recorded as international parliament^[4].
• United Nations General Assembly's instance of is recorded as principal organ of the United Nations^[5].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as Arabic^[6].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as Chinese^[7].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as English^[8].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as French^[9].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as Russian^[10].
• United Nations General Assembly's official language is recorded as Spanish^[11].
• United Nations General Assembly's headquarters location is recorded as Headquarters of the United Nations^[12].
• United Nations General Assembly's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121714246^[13].
• United Nations General Assembly's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 141511717^[14].
• United Nations General Assembly's GND ID is recorded as 2005003-3^[15].
• United Nations General Assembly's GND ID is recorded as 1091866120^[16].
• United Nations General Assembly's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79007295^[17].
• United Nations General Assembly's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 118776683^[18].
• United Nations General Assembly's IdRef ID is recorded as 026550059^[19].
• United Nations General Assembly's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01351372^[20].
• United Nations General Assembly's child organization or unit is recorded as UNICEF^[21].
• United Nations General Assembly's child organization or unit is recorded as United Nations Development Programme^[22].
• United Nations General Assembly's child organization or unit is recorded as United Nations System Staff College^[23].
• United Nations General Assembly's child organization or unit is recorded as United Nations Commission on International Trade Law^[24].
• United Nations General Assembly's child organization or unit is recorded as UN Trade and Development^[25].
• United Nations General Assembly's part of is recorded as United Nations System^[26].
• United Nations General Assembly's Commons category is recorded as United Nations General Assembly^[27].

Body

Founding

+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of United Nations General Assembly^[28].

Identity

United Nations General Assembly's part of is recorded as United Nations System^[26]. Short names include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'UNGA'}^[29], {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'AGNU'}^[30], {'lang': 'pt-br', 'text': 'AGNU'}^[31], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'GS ZN'}^[32].

Leadership

United Nations General Assembly's chairperson is recorded as Dennis Francis^[33].

Operations

United Nations General Assembly's headquarters location is recorded as Headquarters of the United Nations^[12]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United Nations^[34]. Subsidiaries include UNICEF^[21], an organization established by the United Nations^[35], in United States^[36], founded in 1946^[37], headquartered in New York City^[38]; United Nations Development Programme^[22], an organization established by the United Nations^[39], in United States^[40], founded in 1965^[41], headquartered in New York City^[42]; United Nations System Staff College^[23], a university^[43], founded in 2002^[44], headquartered in Turin^[45]; United Nations Commission on International Trade Law^[24], a committee^[46], founded in 1966^[47], headquartered in Headquarters of the United Nations^[48]; and UN Trade and Development^[25], an organization established by the United Nations^[49], in Switzerland^[50], founded in 1964^[51], headquartered in Geneva^[52].

Why It Matters

United Nations General Assembly draws 1,104 Wikipedia views per month (international_parliament category, ranking #1 of 9).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[53] It is known by 101 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]

Works attributed to it include Universal Declaration of Human Rights^[55], a customary international law^[56], founded in 1948^[57], written by it^[58]; Convention on the Rights of the Child^[59], an United Nations treaty^[60], founded in 1989^[61], written by it^[62]; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights^[63], an United Nations treaty^[64], founded in 1966^[65], written by it^[66]; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities^[67], an United Nations treaty^[68], founded in 2006^[69], written by it^[70]; International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights^[71], an United Nations treaty^[72], founded in 1966^[73], written by it^[74]; and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women^[75], an United Nations treaty^[76], founded in 2010^[77], written by it^[78].