The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Member States of the UN, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of international issues including peace and security.
The General Assembly of the United Nations is the principal organ of the United Nations. All Member States are represented in it, each with votes on important issues, such as peace and security, membership of new Members and budgetary matters, are decided by a two-thirds majority (qualified majority). The others, by simple majority.
It is one of the six main organs of the United Nations and the only one in which all member countries have equal representation. Its powers are to oversee the budget of the United Nations, appoint non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the United Nations and make recommendations in the form of resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Frederick Douglass was a truly extraordinary person. He was born into slavery but learned how to read and write. He was a very persuasive person, an abolitionist, he influenced and advised the leaders of the United States and he even edited a very influential black newspaper for 16 years. He was internationally famous as an orator and writer.
