Sentence examples for general assembly resolutions from inspiring English sources

Unlike the security council, which has the power to issue legally binding resolutions, general assembly resolutions are non-binding.

While general assembly resolutions are non-binding, unlike resolutions of the 15-nation security council, those that enjoy broad international support carry significant moral and political weight.

Its study on violence against children and successive general assembly resolutions have led to a progressive broadening of the definition of violence.

"We understand that the Argentine government has put out a letter that both calls our home a colony and claims that the United Kingdom is ignoring United Nations general assembly resolutions," he said.

The general assembly resolution had finally given legitimacy to Palestine, he said.

Go back and read the general assembly resolution and you will see that its mandate is near perfect.

Take the growing campaign for a UN general assembly resolution on universal health coverage, something Sarah Boseley wrote about earlier this week.

Thus they cite UN general assembly resolution 181 in support of the recent Israeli demand for recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.

Ahmad Fawzi, a UN spokesman, told reporters during a weekly UN briefing that a general assembly resolution barred the organisation from paying interns.

At the highpoint of media attention last year, the UN was quick to blame the policy on a general assembly resolution banning the payment of interns.

Russia's two other partners in the so-called Brics group – Brazil and South Africa – both abstained on the UN general assembly resolution criticising the Crimea referendum.