Appendix 2 Principal Organs of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY The General Assembly is composed of all 159 members. They are: *By resolution 2758 (XXVI) of October 25, 1971, the General Assembly decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations." Ghana Grenada Mar. 8, 1957 Greece Guatemala Guinea The 43rd regular session of the General Assembly, which had been suspended December 22, 1988, was resumed February 14-March 7, 1989, to discuss the scale of assessments for the United Nations; the UN Angola Verification Mission; the UN Transition Assistance Group; and development and international economic cooperation. Two resolutions and one decision were adopted at the resumed session. The first resolution provided for the financing of the UN Angola Verification Mission (Resolution 43/231) and the second for the financing of the UN Transition Assistance Group. (Resolution 43/232.) In decision 43/460 the General Assembly decided to convene a special session devoted to international cooperation from April 23-27, 1990. On April 18-20, 1989, the 43rd General Assembly was resumed again and adopted a decision on the election of a member of the International Court of Justice (Decision 43/327); and a resolution on the question of Palestine. (Resolution 43/233.) The 43rd General Assembly was resumed briefly July 11, 1989, to consider the scale of assessments, postpone the special session on apartheid until December 1989, and again on September 18, 1989, to formally close the session. The 16th special session of the General Assembly was convened (December 12-14) to consider apartheid and its destructive consequences in southern Africa. The 44th regular session of the General Assembly convened September 19, 1989, and was suspended December 29, 1989. The Assembly elected Joseph Nanven Garba (Nigeria) as President and the Chairmen of the Delegations of Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, China, Congo, Costa Rica, France, Gambia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Morocco, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Sudan, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, United States and Zimbabwe as the 21 Vice Presidents. The Chairmen of the seven Main Committees, on which each member may be represented, were: First Committee (Political and Security) - Adolfo Taylhardat (Venezuela) Special Political Committee - Guennadi I. Oudovenko (Ukraine) Second Committee (Economic and Financial) — Ahmed Ghezal (Tunisia) Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural) Paul Desire Kabore (Burkino Faso) Fourth Committee (Decolonization) - Robert F. Van Lierop (Vanuatu) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) — Ahmad Fathi Al-Masri (Syria) Sixth Committee (Legal) — Helmut Tuerk (Austria) The General Committee (steering committee) is composed of the President, the 21 Vice Presidents, and Chairmen of the seven Main Committees. SECURITY COUNCIL The Security Council is composed of 5 members designated in the Charter as permanent and 10 members elected by the General Assembly for 2-year terms ending December 31 of the year given in the heading: Permanent Members: China, France, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, United States. 1989: Algeria, Brazil, Nepal, Senegal, Yugoslavia. 1990: Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Finland On October 26, 1989, the Assembly elected Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Yemen, Romania and Zaire as members of the Security Council for a 2-year term of office beginning January 1, 1990. TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL The Trusteeship Council is composed of the United States (as administrator of a territory), and the other four Permanent Members of the Security Council (China, France, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom). The Trusteeship Council held its 19th special session, March 16–17, the 56th session May 15-June 1 and a resumed session August 9, all in New York. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ECOSOC is composed of 54 members elected by the General Assembly for 3year terms ending December 31 of the year given in the heading: 1989: Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Iran, Norway, Oman, Poland, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zaire. 1990: Colombia, Cuba, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, India, Ireland, Japan, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yugoslavia. 1991: Bahamas, Brazil, Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukrainian S.S.R., United States, Zambia. On November 1, 1989, the General Assembly elected Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Burkino Faso, Canada, China, Ecuador, Finland, the German Democratic Republic, Iran, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sweden, U.S.S.R., United Kingdom and Zaire for terms beginning on January 1, 1990. ECOSOC held its organizational session for 1989 (February 9–10) and its first regular session (May 2-24) in New York. The second regular session of 1989 was held in Geneva (July 5–28). |