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Emergency special sessions are rare, a fact reflected in that there have been only eleven such sessions in the history of the United Nations. Additionally, most emergency special sessions run for a single session, with the exception of the 7th, 10th and 11th, which have been reconvened four, seventeen, and nineteen times respectively.
UN 3506: 8: Mercury contained in manufactured articles UN 3507: 6.1: Uranium hexafluoride, radioactive material, excepted package, less than 0.1 kg per package, non-fissile or fissile excepted UN 3508: 9: Capacitor, asymmetric, electric double layer (with an energy storage capacity greater than 0.3 Wh) UN 3509: 9: Packaging, discarded, empty ...
An emergency special session (ESS) [2] is an unscheduled meeting of the United Nations General Assembly to make urgent, but non-binding decisions or recommendations regarding a particular issue. They are rare—a fact reflected in there having been only eleven convened in the history of the United Nations, as of April 2022.
The eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 28 February 2022 at the United Nations headquarters. [1] It addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Maldivian politician Abdulla Shahid served as President of the body during this time.
According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in one of the United Nations official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish) and will be translated and interpreted by United Nations translators and interpreters. Each speaker is requested to provide 20 advance copies of their statements ...
UN 2028: 8: Bombs, smoke, non-explosive, with corrosive liquid, without initiating device UN 2029: 8: Hydrazine, anhydrous UN 2030: 8: Hydrazine aqueous solution, with more than 37 percent hydrazine, by mass UN 2031: 8: Nitric acid other than red fuming, with more than 70 percent nitric acid or Nitric acid other than red fuming, with not more ...
On 17 June 2020, Turkish diplomat, and former Minister of European Union Affairs, Volkan Bozkır was elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly. He was the sole candidate for the post and was elected by an overwhelming majority. [1] [2] [3] In his vision statement, Bozkır laid out some of his priorities for the session.
The 2022 United Nations Security Council election was held on 9 June 2022 during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. [1] The elections are for five non-permanent seats on the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing on 1 January 2023.