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General Assembly — Session 70

2015–2016
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116
Meetings
3638
Speeches
190
Countries represented
126
Resolutions

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Top agenda items

  • Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items
    6 mtgs
  • Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields
    6 mtgs
  • Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS High-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS
    4 mtgs
  • Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit
    4 mtgs
  • Information and communications technologies for development Report of the Secretary-General (A/70/63)
    4 mtgs
  • Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit United Nations Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda
    4 mtgs
  • Global awareness of the tragedies of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean basin, with specific emphasis on Syrian asylum-seekers
    3 mtgs
  • General debate
    3 mtgs
  • Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments (e) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences Note by the Secretary-General (A/70/107)
    3 mtgs
  • Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council
    3 mtgs

Key resolutions

13 resolutions flagged as politically significant (Voeten important votes). Browse all →

Most contested votes

Resolution Title Yes No Abstain Margin
A/RES/70/173 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… 81 37 67 +44
A/RES/70/265 Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and… 76 15 64 +61
A/RES/70/38 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 20… 121 48 12 +73
A/RES/70/142 Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exerci… 130 53 6 +77
A/RES/70/149 Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adop… 130 53 5 +77

Resolutions 126

Symbol Title Yes No Abstain
70/1 Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by consensus
70/104 Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel adopted by consensus
70/105 Participation of volunteers, adopted by consensus
70/106 Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations adopted by consensus
70/107 International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief… adopted by consensus
70/108 Assistance to the Palestinian people adopted by consensus
70/109 A world against violence and violent extremism adopted by consensus
70/11 Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjö… adopted by consensus
70/110 The impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño phenomenon adopted by consensus
70/110 adopted by consensus
70/125 Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the overall review of the imp… adopted by consensus
70/183 Global health and foreign policy: strengthening the management of international health crises adopted by consensus
70/19 Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace adopted by consensus
70/2 adopted by consensus
70/20 Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace adopted by consensus
70/227 adopted by consensus
70/228 Organization of the 2016 High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS adopted by consensus
70/252 The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rou… adopted by consensus
70/253 adopted by consensus
70/254 adopted by consensus
70/259 United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) adopted by consensus
70/260 Improving global road safety adopted by consensus
70/261 Modalities for the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the Istanbul Pr… adopted by consensus
70/262 Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture adopted by consensus
70/263 Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration adopted by consensus
70/264 Report of the International Criminal Court adopted by consensus
70/266 adopted by consensus
70/267 International Day of the Tropics adopted by consensus
70/290 High-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants adopted by consensus
70/291 The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review adopted by consensus
70/292 Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the cause… adopted by consensus
70/293 Third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016- 2025) adopted by consensus
70/294 Political Declaration of the Comprehensive High- level Midterm Review of the Implementation of the … adopted by consensus
70/296 Agreement concerning the Relationship between the United Nations and the International Organization… adopted by consensus
70/297 Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high- level meeting on antimicrobial resistance c… adopted by consensus
70/298 Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union adopted by consensus
70/299 Follow- up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level adopted by consensus
70/3 Declaration on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations adopted by consensus
70/300 Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countri… adopted by consensus
70/301 Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife adopted by consensus
70/303 Modalities for the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Developme… adopted by consensus
70/304 Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and… adopted by consensus
70/305 adopted by consensus
70/4 adopted by consensus
70/410 adopted by consensus
70/6 Strengthening of the United Nations system adopted by consensus
70/7 Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade adopted by consensus
70/75 Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provision… adopted by consensus
70/76 Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin adopted by consensus
70/77 The situation in Afghanistan adopted by consensus
71/9 The situation in Afghanistan adopted by consensus
A/RES/70/10 Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted by consensus
A/RES/70/103 Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 175 3 1
A/RES/70/12 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People 102 8 57
A/RES/70/13 Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat 99 8 59
A/RES/70/136 Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 121 2 60
A/RES/70/137 Rights of the child : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 141 1 42
A/RES/70/139 Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling conte… 133 4 49
A/RES/70/14 Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information … 155 7 7
A/RES/70/140 A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenop… 133 11 44
A/RES/70/141 The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Ass… 177 7 4
A/RES/70/142 Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of p… 130 53 6
A/RES/70/149 Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General A… 130 53 5
A/RES/70/151 Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 135 54 0
A/RES/70/152 Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodie… 134 54 0
A/RES/70/155 The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 148 6 33
A/RES/70/156 Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 133 54 0
A/RES/70/159 Globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights : resolution / adopted by th… 135 53 1
A/RES/70/16 Jerusalem 153 7 8
A/RES/70/161 Human rights defenders in the context of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individ… 127 14 41
A/RES/70/168 Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing periodic and genuine elections and the pr… 168 0 15
A/RES/70/17 The Syrian Golan 105 6 56
A/RES/70/171 United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Regi… 184 1 1
A/RES/70/172 Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea : resolution / adopted by th… 119 19 48
A/RES/70/173 Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Ass… 81 37 67
A/RES/70/185 Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing count… 131 2 49
A/RES/70/194 Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 171 6 3
A/RES/70/198 Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 146 0 36
A/RES/70/22 Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by … 128 3 45
A/RES/70/225 Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Ea… 164 5 10
A/RES/70/231 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples… 140 4 4
A/RES/70/234 Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 104 13 37
A/RES/70/235 Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 143 1 4
A/RES/70/25 Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the … 127 0 55
A/RES/70/26 Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 179 0 2
A/RES/70/265 Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali regi… 76 15 64
A/RES/70/27 No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 129 4 46
A/RES/70/28 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and… 176 0 3
A/RES/70/280 Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : resolution / adopted by the General Asse… 155 3 0
A/RES/70/31 Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation : resolution / adopte… 129 4 50
A/RES/70/33 Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations : resolution / adopted by the General … 138 12 34
A/RES/70/34 Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolutio… 140 26 17
A/RES/70/37 Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 127 48 10
A/RES/70/38 Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conference… 121 48 12
A/RES/70/39 Treaty Banning the Production of Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons or Other Nuclear Explosive De… 179 1 5
A/RES/70/40 United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons : resolut… 166 3 16
A/RES/70/41 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and… 174 0 4
A/RES/70/44 Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the Gene… 182 1 2
A/RES/70/45 Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General As… 178 4 1
A/RES/70/47 Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 144 18 22
A/RES/70/48 Humanitarian pledge for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted b… 139 29 17
A/RES/70/5 Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of … 191 2 0
A/RES/70/50 Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 132 36 16
A/RES/70/51 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commit… 142 7 36
A/RES/70/52 Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 127 43 15
A/RES/70/54 Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 139 2 40
A/RES/70/55 Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfe… 168 0 17
A/RES/70/56 Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the thre… 137 24 25
A/RES/70/57 Universal Declaration on the Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World : resolution / adopted by t… 133 23 28
A/RES/70/58 The Arms Trade Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 157 0 26
A/RES/70/62 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General A… 130 48 8
A/RES/70/70 The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 157 5 20
A/RES/70/73 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 181 1 3
A/RES/70/83 Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 167 1 11
A/RES/70/84 Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : resolution / adopted by… 164 7 7
A/RES/70/85 Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : … 169 6 5
A/RES/70/86 Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 167 7 4
A/RES/70/87 Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Pa… 92 9 75
A/RES/70/88 Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of Wa… 163 6 8
A/RES/70/89 Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupi… 161 7 8
A/RES/70/90 Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian … 158 8 10
A/RES/70/91 The occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 160 1 16
A/RES/70/94 Information from Non Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of th… 175 0 4
A/RES/70/95 Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non Self-Governing T… 176 2 2
A/RES/70/96 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples… 126 0 53
A/70/L.22 Oceans and the law of the sea 143 1 4

Meetings 116

# Symbol Date Location
1 A/70/PV.1 Sept. 15, 2015 New York
2 A/70/PV.2 Sept. 18, 2015 New York
3 A/70/PV.3 Sept. 25, 2015 New York
4 A/70/PV.4 Sept. 25, 2015 New York
5 A/70/PV.5 Sept. 25, 2015 New York
6 A/70/PV.6 Sept. 25, 2015 New York
7 A/70/PV.7 Sept. 26, 2015 New York
8 A/70/PV.8 Sept. 26, 2015 New York
9 A/70/PV.9 Sept. 26, 2015 New York
10 A/70/PV.10 Sept. 27, 2015 New York
11 A/70/PV.11 Sept. 27, 2015 New York
12 A/70/PV.12 Sept. 27, 2015 New York
13 A/70/PV.13 Sept. 28, 2015 New York
14 A/70/PV.14 Sept. 28, 2015 New York
15 A/70/PV.15 Sept. 28, 2015 New York
16 A/70/PV.16 Sept. 29, 2015 New York
17 A/70/PV.17 Sept. 29, 2015 New York
18 A/70/PV.18 Sept. 29, 2015 New York
19 A/70/PV.19 Sept. 30, 2015 New York
20 A/70/PV.20 Sept. 30, 2015 New York
21 A/70/PV.21 Sept. 30, 2015 New York
22 A/70/PV.22 Oct. 1, 2015 New York
24 A/70/PV.24 Oct. 1, 2015 New York
25 A/70/PV.25 Oct. 2, 2015 New York
26 A/70/PV.26 Oct. 2, 2015 New York
27 A/70/PV.27 Oct. 2, 2015 New York
28 A/70/PV.28 Oct. 3, 2015 New York
29 A/70/PV.29 Oct. 12, 2015 New York
30 A/70/PV.30 Oct. 12, 2015 New York
31 A/70/PV.31 Oct. 13, 2015 New York
32 A/70/PV.32 Oct. 14, 2015 New York
33 A/70/PV.33 Oct. 15, 2015 New York
34 A/70/PV.34 Oct. 16, 2015 New York
35 A/70/PV.35 Oct. 16, 2015 New York
36 A/70/PV.36 Oct. 19, 2015 New York
37 A/70/PV.37 Oct. 21, 2015 New York
38 A/70/PV.38 Oct. 23, 2015 New York
39 A/70/PV.39 Oct. 26, 2015 New York
40 A/70/PV.40 Oct. 26, 2015 New York
41 A/70/PV.41 Oct. 27, 2015 New York
42 A/70/PV.42 Oct. 28, 2015 New York
43 A/70/PV.43 Oct. 30, 2015 New York
44 A/70/PV.44 Oct. 30, 2015 New York
45 A/70/PV.45 Nov. 3, 2015 New York
46 A/70/PV.46 Nov. 4, 2015 New York
47 A/70/PV.47 Nov. 5, 2015 New York
48 A/70/PV.48 Nov. 5, 2015 New York
49 A/70/PV.49 Nov. 6, 2015 New York
50 A/70/PV.50 Nov. 9, 2015 New York
51 A/70/PV.51 Nov. 12, 2015 New York
52 A/70/PV.52 Nov. 13, 2015 New York
53 A/70/PV.53 Nov. 16, 2015 New York
54 A/70/PV.54 Nov. 16, 2015 New York
55 A/70/PV.55 Nov. 17, 2015 New York
56 A/70/PV.56 Nov. 17, 2015 New York
57 A/70/PV.57 Nov. 18, 2015 New York
58 A/70/PV.58 Nov. 19, 2015 New York
59 A/70/PV.59 Nov. 20, 2015 New York
60 A/70/PV.60 Nov. 20, 2015 New York
61 A/70/PV.61 Nov. 23, 2015 New York
62 A/70/PV.62 Nov. 23, 2015 New York
63 A/70/PV.63 Nov. 24, 2015 New York
64 A/70/PV.64 Nov. 24, 2015 New York
65 A/70/PV.65 Nov. 30, 2015 New York
66 A/70/PV.66 Dec. 3, 2015 New York
67 A/70/PV.67 Dec. 7, 2015 New York
68 A/70/PV.68 Dec. 8, 2015 New York
69 A/70/PV.69 Dec. 8, 2015 New York
70 A/70/PV.70 Dec. 9, 2015 New York
71 A/70/PV.71 Dec. 10, 2015 New York
72 A/70/PV.72 Dec. 10, 2015 New York
73 A/70/PV.73 Dec. 11, 2015 New York
74 A/70/PV.74 Dec. 11, 2015 New York
75 A/70/PV.75 Dec. 14, 2015 New York
76 A/70/PV.76 Dec. 15, 2015 New York
77 A/70/PV.77 Dec. 15, 2015 New York
78 A/70/PV.78 Dec. 16, 2015 New York
79 A/70/PV.79 Dec. 16, 2015 New York
80 A/70/PV.80 Dec. 17, 2015 New York
81 A/70/PV.81 Dec. 22, 2015 New York
82 A/70/PV.82 Dec. 23, 2015 New York
83 A/70/PV.83 Jan. 22, 2016 New York
84 A/70/PV.84 Feb. 12, 2016 New York
86 A/70/PV.86 Feb. 16, 2016 New York
87 A/70/PV.87 Feb. 18, 2016 New York
88 A/70/PV.88 March 18, 2016 New York
89 A/70/PV.89 March 29, 2016 New York
90 A/70/PV.90 April 1, 2016 New York
91 A/70/PV.91 April 15, 2016 New York
92 A/70/PV.92 April 26, 2016 New York
93 A/70/PV.93 April 27, 2016 New York
94 A/70/PV.94 April 27, 2016 New York
95 A/70/PV.95 May 13, 2016 New York
96 A/70/PV.96 June 7, 2016 New York
97 A/70/PV.97 June 8, 2016 New York
98 A/70/PV.98 June 8, 2016 New York
99 A/70/PV.99 June 9, 2016 New York
100 A/70/PV.100 June 9, 2016 New York
101 A/70/PV.101 June 10, 2016 New York
102 A/70/PV.102 June 10, 2016 New York
103 A/70/PV.103 June 13, 2016 New York
104 A/70/PV.104 June 14, 2016 New York
105 A/70/PV.105 June 17, 2016 New York
106 A/70/PV.106 June 28, 2016 New York
107 A/70/PV.107 June 28, 2016 New York
108 A/70/PV.108 June 30, 2016 New York
109 A/70/PV.109 July 1, 2016 New York
110 A/70/PV.110 July 1, 2016 New York
111 A/70/PV.111 July 7, 2016 New York
112 A/70/PV.112 July 25, 2016 New York
113 A/70/PV.113 July 27, 2016 New York
114 A/70/PV.114 July 29, 2016 New York
115 A/70/PV.115 Sept. 7, 2016 New York
116 A/70/PV.116 Sept. 9, 2016 New York
117 A/70/PV.117 Sept. 13, 2016 New York
118 A/70/PV.118 Sept. 13, 2016 New York
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