President of the United Nations General Assembly 780080 218159339 2008-06-09T12:29:03Z JDspeeder1 407620 /* Reform */ The '''President of the United Nations General Assembly''' is a position voted for by representatives in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] on a yearly basis. == Election == The session of the assembly is scheduled every year starting in September - any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the president of the General Assembly. The presidency rotates annually between five geographic groups: African, Asian, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.<ref>[http://www.un.org/ga/55/bgrdga.htm UN:About the General Assembly]</ref> In part because of their powerful statue globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, such as the [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], [[Russia]], [[Japan]] and [[China]]. === 63rd Session === On June 4, 2008, former [[Nicaragua]]n [[foreign minister]] [[Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann]] was elected to the presidency of the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which will begin in [[September 2008]].<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2008/ga10714.doc.htm "General Assembly Elects, by Acclamation, President for Sixty-Third Session"], United Nations General Assembly official website</ref> D’Escoto Brockmann was the official nominee of the [[Group of Latin American and Caribbean States]] (GRULAC).<ref>[http://www.un.org/ga/news/news.asp?NewsID=26916&Cr=general&Cr1=assembly "Nicaraguan elected to head next session of General Assembly"], United Nations General Assembly official website</ref> == Reform == Have been proposed clear and appropriate criteria prior to the consideration of candidacies and to establish of an “elections committee,” or, alternatively, a search committee.<ref>http://www.unelections.org/files/IGP_PGASelectionLetter_18Jan07.pdf</ref> Criteria include: Availability to devote full-time attention for many months; * [[Political independence]]; * [[Multilateral leadership]] experience, including [[negotiation and consensus-building skill]]s and the ability to deal with multiple powerful [[stakeholder]]s; and * A thorough understanding of the [[UN Charter]]. Other propositions includes [[presidentialism|presidential voting]] by citizens of all over the world to elect the President. == Elected Presidents == {| style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" !Session Number !Year !Name of President !Nation of Origin of President |- |[[First session of the United Nations General Assembly|First]] |[[1946]] |[[Paul-Henri Spaak]] |[[Belgium]] |-bgcolor=#abcdef |[[First special session of the United Nations General Assembly|First special]] |[[1947]] |[[Oswaldo Aranha]] |[[Brazil]] |- |[[Second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Second]] |[[1947]] |[[Oswaldo Aranha]] |[[Brazil]] |-bgcolor=#abcdef |[[Second special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Second special]] |[[1948]] |[[José Arce]] |[[Argentina]] |- |[[Third session of the United Nations General Assembly|Third]] |[[1948]] |[[H. V. Evatt|Herbert Vere Evatt]] |[[Australia]] |- |[[Fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fourth]] |[[1949]] |[[Carlos P. Romulo]] |[[Philippines]] |- |[[Fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifth]] |[[1950]] |[[Nasrollah Entezam]] |[[Iran]] |- |[[Sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixth]] |[[1951]] |[[Luis Padilla Nervo]] |[[Mexico]] |- |[[Seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventh]] |[[1952]] |[[Lester B. Pearson]] |[[Canada]] |- |[[Eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eighth]] |[[1953]] |[[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]] |[[India]] |- |[[Ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Ninth]] |[[1954]] |[[Eelco N. van Kleffens]] |[[Netherlands]] |- |[[Tenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth]] |[[1955]] |[[José Maza]] |[[Chile]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[First emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|First emergency special]] |[[1956]] |[[Rudecindo Ortega]] |[[Chile]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Second emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Second emergency special]] |[[1956]] |[[Rudecindo Ortega]] |[[Chile]] |- |[[Eleventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eleventh]] |[[1956]] |[[Wan Waithayakon]] |[[Thailand]] |- |[[Twelfth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twelfth]] |[[1957]] |[[Leslie Munro]] |[[New Zealand]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Third emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Third emergency special]] |[[1958]] |[[Leslie Munro]] |[[New Zealand]] |- |[[Thirteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirteenth]] |[[1958]] |[[Charles Habib Malik]] |[[Lebanon]] |- |[[Fourteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fourteenth]] |[[1959]] |[[Víctor Andrés Belaúnde]] |[[Peru]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Fourth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fourth emergency special]] |[[1960]] |[[Víctor Andrés Belaúnde]] |[[Peru]] |- |[[Fifteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifteenth]] |[[1960]] |[[Frederick Henry Boland]] |[[Ireland]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Third special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Third special]] |[[1961]] |[[Frederick Henry Boland]] |[[Ireland]] |- |[[Sixteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixteenth]] |[[1961]] |[[Mongi Slim]] |[[Tunisia]] |- |[[Seventeenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventeenth]] |[[1962]] |[[Muhammad Zafrulla Khan]] |[[Pakistan]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Fourth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fourth special]] |[[1963]] |[[Muhammad Zafrulla Khan]] |[[Pakistan]] |- |[[Eighteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eighteenth]] |[[1963]] |[[Carlos Sosa Rodriguez]] |[[Venezuela]] |- |[[Nineteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Nineteenth]] |[[1964]] |[[Alex Quaison-Sackey]] |[[Ghana]] |- |[[Twentieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twentieth]] |[[1965]] |[[Amintore Fanfani]] |[[Italy]] |- |[[Twenty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-first]] |[[1966]] |[[Abdul Rahman Pazhwak]] |[[Afghanistan]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Fifth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifth special]] |[[1967]] |[[Abdul Rahman Pazhwak]] |[[Afghanistan]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Fifth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifth emergency special]] |[[1967]] |[[Abdul Rahman Pazhwak]] |[[Afghanistan]] |- |[[Twenty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-second]] |[[1967]] |[[Corneliu Mănescu]] |[[Romania]] |- |[[Twenty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-third]] |[[1968]] |[[Emilio Arenales Catalan]] |[[Guatemala]] |- |[[Twenty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-fourth]] |[[1969]] |[[Angie Elisabeth Brooks]] |[[Liberia]] |- |[[Twenty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-fifth]] |[[1970]] |[[Edvard Hambro]] |[[Norway]] |- |[[Twenty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-sixth]] |[[1971]] |[[Adam Malik]] |[[Indonesia]] |- |[[Twenty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-seventh]] |[[1972]] |[[Stanisław Trepczyński]] |[[Poland]] |- |[[Twenty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-eighth]] |[[1973]] |[[Leopoldo Benites]] |[[Ecuador]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Sixth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixth special]] |[[1974]] |[[Leopoldo Benites]] |[[Ecuador]] |- |[[Twenty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-ninth]] |[[1974]] |[[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] |[[Algeria]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Seventh special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventh special]] |[[1975]] |[[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] |[[Algeria]] |- |[[Thirtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirtieth]] |[[1975]] |[[Gaston Thorn]] |[[Luxembourg]] |- |[[Thirty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-first]] |[[1976]] |[[Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe]] |[[Sri Lanka]] |- |[[Thirty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-second]] |[[1977]] |[[Lazar Mojsov]] |[[Yugoslavia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Eighth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eighth special]] |[[1978]] |[[Lazar Mojsov]] |[[Yugoslavia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Ninth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Ninth special]] |[[1978]] |[[Lazar Mojsov]] |[[Yugoslavia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Tenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth special]] |[[1978]] |[[Lazar Mojsov]] |[[Yugoslavia]] |- |[[Thirty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-third]] |[[1978]] |[[Indalecio Liévano]] |[[Colombia]] |- |[[Thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-fourth]] |[[1979]] |[[Salim A. Salim]] |[[Tanzania]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Sixth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixth emergency special]] |[[1980]] ||[[Salim A. Salim]] |[[Tanzania]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Seventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventh emergency special]] |[[1980]] ||[[Salim A. Salim]] |[[Tanzania]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Eleventh special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eleventh special]] |[[1980]] ||[[Salim A. Salim]] |[[Tanzania]] |- |[[Thirty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-fifth]] |[[1980]] |[[Rüdiger von Wechmar]] |[[Federal Republic of Germany]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Eighth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eighth emergency special]] |[[1981]] |[[Rüdiger von Wechmar]] |[[Federal Republic of Germany]] |- |[[Thirty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-sixth]] |[[1981]] |[[Ismat T. Kittani]] |[[Iraq]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Seventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventh emergency special]] - ''Continuation'' |[[1982]] |[[Ismat T. Kittani]] |[[Iraq]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Ninth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Ninth emergency special]] |[[1982]] |[[Ismat T. Kittani]] |[[Iraq]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twelfth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twelfth special]] |[[1982]] |[[Ismat T. Kittani]] |[[Iraq]] |- |[[Thirty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-seventh]] |[[1982]] |[[Imre Hollai]] |[[Hungary]] |- |[[Thirty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-eighth]] |[[1983]] |[[Jorge E. Illueca]] |[[Panama]] |- |[[Thirty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirty-ninth]] |[[1984]] |[[Paul J. F. Lusaka]] |[[Zambia]] |- |[[Fortieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fortieth]] |[[1985]] |[[Jaime de Piniés]] |[[Spain]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Thirteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Thirteenth special]] |[[1986]] |[[Jaime de Piniés]] |[[Spain]] |- |[[Forty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-first]] |[[1986]] |[[Humayun Rashid Choudhury]] |[[Bangladesh]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Fourteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fourteenth special]] |[[1986]] |[[Humayun Rashid Choudhury]] |[[Bangladesh]] |- |[[Forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-second]] |[[1987]] |[[Peter Florin]] |[[German Democratic Republic]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Fifteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifteenth special]] |[[1988]] |[[Peter Florin]] |[[German Democratic Republic]] |- |[[Forty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-third]] |[[1988]] |[[Dante Maria Caputo]] |[[Argentina]] |- |[[Forty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-fourth]] |[[1989]] |[[Joseph Nanven Garba]] |[[Nigeria]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Sixteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixteenth special]] |[[1989]] |[[Joseph Nanven Garba]] |[[Nigeria]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Seventeenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Seventeenth special]] |[[1990]] |[[Joseph Nanven Garba]] |[[Nigeria]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Eighteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Eighteenth special]] |[[1990]] |[[Joseph Nanven Garba]] |[[Nigeria]] |- |[[Forty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-fifth]] |[[1990]] |[[Guido de Marco]] |[[Malta]] |- |[[Forty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-sixth]] |[[1991]] |[[Samir S. Shihabi]] |[[Saudi Arabia]] |- |[[Forty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-seventh]] |[[1992]] |[[Stoyan Ganev]] |[[Bulgaria]] |- |[[Forty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-eighth]] |[[1993]] |[[Samuel Insanally]] |[[Guyana]] |- |[[Forty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Forty-ninth]] |[[1994]] |[[Amara Essy]] |[[Côte d'Ivoire]] |- |[[Fiftieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fiftieth]] |[[1995]] |[[Diogo Freitas do Amaral]] |[[Portugal]] |- |[[Fifty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-first]] |[[1996]] |[[Razali Ismail]] |[[Malaysia]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth emergency special]] |[[1997]] |[[Razali Ismail]] |[[Malaysia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Nineteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Nineteenth special]] |[[1997]] |[[Razali Ismail]] |[[Malaysia]] |- |[[Fifty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-second]] |[[1997]] |[[Hennadiy Udovenko]] |[[Ukraine]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth emergency special]] - ''Continuation'' |[[1998]] |[[Hennadiy Udovenko]] |[[Ukraine]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twentieth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twentieth special]] |[[1998]] |[[Hennadiy Udovenko]] |[[Ukraine]] |- |[[Fifty-third session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-third]] |[[1998]] |[[Didier Opertti Badan]] |[[Uruguay]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth emergency special]] - ''Continuation'' |[[1999]] |[[Didier Opertti Badan]] |[[Uruguay]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-first special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-first special]] |[[1999]] |[[Didier Opertti Badan]] |[[Uruguay]] |- |[[Fifty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-fourth]] |[[1999]] |[[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] |[[Namibia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-second special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-second special]] |[[1999]] |[[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] |[[Namibia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-third special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-third special]] |[[2000]] |[[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] |[[Namibia]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-fourth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-fourth special]] |[[2000]] |[[Theo-Ben Gurirab]] |[[Namibia]] |- |[[Fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-fifth]] |[[2000]] |[[Harri Holkeri]] |[[Finland]] |-bgcolor=cccccc |[[Tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Tenth emergency special]] - ''Continuation'' |[[2000]] |[[Harri Holkeri]] |[[Finland]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-fifth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-fifth special]] |[[2001]] |[[Harri Holkeri]] |[[Finland]] |-bgcolor=abcdef |[[Twenty-sixth special session of the United Nations General Assembly|Twenty-sixth special]] |[[2001]] |[[Harri Holkeri]] |[[Finland]] |- |[[Fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-sixth]] |[[2001]] |[[Han Seung-soo]] |[[Republic of Korea]] |- |[[Fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-seventh]] |[[2002]] |[[Jan Kavan]] |[[Czech Republic]] |- |[[Fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-eighth]] |[[2003]] |[[Julian Hunte]] |[[Saint Lucia]] |- |[[Fifty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Fifty-ninth]] |[[2004]] |[[Jean Ping]] |[[Gabon]] |- |[[Sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixtieth]] |[[2005]] |[[Jan Eliasson]] |[[Sweden]] |- |[[Sixty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixty-first]] |[[2006]] |[[Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa]] |[[Bahrain]] |- |[[Sixty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly|Sixty-second]] |[[2007]] |[[Srgjan Kerim]] |[[Republic of Macedonia|The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]] |} ==References== <references/> ==External links== {{Wikinewscat|United Nations}} * [http://www.un.org/ga/60/presskit/presidents.htm UN: List of UN General Assembly presidents] * [http://www.unelections.org/?q=node/94 UN General Assembly President Election Reform]. * [http://unelections.org/ UNelections.org]. * [http://www2.nysun.com/foreign/ban-names-former-boss-to-environment-post/ More news on UN elections and appointments]. 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