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general assembly

NOUN
  1. persons who make or amend or repeal laws

How To Use general assembly In A Sentence

  • We call for the immediate return to democratic institutions, to convoke an extraordinary session of the General Assembly (GA), to defend institutions in Honduras. Laura Carlsen: Live Blog: OAS Session on Honduran Coup
  • General Assembly of the Kirk, his acquaintance with the nobleman who held the office of Lord High Commissioner forced him more into public than suited either his views or inclinations. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • Schanzer's language bias is clearly demonstrated when he says that the "United Nations General Assembly partition plan ... endowed the Palestinian Arabs with a state that included an expanded Gaza strip, the West Bank, and much of the northern territory. [emphasis added]" How considerate for sure, to be "endowed" with only portions of your own homeland, while a minority of the population, immigrants at that, is given a majority of the land. Book Review - Hamas vs. Fatah
  • The other ten members of the council are elected by the General Assembly to two-year nonrenewable terms, with five new members elected each year.
  • In the first third of a speech that lasted more than 90 minutes, Colonel Qaddafi focused on what he called the inherent unfairness of the United Nations, which gives the five permanent members of the Security Council far more authority than the nations in the General Assembly. Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll
  • The British had knocked out radio communications but a mobile transmitter had announced, referring to the General Assembly resolution, that sixty-four nations were supporting the Egyptians.36 Eisenhower 1956
  • This proposal was defeated in the UN General Assembly by 60 votes to 15, with 39 abstentions.
  • The security council expects her to appear in front of the general assembly before next Wednesday, when it holds its next straw poll. Times, Sunday Times
  • Considering the overall political climate in the General Assembly, Jerome Gray, state field director of the ADC, is skeptical that real election reform legislation will pass in the next session. Budget Woes and Partisan Politics Block Election Reform
  • The remaining will be allocated by the General Assembly.
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