At its sixth emergency special session, the Assembly adopted resolution ES-6/2 calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops and respect for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and non-alignment. The vote...
The Assembly adopted resolution ES-7/2, calling for Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories and a just settlement of the Palestine question. The resolution recorded strong support for...
The General Assembly admitted Zimbabwe as the UN’s 153rd member, five months after independence. Admission recognized formal sovereign equality, while the movement from colonial rule to material...
Resolution 35/19 addressed Western Sahara and called for the exercise of self-determination. The issue illustrates how formal decolonization remained unfinished after many African states had gained...
The declaration called for renewed arms-control efforts and linked military spending to resources needed for social and economic development. Many developing states argued that the arms race...
The strategy set development goals for the decade and acknowledged the need for international cooperation. Its ambitions confronted structural problems identified by developing countries, including...
Resolution 35/118 called for full implementation of the independence declaration for colonial countries and peoples. It maintained pressure on administering powers and kept self-determination...
Resolution 35/206 called for coordinated sanctions and international campaigns against apartheid. NAM members and African liberation movements had long pressed for material action; the resolution also...
The UN session opened days after the 12th NAM summit in Durban. Developing states carried debates over debt, sanctions, Palestine and reform of global institutions into the Assembly, where formal...
The UN General Assembly special session reviewed implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action. Women’s organizations and developing states pressed for resources and substantive equality, while...
The special session adopted a political declaration and further actions to implement the Beijing Platform. The outcome reaffirmed commitments but left persistent gaps in funding, representation and...
The session sought a global response to the epidemic, which disproportionately affected poorer countries with limited access to treatment and public-health resources. Delegates debated prevention,...
The declaration established targets for prevention, treatment and financing. It recognized shared responsibilities but did not itself overcome patent barriers, unequal medicine access or shortages...
