The General Assembly committee also adopted a resolution on human rights abuses in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.

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The separate resolutions were adopted in the General Assembly committee responsible for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs known as the Third Committee.

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In keeping with U.N.tradition, the U.S.president will address the General Assembly on the first day of its annual debate, on September 23.

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Also briefing the General Assembly's Social,Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Committee was the U.N.Special Rapporteur for Burma, which is also known as Myanmar.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Addressing the General Assembly, Israel's Ambassador Gabriela Shalev repeated her government's position that Israel was acting in self-defense.

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Thein Sein is the highest ranking Burmese official to attend the General Assembly in 14 years.

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"The General Assembly cannot ignore the suffering of the people of the DPRK.

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The resolution expresses the General Assembly's "grave concern" over the recent trial, conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her return to house arrest.

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The Queen last adress the General Assembly as young woman in 1967.

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General Assembly to plead his case. In a non-binding resolution, the General Assembly demanded that he be returned to office, saying he is the legitimate constitutional leader of Honduras.

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Meanwhile,the annual debate continued in the General Assembly.

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Briefing reporters here, State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said the "annual exercise" in the General Assembly obscures the fact that the United States is a leading source of food and humanitarian relief aid to Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

While at U.N.headquarters, Queen Elizabeth met with U.N.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who,in his welcoming remarks in the General Assembly told the queen she is "an anchor for our age" and a "living symbol of grace, constancy and dignity."

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They will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the Group of Twenty economic meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.

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Later this month he plans to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York and the Group of Twenty meeting in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania.

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The advisory opinion from the court will go to the United Nations General Assembly.

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Earlier this week, world leaders attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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No breakthroughs took place as the three leaders met on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly session in New York.

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NEPAD chief Ibrahim Mayaki was in New York for discussions Wednesday about African development in the U.N.General Assembly.

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The meeting would involve Mr.Netanyahu, U.S.President Barack Obama and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas alongside the U.N.General Assembly in New York later this month.

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He said lawmakers needed to voice a position before Wednesday's U.N.General Assembly consideration of a resolution supported by Arab countries on the Goldstone report.

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The meeting would take place on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly in New York.

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But in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly Friday, Ivorian president Laurent Gbabgo confirmed that the elections would take place as planned on November 29.

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Israeli and Palestinian leaders have accepted an invitation from President Barack Obama for a three-way meeting Tuesday on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly in New York.

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Israel says the United Nations General Assembly is "completely detached from reality,"

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The comments followed an overwhelming vote in the U.N.General Assembly on a non-binding resolution condemning the 47-year-old U.S.trade embargo against Cuba and urging Washington to lift the restrictions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

But that apparently will not stop the culmination of his debut, in coming weeks, at the biggest party of them all, the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Mitchell is working to mediate a meeting with Mr.Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and U.S.President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the U.N.General Assembly next week in New York.

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Mr.Orban's Fidesz party won two-thirds of the assembly's general elections.

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