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The UN General Assembly and its Presidents
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Each year in June, Member States elect the President of the General Assembly to preside over the next session of the United Nations main deliberative body. The President guides the Assembly's work during the session, which starts in September, on such issues as poverty, education, disarmament,  human rights, the environment and strengthening of the Organization.        
                                                                                
Below are links to UN Chronicle interviews of General Assembly Presidents, going back to the fifty-second session, as well as links to other relevant UN resources.                                                               
                                                                                

PRESIDENT OF THE 60TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY                                       
                                                                                

Jan Eliasson of Sweden (Issue 3, 2005) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/issue3/0305p01.html  
                                                                                
Election of the President of the 60th Session of the General Assembly - UNiFEED  http://webcast.un.org/ramgen/unifeed/unifeed050613b.rm(See Archived Video)                                            
                                                                                

President of the 60th Session of the General Assembly - Official Website http://www.un.org/ga/president/60/office/president.html    
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 59TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Jean Ping of the Gabonese Republic (Issue 3, 2004) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/issue3/0304p0.asp                     
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 58TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Julian R. Hunte of Saint Lucia (Issue 3, 2003) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2003/issue3/082103_interview.asp            
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 57TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic (Issue 4, 2002) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p6.html                     
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 56TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Han Seung-soo of the Republic of Korea (Issue 2, 2001) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2001/issue2/0102p58.htm                      
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 55TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY - MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY Harri Holkeri of Finland (Issue 3, 2000)                             http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2000/issue3/0300p26.htm                     
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 54TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Theo-Ben Gurirab of the Republic of Namibia (Issue 3, 1999) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1999/issue3/0399p53.htm                     
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 53RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY Didier Opertti Badan of Uruguay (Issue 4, 1998) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/1998/issue4/498p7.htm                       
                                                                                
PRESIDENT OF THE 52ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine (Issue 3, 1997) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle-arch/1997/intervie.htm                      
                                                                                
LINKS TO RELATED RESOURCES AT THE UNITED NATIONS                            
                                                                                
60th Session of the General Assembly http://www.un.org/ga/60/                                               
                                                                                
Official Statements -  60th Session of the General Assembly (See Archived Video) http://www.un.org/webcast/ga/60/                                       
                                                                                
Presidents of the General Assembly (Biographies) http://www.un.org/ga/60/presskit/presidents.htm                        
                                                                                
PREVIOUS E=ALERTS: REVIEWS ON THE WORK AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE 2000                                                  
                                                                                
The General Debate http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2004/e_alert/122804_GeneralDebate.asp  
                                                                                
The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/022805_FirstCommittee.asp  
                                                                                
The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/052405_SecondCommittee.html       
                                                                                
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/060905_ThirdCommittee.html        
                                                                                
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/063005_FourthCommittee.html       
                                                                                
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/072505_FifthCommittee.html        
                                                                                
The Sixth Committee (Legal) http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2005/e_alert/081005_SixthCommittee.html        
                                                                                
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