Abdulla Shahid elected president of 76th session of UN General Assembly

The Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid elected as the new President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021

The election to the UNGA presidential post is held on an annual basis, rotated amongst various regional groupings. The 76th UNGA session (2021-22) was the turn of the Asia-Pacific group.

The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN.

All 193 Member States of the UN are represented in the General Assembly, making it the only UN body with universal representation.

Each year, in September, the full UN membership meets in the General Assembly Hall in New York for the annual General Assembly session.

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