General assembly

A general assembly is a meeting of all the members of an organisation or shareholders of a company.

Specific examples of general assembly include:

Churches

General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presbyterian polity
- General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, highest court of the Church of Scotland
- General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, highest court of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists of the Unitarian Universalist Association
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, umbrella organisation for Unitarian, Free Christian and other religious congregations in the United Kingdom
General Ordinary Assembly, advisory body for the Pope in the Catholic Church
World Evangelical Alliance#General Assemblies

FIA General Assembly, an international motor-racing organization
General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the main body of the OAS
United Nations General Assembly, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations

Confederate Ireland's parliament, during 1642-1649
Nova Scotia House of Assembly, provincial legislature of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
Landsgemeinde, institution of direct democracy in some Swiss cantons

General assembly (Occupy movement), the primary decision making bodies of the global Occupy Movement which arose in 2011
General Assembly of Trans Europe Halles
General Assembly, a private for-profit education company.

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