President of the United Nations General Assembly
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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==
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==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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