President of the United Nations General Assembly

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United Nations position political office presiding officer

The President of the United Nations General Assembly is the annually elected diplomat who leads and moderates the sessions and work of the UN’s main deliberative body.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly 1
President of the GA 1
President of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations position ⓘ
political office ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PGA ⓘ
President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
surface form: President of the GA
appointedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
associatedBody Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ
surface form: General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
country none (international office) ⓘ
createdBy Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
electedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
eligibility must be a representative of a United Nations Member State ⓘ
firstHolder Paul-Henri Spaak ⓘ
firstHolderCountry Belgium ⓘ
followedBy President of the next session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
follows President of the previous session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
inception 1946 ⓘ
jurisdiction United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Manhattan ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
meetsAt General Assembly Hall ⓘ
meetsFrequency annual session ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
partOf United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
precedence ranks among the highest officials of the United Nations ⓘ
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
role announces decisions of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
calls upon speakers in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
coordinates the work of the General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
directs discussions in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
ensures observance of the rules of procedure of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
facilitates negotiations among Member States in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
opens and closes plenary meetings of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
oversees the work programme of the session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
presides over plenary meetings of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
puts questions to the vote in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
represents the General Assembly at official functions ⓘ
seat United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
selectionMethod election by majority of members present and voting ⓘ
termLength 1 year ⓘ
termLimits no formal term limits but traditionally one term ⓘ
website https://www.un.org/en/ga/president ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the United Nations General Assembly → alsoKnownAs → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the GA
emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly → convenedBy → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
General Committee → hasMember → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
GA → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly
Frank Aiken → heldUNRole → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee
Ban Ki-moon → positionHeld → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
this entity surface form: President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
United Nations General Assembly → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ