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The [[United Nations General Assembly]] has unanimously elected its new president to [[Mogens Lykketoft]] who is Denmark’s former parliament speaker for the 70th anniversary session. He took the office in September after replacing [[Sam Kutesa]] of [[Uganda]], the former president of UN general assembly. |
The [[United Nations General Assembly]] has unanimously elected its new president to [[Mogens Lykketoft]] who is Denmark’s former parliament speaker for the 70th anniversary session. He took the office in September after replacing [[Sam Kutesa]] of [[Uganda]], the former president of UN general assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Kutesa’s term at UN ends September {{!}} Eagle Online|url = http://www.eagle.co.ug/2015/06/16/kutesas-term-at-un-ends-september.html|website = www.eagle.co.ug|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref> |
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==Events and planning== |
==Events and planning== |
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The [[United Nations Academic Impact]] (UNAI) is given the planning of the celebration related events and special activities which are planned to be held for a period of 16 months. Some of them includes the celebrations of the International day of Peace on 21 September and others. |
The [[United Nations Academic Impact]] (UNAI) is given the planning of the celebration related events and special activities which are planned to be held for a period of 16 months. Some of them includes the celebrations of the International day of Peace on 21 September and others.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Upcoming Activities in Celebration of the UN’s 70th Anniversary {{!}} United Nations Seventieth Anniversary|url = http://www.un.org/un70/en/content/events/upcoming|website = www.un.org|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref> |
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==Adoption of draft on UN reforms== |
==Adoption of draft on UN reforms== |
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Revision as of 18:05, 28 September 2015
Background
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the beginning of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations when he was attending the African Union Summit in Malabo, Guinea to commemorate the past developments including the UN task force achievements and the work for humanity. He has marked it with a name "UN70". He also focused on the unification of the international community in order to make the UN more powerful to better handle the problems of the world. It was also observed that on 26 June 1945, the UN Charter was initialised for ratification in San Francisco.[1]
Mogens Lykketoft replaces Sam Kutesa
The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously elected its new president to Mogens Lykketoft who is Denmark’s former parliament speaker for the 70th anniversary session. He took the office in September after replacing Sam Kutesa of Uganda, the former president of UN general assembly.[2]
Events and planning
The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is given the planning of the celebration related events and special activities which are planned to be held for a period of 16 months. Some of them includes the celebrations of the International day of Peace on 21 September and others.[3]
Adoption of draft on UN reforms
The UN adopted a landmark text-based negotiations for the pending bill on reforms of the Security Council. The efforts behind are attributed to all the countries and especially to UN General Assembly former President Sam Kutesa who supported the action on the draft decision and took the process one step forward.[4]
- ^ "United Nations Seventieth Anniversary". www.un.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Kutesa's term at UN ends September | Eagle Online". www.eagle.co.ug. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Upcoming Activities in Celebration of the UN's 70th Anniversary | United Nations Seventieth Anniversary". www.un.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ Diplomat, Ankit Panda, The. "Modi, Abe, Merkel, Rousseff Together: G4 to Meet on UN Sidelines". Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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