President of the United Nations General Assembly
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| President of the United Nations General Assembly |
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 Emblem of the United Nations |
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| Appointer | United Nations General Assembly |
| Term length | 1 year |
| Inaugural holder | Paul-Henri Spaak |
| Formation | 1946 |
| Website | List of Presidents of the UN General Assembly |
The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly.
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Election [edit]
The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September - any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the president of UNGA.
The presidency rotates annually between the five geographic groups: African, Asian, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.[1]
Because of their powerful stature globally, some of the largest, most powerful countries have never held the presidency, such as the People's Republic of China, France, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In particular, it is customary that a national of a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council never serves as General Assembly president.
The only country that had a national elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly twice is Argentina; all the other member states had been represented only once by their nationals holding this office. This does not include special and emergency special sessions of the General Assembly.
Reform [edit]
Clear and appropriate criteria have been proposed prior to the consideration of candidacies and to establish of an "elections committee" or, alternatively, a search committee.[2] Criteria include:
- Availability to devote full-time attention for many months;
- Political independence;
- Multilateral leadership experience, including negotiation and consensus-building skills and the ability to deal with multiple powerful stakeholders; and
- A thorough understanding of the United Nations Charter.
Other propositions includes presidential voting by citizens of all over the world to elect the UNGA president.
List of presidents [edit]
Abbreviations:
Pre-1966
- COS - Commonwealth Seat
- EAS - Eastern European and Asian Seat
- LAS - Latin American Seat
- MES - Middle Eastern Seat
- WES - Western European Seat
Since 1966
- Africa - African Group
- Asia - Asian Group
- EEG - Eastern European Group
- GRULAC - Latin American and Caribbean Group
- WEOG - Western European and Others Group
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ "UN: About the General Assembly". Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ "Proposed elections committee". Retrieved 2009-09-16.
- ^ http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/index.shtml
- ^ United Nations document GA/11105
- ^ http://www.mni-alive.com/empowerment/180-blog/1702-antiguan-dr-john-ashe-appointed-president-of-68-un-general-assembly-session-v15-1702.html
External links [edit]
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- UN: List of UN General Assembly presidents
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