The balloting came as a report by the London Assembly group called for binding arbitration to curb strikes on the network.

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Resolutions from the World Health Assembly are not legally binding, so the US and Russia cannot be forced to destroy stocks even if the majority of nations wanted it to happen.

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General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding - unlike Security Council resolutions.

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General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding, unlike Security Council resolutions.

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In December, the UN General Assembly unanimously approved a non-binding resolution calling for all member states to ban the practice.

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First, like everything the General Assembly of the United Nations does, the UDHR is non-binding.

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