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Some of the key events about United Nations General Assembly
- 1947Failed to prevent the partition of India and Pakistan, leading to widespread violence and displacement
- 1948Adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, establishing fundamental human rights to be universally protected
- 1950Inability to prevent the outbreak of the Korean War
- 1960Passed the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, accelerating decolonization
- 1960Failure to effectively address the Congo Crisis, resulting in prolonged conflict
- 1966Established the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- 1967Ineffectiveness in preventing the Six-Day War between Israel and Arab states
- 1974Adopted a resolution defining aggression in international law
- 1975Adopted the controversial "Zionism is racism" resolution, later revoked in 1991
- 1981Declared the International Year of Disabled Persons, promoting disability rights and awareness
- 1989Adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history
- 1994Inability to prevent or stop the Rwandan genocide
- 1995Failed to protect civilians in the Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian War
- 2000Established the Millennium Development Goals to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against women
- 2003Unable to prevent the US-led invasion of Iraq despite widespread opposition
- 2006Created the United Nations Human Rights Council to strengthen the promotion and protection of human rights around the world
- 2009Criticized for inadequate response to the Sri Lankan Civil War's final stages
- 2011Failed to effectively intervene in the Libyan Civil War, leading to prolonged conflict
- 2015Adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including 17 Sustainable Development Goals
- 2018Endorsed the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, the first-ever UN global agreement on a common approach to international migration
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