Sentence examples for general assembly votes from inspiring English sources
The Soviet Union miscalculated in regard to Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, where there are 20-odd General Assembly votes that have been the key resolution of recent UN issues.
There are no vetoes in General Assembly votes and its decisions are not legally binding.
Donald Trump will be watching closely when the U.N.'s general assembly votes on the status of Jerusalem Thursday, and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley will be "taking names" of those who fall out of line.
The report came in conjunction with two recent General Assembly votes calling for a global ban on female genital mutilation and supporting universal health coverage, thus signaling major strides toward achieving Millennium Development Goals regarding gender equality, female empowerment and maternal health.
On Friday the council's general assembly voted to amend the meaning of museum to include institutions with "intangible" assets.
On 29 November 1947, the UN general assembly voted to partition Palestine between native Palestinians and overwhelmingly European Jewish colonists.
The Zionists made one last effort to "turn" Nehru, in a last-minute cable from Weizmann, two days before the general assembly vote.
Member states represented in the UN general assembly voted by 154 to three, with 23 abstentions, to control a trade worth an estimated £46bn a year.
The United Nations general assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to recognise Palestine as a state, in the face of opposition from Israel and the US.
