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The United States and the United Nations
Background. The UN membership meets annually in the General Assembly (UNGA) from mid-September through mid-December. The 45th regular session of the UNGA will begin on September 18. The UNGA has seven committees, each of which handless agenda items related to specific areas: disarmament, special political issues, economics, social and humanitarian issues, trusteeships and decolonization, budget, and legal issues. The agenda for the 45th session includes some 150 items that will be assigned to its committees.
The General Assembly. All 160 UN members belong to the UNGA, but it has not accepted the credentials of delegations from South Africa since 1970. Thus, South Africa is a UN member state but is not allowed to attend the UNGA. President Bush follows the tradition set by many US presidents by addressing the 1990 UNGA (on October 1). Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, like his predecessors, will accompany the President to …