What does operating room mean? operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery (noun) a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
The General Assembly is located at United Nations Headquarters in New York. In December 1988, in order to hear Yasser Arafat, the General Assembly organised its 29th session in the Palace of Nations, in Geneva (Switzerland).
Functions and powers. The General Assembly (GA) is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority. Decisions on other questions are by simple majority. Each country has one vote. Some Member States in arrear of payment may be granted the right to vote.