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The General Assembly shall receive and consider annual and special reports from the Security Council; these reports shall include an account of the measures that the Security Council has decided upon or taken to maintain international peace and security.
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The General Assembly shall receive and consider reports from the other organs of the United Nations.
Article 16
The General Assembly shall perform such functions with respect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned to it under Chapters XII and XIII, including the approval of the trusteeship agreements for areas not designated as strategic. Article 17
1. 2. 3.
The General Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the Organization.
The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.
The General Assembly shall consider and approve any financial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies referred to in Article 57 and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies with a view to making recommendations to the agencies concerned.
VOTING Article 18
1. 2.
Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.
Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Council, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with paragraph 1 (c) of Article 86, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetary questions.
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Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds majority, shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
Article 19
A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the
Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for the preceding two full years. The General Assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.
PROCEDURE Article 20
The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the Secretary-General at the request of the Security Council or of a majority of the Members of the United Nations. Article 21
The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure. It shall elect its President for each session. Article 22
The General Assembly may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions. 组织 第九条
一、大会由联合国所有会员国组织之。 二、每一会员国在大会之代表，不得超过五人。 职权 第十条
大会得讨论本宪章范围内之任何问题或事项，或关于本宪章所规定任何大会之职权；并除第十二条所规定外，得向联合国会员国或安全理事会或兼向两者，提出对各该问题或事项之建议。 第十一条
一、大会得考虑关于维持国际和平及安全之合作之普通原则，包括军缩及军备管制之原则；并得向会员国或安全理事会或兼向两者提出对于该项原则之建议。
二、 大会得讨论联合国任何会员国或安全理事会或非联合国会员国依第三十五条第二项之规定向大会所提关于维持国际和平及安全之任何问题；除第十二条所规定外，并 得向会员国或安全理事会或兼向两者提出对于各该项问题之建议。凡对于需要行动之各该项问题，应由大会于讨论前或讨论后提交安全理事会。 三、大会对于足以危及国际和平与安全之情势，得提请安全理事会注意。 四、本条所载之大会权力并不限制第十条之概括范围。
第十二条
一、当安全理事会对于任何争端或情势，正在执行本宪章所授予该会之职务时，大会非经安全理事会请求，对于该项争端或情势，不得提出任何建议。
二、秘书长经安全理事会之同意，应于大会每次会议时，将安全理事会正在处理中关于维持国际和平及安全之任何事件，通知大会；于安全理事会停止处理该项事件时，亦应立即通知大会，或在大会闭会期内通知联合国会员国。 第十三条
一、大会应发动研究，并作成建议：
(子) 以促进政治上之国际合作，并提倡国际法之逐渐发展与编纂。
(丑) 以促进经济、社会、文化、教育及卫生各部门之国际合作，且不分种族、性别、语言或宗教，助成全体人类之人权及基本自由之实现。
二、大会关于本条第一项(丑)款所列事项之其他责任及职权，于第九章及第十章中规定之。 第十四条
大会对于其所认为足以妨害国际间公共福利或友好关系之任何情势，不论其起原如何，包括由违反本宪章所载联合国之宗旨及原则而起之情势，得建议和平调整办法，但以不违背第十二条之规定为限。 第十五条
一、大会应收受并审查安全理事会所送之常年及特别报告；该项报告应载有安全理事会对于维持国际和平及安全所已决定或施行之办法之陈述。
二、大会应收受并审查联合国其他大会所送之报告。 第十六条
大会应执行第十二章及第十三章所授予关于国际托管制度之职务，包括关于非战略防区托管协定之核准。 第十七条
一、大会应审核本组织之预算。
二、本组织之经费应由各会员国依照大会分配限额担负之。
三、大会应审核经与第五十七条所指各种专门大会订定之任何财政及预算办法，井应审查该项专门大会之行政预算，以便向关系大会提出建议。 投票
第十八条
一、大会之每一会员国，应有一个投票权。
二、 大会对于重要问题之决议应以到会及投票之会员国三分之二多数决定之。此项问题应包括：关于维持国际和平及安全之建议，安全理事会非常任理事国之选举，经济 及社会理事会理事国之选举，依第八十六条第一项(寅)款所规定托管理事会理事国之选举，对于新会员国加入联合国之准许，会员国权利及特权之停止，会员国之 除名，关于施行托管制度之问题，以及预算问题。
三、关于其他问题之决议，包括另有何种事项应以三分之二多数决定之问题，应以到会及投票之会员国过半数决定之。 第十九条
凡拖欠本组织财政款项之会员国，其拖欠数目如等于或超过前两年所应缴纳之数目时，即丧失其在大会投票权。大会如认拖欠原因，确由于该会员国无法控制之情形者，得准许该会员国投票。 程序 第二十条
大会每年应举行常会，并于必要时，举行特别会议。特别会议应由秘书长经安全理事会或联合国会员国过半数之请求召集之。 第二十一条
大会应自行制定其议事规则。大会应选举每次会议之主席。 第二十二条
大会得设立其认为于行使职务所必需之辅助大会。 chapterV the security council COMPOSITION Article 23
1.
The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of the United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The General Assembly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council, due regard being specially paid, in the first instance to the contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of the Organization, and also to equitable geographical distribution.
2.
The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be elected for a term of two years. In the first election of the non-permanent members after the increase of the membership of the Security Council from eleven to fifteen, two of the four additional members shall be chosen for a term of one year. A retiring member shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.
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Each member of the Security Council shall have one representative.
FUNCTIONS and POWERS Article 24
1.
In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations, its Members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Security Council acts on their behalf.
2.
In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII.
3.
The Security Council shall submit annual and, when necessary, special reports to the General Assembly for its consideration.
Article 25
The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter. Article 26
In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources, the Security Council shall be responsible for formulating, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee referred to in Article 47, plans to be submitted to the Members of the United Nations for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments. VOTING Article 27
1. 2. 3.
Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.
Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members.
Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including the concurring votes of the permanent members; provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI, and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.