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Timeline of Events

1946

1.10.1946

The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.

10.23.1946

The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.

12.14.1946

The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.

1947

11.29.1947

The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine (The Partition Plan).

1956

11.7.1956

Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

1960

9.29.1960

Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts.

1962

11.6.1962

Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

1964

12.11.1964

Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fires a mortar shell at the building during the speech.

1974

11.22.1974

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

1976

12.5.1976

The United Nations General Assembly adopts Pakistan's resolution on security of non-Nuclear States.

1981

12.10.1981

The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.

1983

11.29.1983

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.

1991

12.16.1991

United Nations General Assembly: UN General Assembly Resolution 4686 revokes UN General Assembly Resolution 3379 after Israel makes revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991.

2006

6.28.2006

The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly.

2007

9.13.2007

The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.