Sunday 21 June 2020

Volkan Bozkır elected President of 75th Session of the UNGA

Volkan Bozkır elected President of 75th Session of the UNGA

Volkan Bozkir was elected President of the forthcoming session of the UN General Assembly in a vote held on June 17 that was emblematic of its time.

Bozkır is the first Turkish national who has become the President of the General Assembly.

Bozkır has been elected from the Western European and Others Group (WEOG), in strict compliance of the established principle of geographical rotation and General Assembly resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978.

Bozkır will take over the Presidency from the incumbent Tijjani Muhammad-Bande in September when the 75th Session will resume.

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