UN Basics #6.2 – What is the UN General Assembly?

The UN General Assembly is the platform through which 193 states
can come together to discuss the future. This is why the UN
General Assembly is often referred to as a ‘forum for
discussion’.


In this episode of UN Basics, we take a look at what exactly the
UN General Assembly discusses and what influence it has.





Here are the three most important sources used:
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (2021) – Vereinte
Nationen: Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen:
https://www.bpb.de/themen/internationale-organisationen/vereinte-nationen/48586/generalversammlung-der-vereinten-nationen/Deutsche
Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen(2020) – UN
Basis-Informationen 57: Die Vereinten Nationen im Überblick:
https://dgvn.de/publications/PDFs/Basis_Informationen/BI_57_UN-im-Ueberblick.pdfUnited
Nations (1945) Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the
International Court of Justice:
https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/ctc/uncharter.pdf




Editing & Moderation: Laura Stettner &
SophieFasshauer


Post-production: Erwin Eisenhardt &
SophieFasshauer