Question

Which of the following is the legislative organ of the UN?
A- General Assembly
B- Security Council
C- Economic and Social Council
D- Trusteeship Council

Answer 1

Hint
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization committed to the preservation of international peace and security, the establishment of friendly ties between nations, international cooperation and the harmonization of nations' actions. Each year in September, the entire membership of the United Nations meets for the annual session of this assembly in New York.

Complete answer:
The principal deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the UN is the General Assembly. In the General Assembly, all 193 UN Member States are represented, making it the only UN body with universal representation. Each year in September, the full membership of the United Nations meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual session of the General Assembly and for a general debate attended and addressed by several heads of state.

Decisions on important topics, such as those relating to peace and stability, the inclusion of new members and budgetary matters, enable the General Assembly to have a two-thirds majority. Decisions are made by a simple majority on other topics.
Each year the General Assembly elects a GA President to serve a term of office of one year.

Therefore the correct answer is A

Note
Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council has primary responsibility for the preservation of international peace and security. It has fifteen members (5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members). There is one vote for each member. Both Member States are required under the Charter to comply with the decisions of the Council.

The Key Body for Cooperation, Policy Analysis, Policy Consultation and Recommendation on Fiscal, Social and Environmental Issues and the Implementation of Globally Negotiated Development Goals is the Economic and Social Council.

The Trusteeship Council was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations, in accordance with Chapter XIII, to ensure international oversight of the 11 Trust Territories under the administration of seven Member States, and to ensure that sufficient measures have been taken to prepare the Territories for self-government and independence. By 1994, self-government or independence had been achieved by all Trust Territories. On 1 November 1994, the Trusteeship Council suspended the process. By a resolution adopted on 25 May 1994, the Council revised its rules of procedure with a view to relinquishing the duty to meet on an annual basis and decided to meet as necessary, either by its decision or by the decision of its President, or at the invitation of a majority of its members, or by the General Assembly or the Security Council.