United Nations Charter Article 20

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United Nations Charter Article 20 is a provision that governs the convening and regular sessions of the General Assembly, forming part of the Charter’s framework for the UN’s principal deliberative body.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the United Nations Charter
treaty provision
adoptedWithInstrument Charter of the United Nations
adoptionDate 1945-06-26
appliesTo United Nations General Assembly
appliesWithin United Nations system
assignsPowerTo President of the General Assembly
Secretary-General of the United Nations
belongsToBodyOfLaw United Nations institutional law
bindingOn member states of the United Nations
cameIntoForceOn 1945-10-24
citedAs Article 20 of the Charter of the United Nations
concernsOrgan principal deliberative organ of the United Nations
defines frequency of regular sessions of the General Assembly
possibility of special sessions of the General Assembly
requirement that the General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions
governs convening of regular sessions of the General Assembly
convening of special sessions of the General Assembly
hasAuthorityFrom consent of United Nations member states
hasLegalForceIn international law
hasSubject organization of the principal deliberative organ of the United Nations
isInterpretedBy International Court of Justice
United Nations General Assembly
isReferencedIn United Nations General Assembly practice on sessions
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature binding procedural norm
locatedInDocument Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter
partOf Charter of the United Nations
regulates regular sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly
relatedTo United Nations Charter Article 19
United Nations Charter Article 21
United Nations General Assembly Rules of Procedure
subjectMatter institutional framework of the United Nations
procedural rules for convening the General Assembly

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Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) legalBasis United Nations Charter Article 20
United Nations Charter Article 20 relatedTo United Nations Charter Article 21
linked to: United Nations Charter Article 20