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. The current officeholder is Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark.
Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark was the only nominee put forward by the Western Europe And other States group to become President of the United Nations General Assembly of the seventieth session of the General Assembly beginning 15 September 2015. He was officially appointed in June 2015.[1][2]
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Election 1
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List of presidents 2
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See also 3
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References 4
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External links 5
Election
A map of the world showing the home countries of Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly up until the 69th session of the General Assembly in 2014-15, with historical member states in inset.
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.[3]
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 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.
List of presidents
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Pre-1966
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Since 1966
See also
References
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^ "Danish parliament speaker to head UN General Assembly". Global Post. November 29, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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^ "President Ashe meets with H.E. Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, Speaker of the Parliament of Denmark". Un.org. June 23, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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^ "UN: About the General Assembly". Retrieved 2009-09-16.
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^ Presidents of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Un.org. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
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^ United Nations document GA/11105
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^ "Asian group of nations at UN changes its name to Asia-Pacific group", Radio New Zealand International, 31 August 2011.
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UN: List of UN General Assembly presidents
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UN General Assembly President Election Reform.
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UNelections.org.
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More news on UN elections and appointments.
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