UN General Assembly elects Slovakia's Lajcak as president
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday picked Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak to be its next president. Lajcak, who was a contender to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary General last year, will succeed Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson. "All we do is to serve the people...and therefore to focus on peace...must be the priority for all of us," Lajcak said.