United Nations
General Assembly — Session 74
2019–2020
65
Meetings
2637
Speeches
175
Countries represented
117
Resolutions
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Top agenda items
- Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/74/1) 4 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
- Strengthening of the United Nations system 3 mtgs
- General debate 3 mtgs
- Report of the International Court of Justice Report of the International Court of Justice (A/74/4) Report of the Secretary-General (A/74/316) 2 mtgs
- Report of the Human Rights Council Report of the Human Rights Council (A/74/53 and A/74/53/Add.1) 2 mtgs
- Promotion and protection of the rights of children 2 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 2 mtgs
- Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba Report of the Secretary-General (A/74/91/Rev.1) 2 mtgs
- Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him 2 mtgs
Key resolutions
Most contested votes
| Resolution | Title | Yes | No | Abstain | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A/RES/74/247 | Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal … | 79 | 60 | 33 | +19 |
| A/RES/74/168 | Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of … | 65 | 23 | 83 | +42 |
| A/RES/74/17 | Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city… | 63 | 19 | 66 | +44 |
| A/RES/74/167 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopte… | 81 | 30 | 70 | +51 |
| A/RES/74/12 | Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat | 87 | 23 | 54 | +64 |
Resolutions
| Symbol | Title | Yes | No | Abstain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74/15 | Political Declaration of the High-level Midterm Review on the Implementation of the Vienna Programm… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/16 | Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/18 | Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provision… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/2 | Political declaration of the high-level meeting on universal health coverage | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/20 | adopted by consensus | |||
| 74/21 | Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/22 | World Chess Day | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/23 | Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue, understanding and cooperation for peace | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/244 | International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, 2021 | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/245 | International Day of Banks | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/248 | Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjö… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/268 | The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict: breaking the link between the illicit transaction of rou… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/3 | Political declaration of the high- level meeting to review progress made in addressing the prioriti… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/303 | adopted by consensus | |||
| 74/304 | adopted by consensus | |||
| 74/305 | Consolidating gains and accelerating efforts to control and eliminate malaria in developing countri… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/4 | Political declaration of the high-level political forum on sustainable development convened under t… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/5 | Proclamation of 28 September as the International Day for Universal Access to Information | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/543 | Intergovernmental conference on an international legally binding instrument under the United Nation… | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/6 | Report of the International Criminal Court | adopted by consensus | ||
| 74/8 | Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency | adopted by consensus | ||
| A/RES/74/10 | Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People | 92 | 13 | 61 |
| A/RES/74/11 | Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine | 147 | 7 | 13 |
| A/RES/74/112 | Dissemination of information on decolonization : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 178 | 3 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/113 | Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples… | 134 | 3 | 46 |
| A/RES/74/12 | Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat | 87 | 23 | 54 |
| A/RES/74/122 | Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the 24th special se… | 186 | 2 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/13 | Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Global Communicatio… | 144 | 8 | 14 |
| A/RES/74/130 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees : resolution / adopted by the General A… | 179 | 2 | 5 |
| A/RES/74/132 | Report of the Human Rights Council : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 120 | 4 | 59 |
| A/RES/74/136 | Combating glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling conte… | 133 | 2 | 52 |
| A/RES/74/137 | A global call for concrete action for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenop… | 135 | 9 | 43 |
| A/RES/74/138 | Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of p… | 130 | 52 | 7 |
| A/RES/74/139 | The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : resolution / adopted by the General Ass… | 167 | 5 | 11 |
| A/RES/74/14 | The Syrian Golan | 91 | 9 | 65 |
| A/RES/74/149 | The right to food : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 188 | 2 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/150 | Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order : resolution / adopted by the General A… | 128 | 53 | 8 |
| A/RES/74/152 | The right to development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 138 | 23 | 26 |
| A/RES/74/154 | Human rights and unilateral coercive measures : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 135 | 55 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/155 | Promotion of equitable geographical distribution in the membership of the human rights treaty bodie… | 134 | 52 | 1 |
| A/RES/74/159 | Human rights and cultural diversity : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 136 | 55 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/163 | United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Regi… | 187 | 1 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/167 | Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : resolution / adopted by the General Ass… | 81 | 30 | 70 |
| A/RES/74/168 | Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine … | 65 | 23 | 83 |
| A/RES/74/169 | Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 106 | 15 | 57 |
| A/RES/74/17 | Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukra… | 63 | 19 | 66 |
| A/RES/74/19 | Oceans and the law of the sea : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 135 | 1 | 3 |
| A/RES/74/200 | Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing count… | 122 | 2 | 51 |
| A/RES/74/201 | International trade and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 176 | 2 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/202 | International financial system and development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 179 | 1 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/204 | Commodities : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 177 | 1 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/208 | Oil slick on Lebanese shores : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 162 | 7 | 7 |
| A/RES/74/215 | Agricultural technology for sustainable development : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 154 | 2 | 26 |
| A/RES/74/216 | Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outc… | 131 | 2 | 49 |
| A/RES/74/224 | Harmony with nature : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 134 | 2 | 45 |
| A/RES/74/226 | Combating sand and dust storms : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 177 | 2 | 1 |
| A/RES/74/228 | Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdepend… | 134 | 2 | 44 |
| A/RES/74/237 | Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development : resolution / a… | 126 | 49 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/24 | Objective information on military matters, including transparency of military expenditures : resolu… | 176 | 0 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/241 | International Tea Day : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 127 | 3 | 44 |
| A/RES/74/243 | Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Ea… | 160 | 6 | 15 |
| A/RES/74/246 | Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar : resolution / adopte… | 134 | 9 | 28 |
| A/RES/74/247 | Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes : resolutio… | 79 | 60 | 33 |
| A/RES/74/25 | Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace : resolution / adopted by … | 134 | 3 | 45 |
| A/RES/74/251 | Questions deferred for future consideration | 148 | 2 | 4 |
| A/RES/74/267 | Enlargement of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions: amendment to rule … | 120 | 48 | 4 |
| A/RES/74/28 | Advancing responsible State behavior in cyberspace in the context of international security : resol… | 163 | 10 | 6 |
| A/RES/74/29 | Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international sec… | 129 | 6 | 45 |
| A/RES/74/30 | Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : resolution / adopted… | 175 | 2 | 3 |
| A/RES/74/300 | Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia, and the Tskhinvali regi… | 84 | 13 | 78 |
| A/RES/74/301 | New Partnership for Africa's Development : progress in implementation and international support : r… | 132 | 31 | 16 |
| A/RES/74/302 | Implementation of the recommendations contained in the report of the Secretary-General on the cause… | 130 | 31 | 18 |
| A/RES/74/306 | Comprehensive and coordinated response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic : resolution … | 122 | 3 | 25 |
| A/RES/74/307 | United response against global health threats: combating COVID-19 | adopted by consensus | ||
| A/RES/74/31 | Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the … | 122 | 0 | 64 |
| A/RES/74/32 | Prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 183 | 2 | 0 |
| A/RES/74/33 | No first placement of weapons in outer space : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 128 | 14 | 38 |
| A/RES/74/34 | Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space : resolution / adopted… | 131 | 6 | 45 |
| A/RES/74/36 | Follow-up to nuclear disarmament obligations agreed to at the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conference… | 118 | 43 | 19 |
| A/RES/74/38 | Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels : resolution / adopted by the Gene… | 185 | 1 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/40 | Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and… | 151 | 8 | 21 |
| A/RES/74/41 | Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 123 | 41 | 16 |
| A/RES/74/42 | Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 144 | 13 | 28 |
| A/RES/74/44 | Reducing nuclear danger : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 123 | 49 | 15 |
| A/RES/74/45 | Nuclear disarmament : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 120 | 41 | 22 |
| A/RES/74/46 | Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world : accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commit… | 137 | 33 | 16 |
| A/RES/74/47 | Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 135 | 37 | 13 |
| A/RES/74/48 | Nuclear-weapon-free southern hemisphere and adjacent areas : resolution / adopted by the General As… | 148 | 5 | 30 |
| A/RES/74/49 | The Arms Trade Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 153 | 1 | 28 |
| A/RES/74/50 | Nuclear disarmament verification : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 178 | 1 | 5 |
| A/RES/74/53 | Transparency in armaments : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 157 | 0 | 23 |
| A/RES/74/54 | Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament : resolutio… | 142 | 34 | 10 |
| A/RES/74/55 | Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation : resolution / adopte… | 127 | 5 | 51 |
| A/RES/74/56 | Convening of the 4th special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament : resolution / … | 179 | 0 | 4 |
| A/RES/74/59 | Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the thre… | 138 | 33 | 15 |
| A/RES/74/61 | Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfe… | 169 | 0 | 18 |
| A/RES/74/62 | Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 144 | 1 | 38 |
| A/RES/74/63 | Joint courses of action and future-oriented dialogue towards a world without nuclear weapons : reso… | 160 | 4 | 21 |
| A/RES/74/66 | Strengthening and developing the system of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation treaties… | 179 | 0 | 3 |
| A/RES/74/67 | Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities : resolution / adopted by t… | 173 | 2 | 6 |
| A/RES/74/68 | Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons : resolution / adopted by the General A… | 118 | 50 | 15 |
| A/RES/74/7 | Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of … | 187 | 3 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/75 | The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 152 | 6 | 24 |
| A/RES/74/77 | Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : resolution / adopted by the… | 179 | 0 | 2 |
| A/RES/74/78 | Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 182 | 1 | 4 |
| A/RES/74/83 | Assistance to Palestine refugees : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 169 | 2 | 9 |
| A/RES/74/84 | Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : resolution / adopted by… | 162 | 7 | 11 |
| A/RES/74/85 | Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : … | 167 | 6 | 7 |
| A/RES/74/86 | Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 163 | 6 | 12 |
| A/RES/74/87 | Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Pa… | 81 | 13 | 80 |
| A/RES/74/88 | Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupi… | 157 | 7 | 15 |
| A/RES/74/89 | Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian … | 157 | 9 | 13 |
| A/RES/74/9 | The situation in Afghanistan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | adopted by consensus | ||
| A/RES/74/90 | The occupied Syrian Golan : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly | 157 | 2 | 20 |
| A/RES/74/93 | Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of th… | 176 | 2 | 3 |
| A/RES/74/94 | Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing T… | 178 | 2 | 3 |
| A/RES/74/95 | Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples… | 130 | 2 | 52 |
Meetings
| # | Symbol | Date | Location |
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| 1 | A/74/PV.1 | Sept. 17, 2019 | New York |
| 2 | A/74/PV.2 | Sept. 20, 2019 | New York |
| 3 | A/74/PV.3 | Sept. 24, 2019 | New York |
| 4 | A/74/PV.4 | Sept. 24, 2019 | New York |
| 5 | A/74/PV.5 | Sept. 25, 2019 | New York |
| 6 | A/74/PV.6 | Sept. 25, 2019 | New York |
| 7 | A/74/PV.7 | Sept. 26, 2019 | New York |
| 8 | A/74/PV.8 | Sept. 26, 2019 | New York |
| 9 | A/74/PV.9 | Sept. 27, 2019 | New York |
| 10 | A/74/PV.10 | Sept. 27, 2019 | New York |
| 11 | A/74/PV.11 | Sept. 28, 2019 | New York |
| 12 | A/74/PV.12 | Sept. 28, 2019 | New York |
| 13 | A/74/PV.13 | Sept. 30, 2019 | New York |
| 14 | A/74/PV.14 | Oct. 10, 2019 | New York |
| 15 | A/74/PV.15 | Oct. 15, 2019 | New York |
| 16 | A/74/PV.16 | Oct. 16, 2019 | New York |
| 17 | A/74/PV.17 | Oct. 17, 2019 | New York |
| 18 | A/74/PV.18 | Oct. 22, 2019 | New York |
| 19 | A/74/PV.19 | Oct. 23, 2019 | New York |
| 20 | A/74/PV.20 | Oct. 30, 2019 | New York |
| 21 | A/74/PV.21 | Oct. 30, 2019 | New York |
| 22 | A/74/PV.22 | Oct. 31, 2019 | New York |
| 23 | A/74/PV.23 | Nov. 1, 2019 | New York |
| 24 | A/74/PV.24 | Nov. 1, 2019 | New York |
| 25 | A/74/PV.25 | Nov. 4, 2019 | New York |
| 26 | A/74/PV.26 | Nov. 4, 2019 | New York |
| 27 | A/74/PV.27 | Nov. 6, 2019 | New York |
| 28 | A/74/PV.28 | Nov. 7, 2019 | New York |
| 29 | A/74/PV.29 | Nov. 8, 2019 | New York |
| 30 | A/74/PV.30 | Nov. 11, 2019 | New York |
| 31 | A/74/PV.31 | Nov. 20, 2019 | New York |
| 32 | A/74/PV.32 | Nov. 20, 2019 | New York |
| 33 | A/74/PV.33 | Nov. 25, 2019 | New York |
| 34 | A/74/PV.34 | Nov. 25, 2019 | New York |
| 35 | A/74/PV.35 | Nov. 26, 2019 | New York |
| 36 | A/74/PV.36 | Nov. 27, 2019 | New York |
| 37 | A/74/PV.37 | Dec. 3, 2019 | New York |
| 38 | A/74/PV.38 | Dec. 3, 2019 | New York |
| 39 | A/74/PV.39 | Dec. 5, 2019 | New York |
| 40 | A/74/PV.40 | Dec. 5, 2019 | New York |
| 41 | A/74/PV.41 | Dec. 9, 2019 | New York |
| 42 | A/74/PV.42 | Dec. 10, 2019 | New York |
| 43 | A/74/PV.43 | Dec. 10, 2019 | New York |
| 44 | A/74/PV.44 | Dec. 11, 2019 | New York |
| 45 | A/74/PV.45 | Dec. 12, 2019 | New York |
| 46 | A/74/PV.46 | Dec. 12, 2019 | New York |
| 47 | A/74/PV.47 | Dec. 13, 2019 | New York |
| 48 | A/74/PV.48 | Dec. 16, 2019 | New York |
| 50 | A/74/PV.50 | Dec. 18, 2019 | New York |
| 51 | A/74/PV.51 | Dec. 18, 2019 | New York |
| 52 | A/74/PV.52 | Dec. 19, 2019 | New York |
| 53 | A/74/PV.53 | Jan. 14, 2020 | New York |
| 54 | A/74/PV.54 | Jan. 22, 2020 | New York |
| 55 | A/74/PV.55 | Jan. 22, 2020 | New York |
| 56 | A/74/PV.56 | Jan. 23, 2020 | New York |
| 57 | A/74/PV.57 | Jan. 31, 2020 | New York |
| 58 | A/74/PV.58 | Feb. 20, 2020 | New York |
| 59 | A/74/PV.59 | Feb. 20, 2020 | New York |
| 60 | A/74/PV.60 | March 3, 2020 | New York |
| 61 | A/74/PV.61 | March 11, 2020 | New York |
| 62 | A/74/PV.62 | Sept. 3, 2020 | New York |
| 63 | A/74/PV.63 | Sept. 4, 2020 | New York |
| 64 | A/74/PV.64 | Sept. 11, 2020 | New York |
| 65 | A/74/PV.65 | Sept. 14, 2020 | New York |
| 66 | A/74/PV.66 | Sept. 15, 2020 | New York |