List of meetings of the UN General Assembly
The session of the General Assembly of the United Nations usually begins in September of each year.
The President also presides over special or emergency meetings of the body. The presidency is an office which is awarded annually by the general assembly.
On June 5, 2018, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés ( Ecuador ) was elected Chairwoman - the fourth woman in the history of the United Nations and the first woman since 2006. She took up office in September 2018 and will serve for one year.
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In 1946 the session took place in Westminster Central Hall .
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Since then they have taken place in the United Nations General Assembly Building in New York City .
Individual evidence
- ↑ un.org: María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés - Biography - United Nations General Assembly, President of the 73rd session , accessed September 27, 2018