general assembly

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While non-binding, the advisory opinion carries legal weight and prompted the UN General Assembly to demand the archipelago's return to Mauritius in a near-unanimous vote in 2019.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

IPC president Andrew Parsons justified the decision by citing the vote taken at the organisation's General Assembly last September, in favour of both countries returning under their flags.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

“I’ve never had the General Assembly aligned with me, and yet we put forward this ambitious agenda.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

In 1946, that first gathering of the UN General Assembly happened, in London, just four months after the war's conclusion.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

The Connecticut General Assembly had made laws about how much you could charge for things.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier