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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Most resolutions are general, vague, and unrealistic.

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The United States of America and the Russian Federation intend to increase cooperation in addressing the world drug problem, so as to radically reduce production and consumption of illicit drugs, as affirmed by resolutions of the UN General Assembly and the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

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This resolution should explicitly supersede the three resolutions that until now have been cited as the legal norm for Middle East relations: Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 (regarding the return of territory) and General Assembly resolution 194 (regarding the return of Palestinian refugees to their former homes).

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The UK Government's most senior legal adviser, Attorney General Lord Goldsmith, says military action against Iraq is authorised under existing UN Security Council resolutions.

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