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The General Assembly meets under its president or Secretary-General in regular yearly sessions the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed ( which often is just before the next session's start ).
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The General Assembly, which adjourns today, has performed in an atmosphere of crisis and struggle from the day it convened.
There followed the historic appropriations and budget fight, in which the General Assembly decided to tackle executive powers.
Georgia's mental health program received a badly needed boost from the General Assembly in the form of a $1,750,000 budget increase for the Milledgeville State Hospital.
But if any realism and feeling for truth remain in the General Assembly, it is time for men of courage to measure the magnitude of the failure and urge some new approach.
Gov. John M. Dalton, himself a lawyer and a man of long service in government, spoke with rich background and experience when he said in an address here that lawyers ought to quit sitting in the Missouri General Assembly, or quit accepting fees from individuals and corporations who have controversies with or axes to grind with the government and who are retained, not because of their legal talents, but because of their government influence.
The Secretary General must have, subject to the constitutional direction of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the power to act, to propose action and to organize action without being hobbled by advisers and assistants acting on someone else's instructions.
The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.
A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years ''.
According to the official interpretation of the Charter, a member cannot be penalized by not having the right to vote in the General Assembly for nonpayment of financial obligations to the `` special '' United Nations' budgets, and of course cannot be expelled from the Organization ( which you suggested in your editorial ), due to the fact that there is no provision in the Charter for expulsion.
On October 19, after the Soviets had detonated at least 20 nuclear devices, Ambassador Stevenson warned the UN General Assembly that this country, in `` self protection '', might have to resume above-ground tests.
It commemorates the 185th anniversary of Rhode Island's Independence when, upon May 4, 1776, the General Assembly, by its action, established the first free republic in the New World.
Photos of Conference Rooms and the General Assembly Hall can be made when these rooms are not being used for meetings.
Recent events in the General Assembly of the United Nations confirm that the cold war will remain with us, and probably intensify, for the foreseeable future.
There should even be no more bitter surprises in the UN General Assembly as to NATO members' votes, since a new ad hoc NATO committee has been set up so that in the future such topics as Angola will be discussed in advance.
Governor Notte said last night he plans to name a committee to make the study and come up with recommendations for possible changes in time for the next session of the General Assembly.
Several signers affixed their names, it was learned, after being told that no tax increase would be possible without consent of the General Assembly and that a provision could be included in the charter to have the town take over the Johnston Sanitary District sewer system.
At the last session of the General Assembly, the town was authorized to adopt such an ordinance as a means of making enforcement of minor offenses more effective.
Following his return, Lincoln continued his campaign for the August 6 election for the Illinois General Assembly.
Sunday retail alcohol sales in stores were prohibited by the Georgia General Assembly up until 2011.
In 1677, the General Assembly of East New Jersey banned the " singing of vain songs or tunes " on Sabbath.
General and meets
The ARP General Synod meets yearly ( in recent years, it has, almost without exception, been held at Bonclarken ).
It now meets by its own decision, the decision of its President, at a request from a majority of its members, or at a request from the General Assembly or Security Council.
* August 17 – WWII: The US 7th Army under General George S. Patton meets the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery in Messina, Sicily, completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
** Battle of Mañeru-Third Carlist War-In continued campaigning in Navarre, Spanish Republican General Domingo Moriones meets a Carlist force under Nicolás Ollo at Mañeru, near Puente de la Reina, in a hard-fought but indecisive action.
Governor General Adrienne Clarkson ( right ) meets with President of Russia | Russian president Vladimir Putin ( left ) in the governor general's study in Rideau Hall, 18 December 2000
** King Phillip of France meets with the Estates General to ask for funds to further the war effort against the English
The Chilean Congress meets in a modern building in the Almendral section of Valparaíso, after relocation from Santiago during the last years of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
In order to be registered with the General Osteopathic Council an osteopath must hold a recognized qualification that meets the standards as set out by law in the GOsC's Standard of Practice.
He provides invaluable assistance in the defence of Riga against the French army, where he meets General Carl von Clausewitz of the Prussian Army.
Following the General Election of the Cortes Generales ( Cortes ), and other circumstances provided for in the constitution, the king meets with and interviews the political party leaders represented in the Cortes, and then consults with the Speaker of the Congress ( who, in this instance, represents the whole of the Cortes Generalas ).
Following the General Election of the Cortes Generales ( Cortes ), and other circumstances provided for in the constitution, the king meets with and interviews the political party leaders represented in the Congress of Deputies, and then consults with the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies ( officially, Presidente de Congreso de los Diputados de España, who, in this instance, represents the whole of the Cortes Generales ) before nominating his candidate for the presidency, according to Section 99 of Title IV.
It meets several times a year to deal with the administration and external relations of Aosdána, reports to every General Assembly, which meets once a year, and sets its Agenda.
This Committee, which meets a number of times each year, implements the decisions of the General Council, and makes financial and administrative decisions relating to the Society's Headquarters.
This Committee, which meets a number of times each year, implements the decisions of the General Council, and makes financial and administrative decisions relating to the Society's Headquarters.
Wavell ( right ) meets Lt. General Edward Quinan | Quinan, commander of British and Indian Army forces in Iraq in April 1941.
United States Consul ( representative ) | Consul General Peter O ’ Donohue meets with Quebec Premier Jean Charest in November 2010.
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