General Assembly of the United Nations

Rules of procedure and comments

Print version : [A/520/Rev.17]

Rules

• Explanatory Note
• Introduction
• I. Sessions (Rules 1 to 11)
• II. Agenda (Rules 12 to 24)
• III. Delegations composition (Rules 25 & 26)
• IV. Credentials (Rules 27 to 29)
• V. President and Vice-presidents (Rules 30 to 37)
• VI. General Committee (Rules 38 to 44)
• VII. Secretariat (Rules 45 to 50)
• VIII. Languages (Rules 51 to 57)
• IX. Records (Rules 58 & 59)
• X. Public and private meetings (Rules 60 & 61)
• XI. Minute of silent prayer or meditation (Rule 62)
• XII. Plenary meetings (Rules 63 to 95)
• XIII. Committees (Rules 96 to 133)
• XIV. Admission of new members to the UN (Rules 134 to 138)
• XV. Elections to principal organs (Rules 139 to 151)
• XVI. Administrative and budgetary questions (Rules 152 to 160)
• XVII. Subsidiary organs of the General Assembly (Rule 161)
• XVIII. Interpretation and amendments (Rules 162 and 163)
• Annexes

Comments

Comments on some procedural questions - available online in response to paragraph 24 of General Assembly resolution 60/286, " [...] and requests the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat to make precedents and past practice available in the public domain with respect to rules and practices of the intergovernmental bodies of the Organization".

Intended for information purposes only and does not constitute in any way a legal interpretation of the General Assembly rules of procedure by Member States.

About the GA

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• General Assembly Secretariat
• Subsidiary organs
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  • Assemblies and councils
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• Rules of procedure
• Arrears in the payment of contributions (Article 19)
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