[Teralogos News] Record Attendance at UN General Assembly

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Record Attendance at UN General Assembly

GENEVA, Switzerland/Teralogos	Mar 5, 2101  
Attendance of member nations at the United Nations General Assembly in Geneva has reached 42% this week, as nations send delegates to attend the ongoing UN Conference on International Aid.  
The last time attendance in the General Assembly rose above 40% of member nations was in 2084, when members of the Transpacific Socialist Alliance called for an emergency session to discuss the Pacific War. Since the UN began publishing attendance statistics in 2063, the average proportion of member states attending General Assembly sessions has been about 32%.  
  
"I'm quite encouraged," said U.N. Secretary-General Rajiv Pandya in a public statement. "That so many member states have chosen to attend a non-emergency session demonstrates that the United Nations Organization is far from irrelevant in today's world. Humanity needs a place in which to discuss and resolve ongoing problems, and we provide the best forum available."  
  
Notable delegations attending this week's session include those of the United States (last attending in 2076) and the People's Republic of China (last attending in 2085).  
  
- filed by Jon F. Zeigler