President of the United Nations General Assembly
| President of the United Nations General Assembly | |
|---|---|
| United Nations General Assembly | |
| Style | Her Excellency |
| Status | Presiding officer |
| Member of | General Assembly |
| Residence | United Nations Headquarters |
| Seat | New York City, New York, United States |
| Appointer | General Assembly |
| Term length | one year |
| Inaugural holder | |
| Formation | 1946 |
| Website | un.org/en/ga/ |
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.
María Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador has been elected as the UNGA President of its 73rd session beginning in September 2018.
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, Asia-Pacific, 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 no permanent member of the United Nations Security Council ever serves as UNGA president.
The only countries that had a national elected as President of UNGA twice are Argentina and Ecuador; 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 UNGA.
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-Pacific: Asian Group, since 2011 the Asia-Pacific Group[4]
- 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.
- ^ Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Un.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
- ^ United Nations document GA/11105
- ^ "Asian Group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific Group", Radio New Zealand International, 31 August 2011.
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