The United Nations

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  +1st Committee
     Disarmament and International Security
  +2nd Committee
     Economic and Financial
  +3rd Committee 
     Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
  +4th Committee
     Special political and Decolonization
  +5th Committee 
     Administrative and Budgetary
  +6th Committee
     Legal
   
   FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
   As set out in the United Nations Charter, the functions and powers of the
   United Nations General Assembly are:
   
      * to consider and make recommendations on the general principles of
        cooperation for maintaining international peace and security, including
        disarmament;
      * to discuss any question relating to international peace and security
        and, except where a dispute or situation is currently being discussed
        by the Security Council, to make recommendations on it;
      * to discuss, with the same exception, and make recommendations on any
        questions within the scope of the Charter or affecting the powers and
        functions of any organ of the United Nations;
      * to initiate studies and make recommendations to promote international
        political cooperation, the development and codification of
        international law, the realization of human rights and fundamental
        freedoms and international collaboration in the economic, social,
        humanitarian, cultural, education and health fields;
      * to make recommendations for the peaceful settlement of any situation
        which might impair friendly relations among nations;
      * to receive and consider reports from the Security Council and other
        United Nations organs;
      * to consider and approve the United Nations budget and establish the
        financial assessments of Member States;
      * to elect the non-permanent members of the Security Council and the
        members of other United Nations Councils and organs and, on the
        recommendation of the Security Council, to appoint the
        Secretary-General.