About UNGA

• United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN. 
• It is one of the six principal organs which make up the UN.
• All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation.
• The annual session is attended by world leaders to discuss and debate the world’s most important global issues and how to address them. 

Voting

• Each country has one vote. 

• 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.

Why in News?

• On the eve of the one-year mark of the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN General Assembly resumed its eleventh emergency special session to consider a new draft resolution aimed at restoring peace. 

https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=Ukraine%3a-UN-General-Assembly-resumes-emergency-special-session–to-consider–new-draft-resolution-aimed-at-restoring-peace&id=456307