CEVAP:

• The General Assembly has no coercive or binding authority. It is the most democratic UN body where all member states have equal voting rights, but its decisions are “recommendations” to member states rather than legally binding directives (Hurd, 2014: 108). As such, critics argue that the General Assembly is a powerless UN body despite the fact that its resolutions reflect the will of the majority of its members.
• Its agenda items and decisions lack focus. For instance, the Assembly passed 239 resolutions in 2017 on a wide range of issues (General Assembly of the United Nations D). Many of these resolutions are defined as “ritual resolutions” that include similar texts on repeated items, and their content is formulated in general terms without paying due consideration to their implementation (Karns, Mingst, and Stiles, 2015: 122).
• The end of the Cold War has led to changes in the influence of the principal UN organs. The UNSC and Secretariat have gained prominence within the UN system and become the center of most UN activities. However, the importance of the General Assembly has declined (Mingst and Karns, 2012:30). While the General Assembly was able to take initiatives when the UNSC was paralyzed during the Cold War, it has taken a back seat since the early 1990s.