Mar 6, 2022
Recently, India has abstained from voting on the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The United Nations is the one universal body we have, the one organization to which every country in the world belongs; if it is discredited, the world as a whole will lose an essential institution. Critically comment.
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About United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) UNGA is one of the United Nations' six principal organs, serving as the prominent policy-making, and representative organ of the United Nations (UN). In 1945, Unites Nations (International organization) was founded. It is presently made up of 193 Member States. It meets annually in its headquarters in New York City, generally in the month of September. Decisions are taken by voting, generally, a simple majority is considered but in case of important decisions, a two-thirds majority is considered. Each member has one vote. The other five organs of the UN are the Security Council, Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the UN Secretariat. |
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