On 22 May 1990, the two states merged to form the Republic of Yemen, which continued as a single member under the name Yemen.[34]. United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and the only body in which every member of the organization is represented and allowed to vote. On 25 October 1971, the 21st time the United Nations General Assembly debated on the PRC's admission into the UN,[18] United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 was adopted, by which it recognized that "the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations and that the People's Republic of China is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council," and decided "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it. As both governments claimed to be the sole legitimate representative of China, proposals to effect a change in the representation of China in the UN were discussed but rejected for the next two decades, as the ROC was still recognized as the sole legitimate representative of China by a majority of UN members. Decisions usually are reached by a simple majority vote. It convenes at 12 o'clock noon on the first Tuesday of January each year and then meets regularly throughout the year. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. [5] A total of 51 original members (or founding members) joined that year; 50 of them signed the Charter at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco on 26 June 1945, while Poland, which was not represented at the conference, signed it on 15 October 1945. The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. 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