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27/09/22 12:39 PM IST

77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

In News 
  • 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly is going to take place in New York City, USA.
  • The theme of the 77th UNGA is ‘A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges’.
UNGA 
  • The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
  • It serves as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter provides for its powers, composition, functions, and procedures.
  • External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is going to participate in the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
  • He will also host a Ministerial meeting of the G4 – India, Brazil, Japan, and Germany – as well as participate at the High Level Meeting of the L-69 Group on ‘Reinvigorating Multilateralism and Achieving Comprehensive Reform of the UN Security Council’.
  • The L-69 Group consists of developing countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and Small Island Developing States, focused on reforms of the UN Security Council.
Functions of UNGA
  • It is responsible for the approval of the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council, appointing the UN secretary-general, receiving reports from other parts of the UN system, and making recommendations through resolutions.
  • The UNGA is the only UN organ wherein all member states have equal representation.
  • Each year, the General Assembly elects five non-permanent members of the Security Council for two-year terms, 18 members of the Economic and Social Council for three-year terms, and 14–18 members of the Human Rights Council for three-year terms.
  • It also elects the President of the next General Assembly session.
  • The UN General Assembly meets under its president or the UN secretary-general in annual sessions at the General Assembly Building, within the UN headquarters in New York City, USA.
  • These meetings generally runs from September to part of January until all issues are addressed.
  • It can also reconvene for special and emergency special sessions.
  • The first session of the UNGA was convened in 1946 in London and included representatives of the 51 founding nations.
UNGA Members 
  • All 193 members of the United Nations are members of the UNGA. Holy See and Palestine are observer states.
  • The United Nations General Assembly may also grant observer status to an international organization or entity.
  • For example, International Solar Alliance has been granted Observer status at the UNGA.
  • Such an observer status entitles the entity to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly, though with limitations.
Quad grouping
  • Quad is a grouping of four democracies –the US, India, Australia and Japan.
  • Being democratic nations and sharing common interest of free maritime trade and security, they find it suitable to join a common platform.
  • Quad aims to ensure and support a “free, open and prosperous” Indo-Pacific region.
  • The idea of Quad was first mooted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2007.
Source- PIB 

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