* 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.

The UN General Assembly has adopted, in 2007, 2008 and 2010, non-binding resolutions calling for a global moratorium on executions, with a view to eventual abolition.

The last article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted on 26 August 1789, by the National Constituent Assembly ( Assemblée nationale constituante ), during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France.

The commission proposed the establishment of some form of association with Ethiopia, and the UN General Assembly adopted that proposal along with a provision terminating British administration of Eritrea no later than September 15, 1952.

A parliamentary republic was formed by the Estonian Constituent Assembly and the first Constitution of Estonia was adopted on June 15, 1920.

But Mirabeau died on 2 April 1791 and, before the end of the year, the new Legislative Assembly adopted this draconian measure.

After approval by the National Assembly, the PDG Central Committee, and the president, the Assembly unanimously adopted the constitution in March 1991.

This system was adopted at the XVII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics ( IUGG ).

On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending the adoption and implementation of a " Plan of Partition with Economic Union " as Resolution 181 ( II ).

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was adopted by the National Assembly in August 1789 as a first step in their effort to write a constitution.

On 29 November 1947, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution recommending to the United Kingdom, as the mandatory Power for Palestine, and to all other Members of the United Nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of Palestine, of the Plan of Partition with Economic Union.

They can be classified into two categories: declarations, adopted by bodies such as the United Nations General Assembly, which are not legally binding although they may be politically so as soft law ; and conventions, which are legally binding instruments concluded under international law.

The Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1946, specified the agency's field of operations.

* 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

Until 2005, the United Nations General Assembly annually adopted a detailed resolution about the situation in Burma by consensus.

While First-past-the-post voting is commonly found in countries based on the British parliamentary system, and in Westminster elections in the United Kingdom, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh National Assembly use a form of PR known as the mixed member system, after New Zealand adopted it in 1993.

A name is not considered to be official — that is, " adopted " — until the General Assembly has given its approval.

This controversy reached a head in 1924 after the General Assembly of the PCUSA adopted five " essential and necessary " pillars of Christian belief.

As the confession was ratified by more than 90 % of all presbyteries, the 178th General Assembly finally adopted it in 1967.

At the General Assembly of 2004 an overture to consider adoption of the Belhar Confession was adopted.

In June 2004, the General Assembly met in Richmond, Virginia and adopted by a vote of 431-62 a resolution that called on the church's committee on Mission Responsibility through Investment ( MRTI ) " to initiate a process of phased, selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel.

The General Assembly also adopted policies rejecting Christian Zionism and allowing the continued funding of conversionary activities aimed at Jews.

In opposition in October 2003, the Parti Québécois tabled a motion that was unanimously adopted in the National Assembly affirming that the Quebec people formed a nation.

For instance, the Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on November 20, 1963, address racial prejudice explicitly next to discrimination for reasons of race, colour or ethnic origin ( Article I ).

In its resolution ( AG / RES 2438 ), the General Assembly decided that:

* 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts Pakistan's resolution on security of non-Nuclear States.

The details of Eritrea's association with Ethiopia were established by the UN General Assembly resolution of September 15, 1952.

On 16 June 1953 the Common Assembly passed a resolution enabling the official formation of political groups, and on 23 June 1953 the constituent declaration of the group was published and the group was officially formed.

Titles were awarded by a resolution of the FIDE General Assembly and the Qualification Committee.

The Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution in January 1956, establishing a branch college of the University of Virginia in Northern Virginia.

On 21 November 1949 the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before 1 January 1952.

A subsequent UN General Assembly resolution confirmed the transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia.

On 29 November 1947, the resolution to recommend to the United Kingdom, as the mandatory Power for Palestine, and to all other Members of the United Nations the adoption and implementation, with regard to the future government of Palestine, of the Plan of Partition with Economic Unionwas was put to a vote in the United Nations General Assembly.

The General Assembly cannot make binding resolutions, only ' recommendations ', but through its adoption of the " Uniting for Peace " resolution ( A / RES / 377 A ), of 3 November 1950, the Assembly declared that it has the power to authorize the use of force, under the terms of the UN Charter, in cases of breaches of the peace or acts of aggression, provided that the Security Council, owing to the negative vote of a permanent member, fails to act to address the situation.

The Assembly also declared, by its adoption of resolution 377 A, that it could call for other collective measures — such as economic and diplomatic sanctions — in situations constituting the milder " threat to the Peace ".

The legal significance of the resolution is unclear, given that the General Assembly cannot issue binding resolutions.

However, it was never argued by the " Joint Seven-Powers " that put forward the draft resolution, during the corresponding discussions, that it in any way afforded the Assembly new powers.

Article 4 of the Constitution of the Republic of China originally stated that " he territory of the Republic of China within its existing national boundaries shall not be altered except by a resolution of the National Assembly ", although recent constitutional changes have moved this power to that of a national referendum.

United Nations General Assembly ( resolution 46 / 119 of 1991 ), " Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care " is a non-binding resolution advocating certain broadly-drawn procedures for the carrying out of involuntary commitment.

The original initiative for its establishment was contained in a resolution of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches of the United Kingdom in 1987.

However, the General Assembly resolution provided no funding.

* 1973 – National Assembly of Pakistan passes a resolution on the recognition of Bangladesh.

* 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

But in 2006 a divided United Nations General Assembly voted through a resolution that strongly called upon the government of Burma to end its systematic violations of human rights.