who has been elected next president of the united nations in first week of june 2018
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nationals holding this office. This does not include special and emergency special sessions of UNGA. Abbreviations: President of the United Nations General Assembly The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly. María Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador has been elected as the UNGA President of its 73rd session beginning in September 2018. The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next
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President of the United Nations General Assembly The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly. María Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador has been elected as the UNGA President of its 73rd session beginning in September 2018. The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the President of UNGA. The presidency rotates annually between the five
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nationals holding this office. This does not include special and emergency special sessions of UNGA. Abbreviations: President of the United Nations General Assembly The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly. María Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador has been elected as the UNGA President of its 73rd session beginning in September 2018. The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next
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Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly The Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on 18 September 2018. The President of the United Nations General Assembly is from the GRULAC group. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés was elected as President of the General Assembly on 5 June 2018. There will be twenty-one Vice-Presidents for the 73rd Session. They will be: The five permanent members of the Security Council: As well as the following nations: The following were elected as Chairs and officers of the General Assembly committees for the 73rd Session: First Committee
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attitude of Qatar." 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa ended the General Debate, by speaking from her seat, in summation of the collective points brought up by the representatives who spoke. [[Category:2018 in international relations]] [[Category:2018 in New York City]] [[Category:General debates of United Nations General Assembly]] [[Category:September 2018 events in the United States]] General Debate of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly The General Debate of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was opened on 25 September and runs until 1 October 2018. Leaders from a
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achieving a world free of terrorism by 2045. The following are resolutions the General Assembly has passed in its 73rd session, . More resolutions will come during the course of the session. The election of non-permanent members to the Security Council for 2018–2019 was held on 8 June 2018, in which South Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Germany and Belgium were elected. Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly The Seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly was opened on 18 September 2018. The President of the United Nations General Assembly is from the GRULAC group. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister,
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United States Soccer Federation presidential election, 2018 The 2018 United States Soccer Federation presidential election will be held in February 2018 to determine the next President of the United States Soccer Federation. Having served as President since 2006, incumbent Sunil Gulati has elected not to run for re-election, after the United States men's national soccer team failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1986. Sunil Gulati, the incumbent president of U.S. Soccer, has held the position since he was first elected in 2006. Gulati ran unopposed for election in 2006, and for re-election in
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2007–08, when Indonesia was elected with 158 votes out of the then 192 member states who have the right to vote in the UN General Assembly. In June 2018, Indonesia was elected with 144 votes out of 192 member states during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Indonesia served as a member of ECOSOC for the periods of 1956–58, 1969–71, 1974–75, 1979–81, 1984–86, 1989–91, 1994–96, 1999–2001, 2004–06, 2007–09 and 2012–14. Indonesia elected twice and held the position as President of ECOSOC in 1970 and 2000, and was elected to the Vice-Presidency of ECOSOC in 1969, 1999 and
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relations and have signed a number of agreements and treaties. In 2007, Albania welcomed George W. Bush who became the first President of the United States ever to visit the country. Albania has been an active member of the United Nations since 1955. They country took on membership for the United Nations Economic and Social Council from 2005 to 2007 as well as in 2012. It served as vice president of the ECOSOC in 2006 and 2013. In 2014, it also joined the United Nations Human Rights Council from 2015 to 2017 and was elected vice president in 2015. Albania
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colonel Samsudeen Sarr as chargé d'affaires. Tangara was reappointed to the role on 3 May 2017 by Adama Barrow. In a cabinet reshuffle, effective 29 June 2018, Barrow appointed Tangara as Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Ousainou Darboe who had been made Vice-President. Mamadou Tangara Mamadou Tangara (born 4 June 1965) is a Gambian diplomat and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2018, having previously served in 2012 and from 2010–2012. Tangara also served as Gambian Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2017–2018 and from 2013–2016. Tangara was born in Banjul in 1965. He completed
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Aldridge LLP, and from 2009 to 2014 as a partner at Jones Day. On June 20, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Brewer to become the next United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. On June 25, 2018, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Robert S. Brewer Jr. Robert S. Brewer Jr. is an American attorney who is currently of counsel at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek. He has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the United States Attorney
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April with finance ministers heading key committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues and formulating policy recommendations addressed to member states and the United Nations system. A number of non-governmental organisations have been granted consultative status to the Council to participate in the work of the United Nations. The president is elected for a one-year term and chosen from the small or mid-sized powers represented on the ECOSOC. Inga Rhonda King was elected seventy-fourth President of ECOSOC on 26 July 2018. Ambassador King
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Elizabeth Cabezas Elizabeth Cabezas Guerrero (b. 14 June 1963, Riobamba) is an Ecuadorian economist and politician. She has been the President of the National Assembly since 14 March 2018. Cabezas was elected to the Municipal councilor for the city of Quito in August 2009. She was next elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 Ecuadorian legislative elections to represent Pichincha Province and the PAIS Alliance. Her election was criticized by the Popularity Unity party, who alleged electoral fraud. This accusation has been rejected by the National Election Council. Following the dismissal of José Serrano and the shakeup in the
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PAIS Alliance headed by Lenín Moreno, Cabezas was elected the new President of the National Assembly on 14 March 2018. The portion of the PAIS Alliance still loyal to Rafael Correa denounced her election as unconstitutional. Elizabeth Cabezas Elizabeth Cabezas Guerrero (b. 14 June 1963, Riobamba) is an Ecuadorian economist and politician. She has been the President of the National Assembly since 14 March 2018. Cabezas was elected to the Municipal councilor for the city of Quito in August 2009. She was next elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 Ecuadorian legislative elections to represent Pichincha Province and the
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Peter Thomson (diplomat) Peter Thomson, OF (born 1948 in Suva), is a Fijian diplomat who served as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations from September 2016 until September 2017. He has been Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations since February 2010. For the year 2014, he was elected President of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS). He presided over Fiji's election to the 2013 Chair of the Group of 77 and China – the UN's largest negotiating
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Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly The Sixty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 13 September 2011 at 15:00 and was presided over by former Qatari permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. The session ended on 18 September as al-Nasser symbolically passed the gavel to the president of the next session, Vuk Jeremic. On 23 June 2011, Qatar's Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser was elected president of the General Assembly after beating Nepal's Kul Chandra Gautam in an election. He said that his focus would on "Bridging Differences, Building Consensus". He also added that world
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Kairat Umarov is a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations. Kazakhstan has identified the following priorities for its membership in the UN Security Council. Kazakhstan's membership in the United Nations Security Council On June 28, 2016, at a vote at UN headquarters in New York, Kazakhstan, having won 138 votes out of 193 UN member states, for the first time was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017–2018. Kazakhstan's work in the UN Security Council began on January 1, 2017. Kazakhstan is the first state of Central Asia region that
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7 with 29 abstentions. Under the Second Barroso Commission, from February 2010, she was given the portfolio of Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. Since 2002 she has been chairperson of the board of trustees of the Cyprus Oncology Centre and she has also been President of the Cyprus Federation of Business and Professional Women since 1996. She was involved in the United Nations Association of Cyprus, being elected as President of it for four consecutive terms, participated in numerous human rights conferences. In 1991 she was elected President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations and re-elected for two
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the highest standards in the promotion and protection of human rights". United Nations Human Rights Council The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The UNHRC has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. The 38th session of the UNHRC began June 18, 2018. It ended on July 7, 2018. The headquarters of UNHRC is in Geneva, Switzerland. The UNHRC investigates allegations of breaches of human rights in UN member states, and addresses important thematic human rights issues such
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United Nations Human Rights Council The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The UNHRC has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. The 38th session of the UNHRC began June 18, 2018. It ended on July 7, 2018. The headquarters of UNHRC is in Geneva, Switzerland. The UNHRC investigates allegations of breaches of human rights in UN member states, and addresses important thematic human rights issues such as freedom of association and assembly, freedom of expression, freedom of
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opposed Sunil Gulati. Of the nine declared candidates, only Paul Lapointe failed to qualify for the ballot, since he supported Sunil Gulati. "Paul Caligiuri withdrew "Michael Winograd and Steve Gans withdrew "Carlos Cordeiro was elected United States Soccer Federation presidential election, 2018 The 2018 United States Soccer Federation presidential election will be held in February 2018 to determine the next President of the United States Soccer Federation. Having served as President since 2006, incumbent Sunil Gulati has elected not to run for re-election, after the United States men's national soccer team failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup for
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representative from Luxembourg. In September 2008 she was elected vice-president of ECOSOC to fill the unexpired term of ambassador Jean-Marc Hoscheit who had left the UN. On 15 January 2009 she was elected to a one-year term as president of ECOSOC. Sylvie Lucas Sylvie Lucas (born 30 June 1965) is Luxembourg's ambassador to the United States of America, having previously served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2008 to August 2016 and president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) (2009–2010) and the Security Council (2014). In 1988 Sylvie Lucas received a Master's degree in
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2013, Lithuania was elected to the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term, becoming the first Baltic country elected to this post. During its membership, Lithuania actively supported Ukraine and often condemned Russia for the military intervention in Ukraine, immediately earning vast Ukrainians esteem. As the War in Donbass progressed, President Dalia Grybauskaitė has compared the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Josef Stalin and to Adolf Hitler, she has also called Russia a "terrorist state". In 2018 Lithuania, along with Latvia and Estonia were awarded the – for their exceptional model of democratic development and contribution to peace in
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Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow". The track remained at number one for another four weeks, registering as the charts greatest airplay gainer in its third. Throughout Europe, "Thank U, Next" achieved commercial success, debuting in the top ten of many of the nations it charted within. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 9, 2018 for the week ending date November 15, 2018, with first-week sales of 73,000 units (including 6.7 million streams) according to the Official Charts Company, becoming Grande's third chart-topper there and first since "Bang Bang" in
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Sahle-Work Zewde Sahle-Work Zewde (; born 21 February 1950) is the current President of Ethiopia, the first woman to hold the office. A diplomat, she was elected president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018. Sahle-Work was previously a career diplomat, serving as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union at the level of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Born in Addis Ababa, Sahle-Work attended elementary and secondary school at Lycée Guebre-Mariam in Addis Ababa, after which she studied
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President of the United Nations Security Council, once in July 2011 and again in September 2012. Between 2011 and 2012, he headed the Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. Since joining the German foreign service in 1982, Wittig has served as German Ambassador to Lebanon and to Cyprus. Peter Wittig Peter Wittig (born 11 August 1954) is a German diplomat and has been Germany's Ambassador to the Court of St. James in the United Kingdom since July 2, 2018, after having served as Ambassador to the United States from April 30, 2014 to June 20, 2018. Wittig studied at the University of Bonn,
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members will serve on the Security Council for the 2019–20 period. In order of votes received, Germany and Belgium were elected in the Western European and Others Group, the Dominican Republic in the Latin American and Caribbean Group, and South Africa and Indonesia in the African and Asia-Pacific Groups. The only contested seat was the Asia-Pacific one, between Indonesia and Maldives. 2018 United Nations Security Council election The 2018 United Nations Security Council election was held on 8 June during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. The elections
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status to the United Nations, which made it a privileged representative on the international scene. On 23 June 2007, Habchi was elected president of the movement by the National Council of Ni Putes Ni Soumises. She replaced Fadela Amara, who was nominated to the Secretary of State under the Minister Fillon II administration. Sihem Habchi left soon after for Pakistan to support the ex-minister Nilofar Bakhtiar, who had been threatened with a fatwa. Since 2007, Sihem Habchi has not ceased to defend women victims of obscurantism throughout the world: she has met with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Naeema Moghul, Nawal Saadawi,
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Jonathan Cohen (diplomat) Jonathan R. Cohen is an American diplomat currently serving as United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations. He previously served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, from August 2016 to June 2018. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in early 2018 to become United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2018. Cohen has served in various diplomatic positions representing the United States, beginning in 1986 when he entered the Foreign Service Institute. He served as Deputy Chief of
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Jeremić traveled to China and met Vice-President Xi Jinping. In his acceptance speech, Jeremic said: 2012 United Nations General Assembly presidential election An indirect presidential election was held to choose the President of the United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2012 to replace Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser and preside over the Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was the rotational turn of the Eastern European Group to preside over the session. Vuk Jeremić is elected with 99 votes for and 85 votes against. This was the first time since 1991 that there was no consensus candidate from
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Sahle-Work, the Nairobi office became a more important UN center for East and Central Africa, per the 2012 "Africa Yearbook". In June 2018, Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Sahle-Work as his Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) at the level of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was the first woman to hold the post. Sahle-Work was appointed as President of Ethiopia on 25 October 2018, the first woman to serve in the role and the fourth president since the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition came
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starting the first 3 games of the 2018 season, Franch missed the next 9 games after undergoing surgery to repair a slight meniscus tear in her knee. She returned to the field on June 22 against the Houston Dash. Franch was named Player of the Week, for week 14 after recording 11 saves during the Thorns two games that week. Franch was named to the 2018 NWSL Best XI and was awarded NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight year, becoming the first player to win the award twice. Franch has played for the United States U-20, U-23,
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1976, both nations opened resident embassies in each others' capitals, respectively. In June 1978, Mexican President José López Portillo paid an official visit to Bulgaria. In 1979, Bulgarian President Todor Zhivkov reciprocated the visit to Mexico. In 1989 Mexico closed its embassy in Sofia due to financial restraints. Since then, relations between both nations have been conducted mainly at United Nations summits. In November 2008, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov paid an official visit to Mexico and met with Mexican President Felipe Calderón. In 2018, both nations celebrated 80 years since establishing diplomatic relations. Presidential visits from Bulgaria to Mexico Presidential
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nations and their governments, damages may be paid to the victims of nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism, like North Korea, from a special fund established by the United States Congress. In June 2018, Otto's parents praised President Trump for his comments about the family and stated that they hoped something positive would come from the 2018 North Korea–United States summit. Otto Warmbier Otto Frederick Warmbier (December 12, 1994 – June 19, 2017) was an American college student who was arrested in North Korea in January 2016 for attempted theft, for which he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment.
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that President Trump had picked Nauert to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Trump told reporters recently that Nauert was "excellent," adding, "She’s been a supporter for a long time." On December 7, 2018, President Trump announced that he will nominate her to succeed Nikki Haley as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Nauert is married to Scott Norby, executive director of private credit and equity for Morgan Stanley, who previously held positions at National Veterinary Associates, UBS, Goldman Sachs, and Cargill. The couple has two sons. Heather Nauert Heather Ann Nauert (born January 27, 1970)
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woman judge in Jordan. Between 2002 and 2003 she was a judge on the Higher Criminal Court. In June 2003 Hikmat was one of 18 judges elected by the United Nations General Assembly to serve "ad litem" at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In September the next year Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed her as a temporary judge on the tribunal. Hikmat was a judge at the ICTR until 2011, and was a presiding judge from 2009 to 2010. Hikmat has been a member of the Senate of Jordan in the 26th session. Hikmat
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December 1999 – he was the First Deputy Permanent Representative. from November 2000 – he served as acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations In September 2001 – May 2006 – Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, he has also served as Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council from 2003 to 2004. Was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) for the General Assembly's fifty-ninth session on 10 June 2004. In 2002–2003 – he has also served as Ukraine's Ambassador to Jamaica and to Trinidad and Tobago. Adjunct Professor of International Relations Columbia University
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Chamisa President Mnangagwa has announced that Zimbabwe will seek a return to its membership of the Commonwealth as a Commonwealth republic, which was the case from April 1980 to December 2003. 2018 in Zimbabwe The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe. 18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections. Sibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community -
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December 2018, he was elected as the chairperson of the Human Rights and Foreign Relations Committee. Jurmi Wangchuk Jurmi Wangchuk is a Bhutanese politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Bhutan, since October 2018. He holds a Master's degree in International relations (specialization in Human rights) from Goddard College, USA. He worked in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva and Department of Peacekeeping Operations, New York. Wangchuk was elected to the National Assembly of Bhutan as a candidate of DNT from Drukjeygang Tseza constituency in 2018 Bhutanese National Assembly election.
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million, peacekeeping costs of approximately US$60 million, and over US$4 million contribution to International Tribunals. Australia has been an elected member of the United Nations Security Council on five occasions in the past. H. V. Evatt, a former Opposition Leader of Australia and prominent figure in the Australian Labor Party, was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 Australians were the first peacekeepers to serve under United Nations auspices when they sent military observers to Indonesia in 1947 during the independence struggle. About 65,000 Australian personnel have partaken in more than fifty peacekeeping operations, in about 25 different
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Kazakhstan's membership in the United Nations Security Council On June 28, 2016, at a vote at UN headquarters in New York, Kazakhstan, having won 138 votes out of 193 UN member states, for the first time was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017–2018. Kazakhstan's work in the UN Security Council began on January 1, 2017. Kazakhstan is the first state of Central Asia region that was elected to UN Security Council. As a non-permanent member of UN Security Council Kazakhstan pays a great attention to the regional challenges and the issue of Afghanistan, in
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Assembly resolution ES-10/L.22 passed by 128 votes to nine against with 21 absentees and 35 abstentions. The election of non-permanent members to the Security Council for 2018–2019 was held on 2 June 2017, in which Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru and Poland were elected to fill seats that will be vacated by Egypt, Senegal, Uruguay, Japan and Ukraine on 31 December 2017. Newly-elected countries will take their seats on 1 January 2018. An election to choose 18 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council for a three-year term will take place. Seventy-second session of the United Nations General
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world. Meir Shmuel Gabay Meir Shmuel Gabay (, 26, June 1933 – 7 March 2010) International and Israeli Civil servant, the first, and so far the only Israeli to be elected by the United Nations General Assembly to any office. He was President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (2000–2002), President of United Nations Association of Israel (?–2010), co-chairperson of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), Chairman of the Council of The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Civil Service Commissioner of Israel (1987–1994), and Director General of the Ministry of Justice (1976–1987). Gabay was born in Jerusalem,
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Meir Shmuel Gabay Meir Shmuel Gabay (, 26, June 1933 – 7 March 2010) International and Israeli Civil servant, the first, and so far the only Israeli to be elected by the United Nations General Assembly to any office. He was President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (2000–2002), President of United Nations Association of Israel (?–2010), co-chairperson of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel (ICCI), Chairman of the Council of The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, Civil Service Commissioner of Israel (1987–1994), and Director General of the Ministry of Justice (1976–1987). Gabay was born in Jerusalem, Israel
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2016 United Nations General Assembly presidential election An indirect presidential election was held to choose the President of the United Nations General Assembly on 13 June 2016 to replace Mogens Lykketoft and preside over the Seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was the rotational turn of the Asia-Pacific Group to preside over the session. Peter Thomson was elected with 94 votes for and 90 votes against. This was the first time since 2012 that there was no consensus candidate from the regional groupings, thus invoking a secret ballot vote. His tenure begins on 13 September 2016. Though
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do move onward into a second country of asylum this movement is also called ""irregular movement"" by the UNHCR (see also asylum shopping). UNHCR support in the second country may be less than in the first country and they can even be returned to the first country. World Refugee Day has occurred annually on 20 June since 2000 by a special United Nations General Assembly Resolution. 20 June had previously been commemorated as "African Refugee Day" in a number of African countries. In the United Kingdom World Refugee Day is celebrated as part of Refugee Week. Refugee Week is a
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was reinstated on the list of non-self-governing territories, an action to which France objected. Within France it has had the status of a "collectivité sui generis", or a one-of-a-kind community, since 1999. Under the 1998 Nouméa Accord, its Territorial Congress has the right to call for a referendum on independence between 2014 and 2018. This referendum was held on 4th November 2018, with independence being rejected. French Polynesia was also reinstated on the list on 17 May 2013, in somewhat contentious circumstances. Having been re-elected President of French Polynesia in 2011 (the territory being largely self-governing), Oscar Temaru asked for
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Sustainable Develpment Goals Help Desk (United Nations) in July 2018. Eveline Lemke Eveline Lemke (June 1964 in Hamburg) is former German politician and member of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 18 May 2011 until 18 May 2016 she was vice minister president of Rhineland-Palatinate and Minister for Economics, Climate Protection, Energy and Regional Planning. On 27 March 2011 she was elected into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. She was the leading candidate for her party in the 2016 Rhineland-Palatinate state elections along with The Greens faction leader in the Landtag, Daniel Köbler, after having been leader of the party since 2006.
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Shehbaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif (, born 23 September 1951) is a Pakistani politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan, in office since 20 August 2018. He has been a member of the National Assembly since 13 August 2018 and is the current President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N. He has recently served his third term as the Chief Minister of Punjab from June 2013 to May 2018. Sharif was elected to the Punjab Provincial Assembly in 1988 and to the National Assembly in 1990. He was again elected to the
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conference and two major fundraisers for the campaign. As such, Harper was considered a "mega-bundler" who played a major role in setting overall record levels of campaign donations for Obama from Native Americans. On July 11, 2017, Harper endorsed Debra Haaland for Congress. Haaland is running for New Mexico's first congressional district, and if elected would be the first Native American woman elected to congress. Harper was nominated by President Obama for the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 10, 2013. Many human rights advocates were unfamiliar with Harper, and as such
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to power. She replaced Mulatu Teshome, who resigned in unclear circumstances, and Sahle-Work is expected to serve two six-year terms. Sahle-Work's appointment makes her Africa's only serving female head of state, and the first female Ethiopian head of state since Empress Zewditu. Sahle-Work Zewde Sahle-Work Zewde (; born 21 February 1950) is the current President of Ethiopia, the first woman to hold the office. A diplomat, she was elected president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018. Sahle-Work was previously a career diplomat, serving as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the
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and subsequently elected in November 2006 — said that calling George Bush the devil was an "insult to the devil because although he's malicious, [at least] he's intelligent." Correa, outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, has described George W. Bush as a "tremendously dimwitted president who has greatly damaged his country and the world". 2006 Chávez speech at the United Nations On 20 September 2006, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez delivered a speech to the United Nations General Assembly damning U.S. President George W. Bush, with particular focus on foreign policy. While the speech was received with sustained applause in the
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of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. In January 2010 he was elected President of the United Nations High-Level Committee on South-South Cooperation a central body in the governance structure of South-South Cooperation within the UN System that manages the intergovernmental review and policymaking of South-South Cooperation. Zachary Muburi-Muita Zachary Muburi-Muita (born in 1957) is a national of Kenya who from 2010 until June 2013 has served as the Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union. He was then replaced by Haile Menkerios Muburi-Muita became involved with the Kenyan Government in 1982,
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Sciences (2003–06), and was again elected President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences in January 2011. He has been appointed as Co-Chairman of Science, Technology and Innovation Committee of United Nations Economic Social Commission for Asia and Pacific . Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was inducted as Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences on 28th May 2018, a unique honour for a scientist from the Muslim world . In recognition of his eminent contributions in the field of Organic Chemistry, he has been conferred with many civil awards, including: Atta-ur-Rahman (chemist) Atta-ur-Rahman (; born 22 September 1942), FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani scientist specialising
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Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly The Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 18 September 2012 and having its last scheduled meeting on 11 September 2013. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was chosen from the EEG (the smallest regional grouping) with Serbia's then foreign minister Vuk Jeremić beating out Lithuania's Dalius Čekuolis in an election. Notably, the session led to United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19 which granted Palestine non-member observer state status. On 23 June 2011, Serbia's Vuk Jeremić was elected president of the United Nations General Assembly after beating
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Hoyer was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2016. The incumbent is Democrat John Delaney, who has represented the district since 2013. Delaney was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2016. Delaney is retiring to seek the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States in 2020. The incumbent is Elijah Cummings, who has represented the district since 1996. Cummings was re-elected with 75% of the vote in 2016. The incumbent is Democrat Jamie Raskin, who has represented the district since 2017. Raskin was elected with 61% of the vote in 2016. 2018 United States House of
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by a vote of 122 and 13, respectively to replace Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh who resigned from the Court in 2011. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked outgoing President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser for his leadership of the session. Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly The Sixty-sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 13 September 2011 at 15:00 and was presided over by former Qatari permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. The session ended on 18 September as al-Nasser symbolically passed the gavel to the president of the next session, Vuk Jeremic. On 23 June 2011, Qatar's
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with representatives of the United States and Mexico in Niagara Falls, Canada to ease the tension between the two nations and to avoid war, which afterwards did not occur. On 11 November 1974, then-Mexican President Luis Echeverría Álvarez severed diplomatic relations with Chile a year after the unconstitutional removal and death of elected President Salvador Allende by General Augusto Pinochet. For the next fifteen years, Mexico would receive thousands of Chilean refugees who were fleeing the dictatorship of Pinochet. Both nations re-established diplomatic relations on 23 March 1990. Since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, both nations have increasingly become closer
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2012 United Nations General Assembly presidential election An indirect presidential election was held to choose the President of the United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2012 to replace Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser and preside over the Sixty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was the rotational turn of the Eastern European Group to preside over the session. Vuk Jeremić is elected with 99 votes for and 85 votes against. This was the first time since 1991 that there was no consensus candidate from the regional grouping, thus invoking a secret ballot vote. Though there is usually a consensus
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his election in 1967 to the Town Council in Quinby, South Carolina. He served as a Councilman until 1976. From 1971–1976, Leatherman also served as the Mayor Pro Tempore. In 1981, he was elected to the South Carolina Senate. In November 2016, President-Elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Governor Nikki Haley to be the next United States Ambassador to the United Nations. As President Pro Tempore, Leatherman would have been next in line to become Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina upon Haley's confirmation and the ascension of Henry McMaster to the governorship. Leatherman, however, stated that he would
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John Boyd Orr John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd Orr of Brechin Mearns, (23 September 1880 – 25 June 1971), styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, medical doctor, biologist and politician who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). He was the co-founder and the first President (1960–1971) of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). He was elected President of the National Peace Council in 1945, and was President of
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Ahmed Aboul Gheit Ahmed Aboul Gheit ( , also: Abu al-Ghayt, Abu El Gheyt, etc.) (born 12 June 1942) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat who has been Secretary-General of the Arab League since July 2016. Aboul-Gheit served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt from 11 July 2004 to 6 March 2011. Previously he was Egypt's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was succeeded as Minister of Foreign Affairs by ICJ judge Nabil Elaraby in March 2011, following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. He was elected Secretary-General of the Arab League in March 2016, and his
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2018, "You Make It Easy" debuted at number 26 on the Country Airplay chart. It has since reached number 14. The next week, it debuted at number 28 on the Hot 100 chart due to strength of digital sales. "You Make It Easy" sold 77,000 copies in its first week of sales. It was the top-selling country song of the week. It has sold 577,000 copies in the United States as of November 2018. The song features a three-part music video spanning 15 minutes, directed by Shaun Silva. In it, actor Luke Benward plays a man who is injured in
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Michael A. Hammer Michael A. Hammer (born December 26, 1963) is a United States career diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Chile. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 6, 2014 and sworn in on March 7, 2014. He was nominated to be the next ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo by President Donald Trump on June 20, 2018 and confirmed by the Senate on September 6, 2018. Mike Hammer is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service. On June 21, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Hammer to be the
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and Icelandic. Michael A. Hammer Michael A. Hammer (born December 26, 1963) is a United States career diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Chile. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 6, 2014 and sworn in on March 7, 2014. He was nominated to be the next ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo by President Donald Trump on June 20, 2018 and confirmed by the Senate on September 6, 2018. Mike Hammer is a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service. On June 21, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Hammer to
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First session of the United Nations General Assembly The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall in London. Gladwyn Jebb, executive secretary of the UN, notified Dr. Eduardo Zuleta Angel, head of the Colombian delegation to the UN and chairman of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, called the meeting to order. Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium was elected the first president of the General Assembly in a 28–23 vote, prevailing over Trygve Lie (who went on to be the first Secretary General of the UN). The second meeting
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Norway for the WEOG seats. On June 19, 2018, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced that the United States, under President Donald Trump, was pulling out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, accusing the council being "hypocritical and self-serving" and, in the past, Haley had accused it of "chronic anti-Israel bias." "When the Human Rights Council treats Israel worse than North Korea, Iran, and Syria, it is the Council itself that is foolish and unworthy of its name. It is time for the countries who know better to demand
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point he has developed a theory of social categories. Whereas Banton has been much concerned with the improvement of concepts and theories in this field, he has also written on measures for the reduction of racial discrimination. He served as an elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination from 1986 to 2001 and as its chairman for 1996-98. Banton died in May 2018 at the age of 91. He was Lecturer, and subsequently Reader, in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, 1954–65, and professor of Sociology, University of Bristol, 1965-92. He was President of the
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National Parliament. For his contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, he was awarded the Independence Day Award in 2013. Hamid was appointed acting President of Bangladesh on 14 March 2013, while President Zillur Rahman was in hospital in Singapore. Rahman died six days later. Later Hamid was elected unopposed as President on 22 April 2013. He was sworn into office on 24 April. On 7 February 2018, he was re-elected unopposed for a second term. Hamid suggested that a United Nations-administered humanitarian corridor be established in Myanmar for the Rohingya Muslims. Hamid is married and he has three
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Maya Morsy Maya Morsy is an Egyptian political scientist and specialist in public policy. She has been President of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW), The National Women Machinery of Egypt an independent body by law and constituion reporting to the President of Egypt, since February 2016. Before she was elected to lead the NCW, Morsy served as regional gender team leader for the Regional bureau of United Nations Development Programme in New York and Regional Center in Amman before she served as the Country Manager for the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She has been described as "one
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marked were invalidated. November 1946 United Nations Security Council election The second 1946 United Nations Security Council election was held on 19 November 1946 during the First session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected Belgium, Colombia, and Syria, as the three new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing in January 1947. The election was managed by the then-President of the United Nations General Assembly Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. On this date, the United Nations had 54 member states, Afghanistan, Iceland, and Sweden having been welcomed to the organization earlier during the
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November 1946 United Nations Security Council election The second 1946 United Nations Security Council election was held on 19 November 1946 during the First session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected Belgium, Colombia, and Syria, as the three new non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year mandates commencing in January 1947. The election was managed by the then-President of the United Nations General Assembly Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. On this date, the United Nations had 54 member states, Afghanistan, Iceland, and Sweden having been welcomed to the organization earlier during the same meeting (for
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Davos World Economic Forum (WEF). She has been an active member of the YGL community since. On June 24, 2014, Oyun was elected the first president of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Oyun was born in Ulan-Bator in 1964. In 1987 she finished her studies in geochemistry at the Charles University of Prague. In 1996 she earned a PhD in geology from the Department of Earth Sciences at University of Cambridge. Afterwards, she began working for a multinational mining company called Rio Tinto. After the murder of her brother S. Zorig, a Mongolian pro-democracy leader, in October 1998, she
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winning a match by the largest margin of victory in New York State Mock Trial history (John Jay:55, Hackley:12). In 2007 and 2018, JJHS Mock Trial Team advanced to the semi-final round of the Westchester County Championships. The John Jay Model United Nations Club, has been gaining popularity in recent years. In 2014, the club hosted their first conference, called JJMUNC, that had over 200 delegates. The President and Secretary-General of JJMUNC I was Jeffrey Steckler, and the President of the club, as well as the Secretary-General for JJMUNC II in 2015 is Daniel Gordon. For the Model United Nations
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protests peaked, when 59 or 60 Palestinians were shot dead at twelve clash points along the border fence, when Hamas claimed 50 of them as its militants and Islamic Jihad claimed 3 of the 62 killed as members of his military wing. Some 35,000 Palestinians protested that day, with thousands approaching the fence. Israel's use of deadly force was condemned on 13 June 2018 in a United Nations General Assembly resolution. Condemnation has also been levied by human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, B'Tselem, and Amnesty International, and by United Nations officials. Kuwait has proposed two United Nations Security
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Michael Müller (politician) Michael Müller (born 9 December 1964) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany serving as the Governing Mayor of Berlin since 11 December 2014. From November 2017 until October 2018, he also served as President of the Bundesrat, which also made him deputy to the President of Germany. Müller was elected to the Berlin House of Representatives in 1996 and has been a member ever since, on the 16th June 2001 he took over leadership of the SPD Group in the House of Representatives from Klaus Wowereit who had been elected Governing Mayor
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Angeles, however, after University of California officials and event organizers disagreed on how to share expenses, particularly in light of the recent budget cuts to the UC system, the festival was moved permanently to USC. The event has typically been held during the last week of April, though it has been moved to the first week, to avoid a scheduling conflict with Fiesta Broadway. The next festival is scheduled for 21–22 April 2018, the 3rd weekend of April. Claudia Luther, as special projects editor, helped create and launch, with Narda Zacchino, as associate editor and a vice president, the inaugural
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Possible Peru and, initially, National Restoration Party lawmakers. In the election 2011 he was re-elected on the list of the Possible Peru Alliance, which his Popular Action party has now joined. Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde (born June 6, 1949 in Lima), is a Peruvian politician (Popular Action). Víctor Andrés García descends from a family that has been linked to Peruvian politics for a long time. His great-grandfather General Pedro Diez Canseco was three times interim President in the 1860s. His grandfather, the influential thinker, writer and diplomat Víctor Andrés Belaúnde was President of the United Nations
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Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde (born June 6, 1949 in Lima), is a Peruvian politician (Popular Action). Víctor Andrés García descends from a family that has been linked to Peruvian politics for a long time. His great-grandfather General Pedro Diez Canseco was three times interim President in the 1860s. His grandfather, the influential thinker, writer and diplomat Víctor Andrés Belaúnde was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1959 to 1960 and his uncle Fernando Belaúnde Terry was the founder of the Popular Action and twice democratically elected President (1963–1968 and 1980–1985). His brother, José García
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Dina Kawar Dina Kawar () is a Jordanian diplomat who since June 2016 has served as Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States. Ambassador Kawar also served as the Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations from August 2014 to June 2016. She has led the Jordanian delegation during Jordan’s non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council from 2014 to 2015 and became the first Arab woman to ever preside over the Council. In February 2016, she was appointed by the President of the General Assembly as a co-facilitator for the high-level meeting of
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government and the United Nations. The UNEP FI holds this Global Roundtable to kick off a conversation between the groups present on issues such as sustainable finance, sustainable development and the challenges of a sustainable market. The next Global Roundtable will be hosted in Paris in November 2018. UNEP FI has been responsible for authoring or editing a number of seminal publications, among which are: United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) is a global partnership established between the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the financial sector . It was created
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open a General Debate since the United Nations was founded. Brazil has been elected ten times to the United Nations Security Council, and is currently ranked second (Japan is first) in terms of most number of years as an elected member. List of terms as an elected member to the Security Council: Brazil is actively engaged in the reform of the United Nations Security Council and has sought to garner support for a permanent seat with veto power. It formed the G4 alliance with Germany, India, and Japan for the purpose of supporting each other’s bids for permanent seats. Their
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from NA-9 (Mardan-I) in Pakistani general election, 2013. In 2014, he was elected as the provincial president of Awami National Party (ANP). He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of ANP from Constituency NA-21 (Mardan-II) in Pakistani general election, 2018. Ameer Haider Khan Hoti Ameer Haider Khan Hoti (; born 5 February 1971) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly from June 2013 to May 2018 and a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from
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Pakistan and the United Nations Pakistan officially joined the United Nations (UN) on 30 September 1947 just over a month after its independence from the British Empire. Today, it is a charter member and participates in all of the UN's specialised agencies and organisations. Pakistan has been elected seven times (tied with Colombia and India) into the UN Security Council, with the most recent term in 2013. It is also one of the countries which has had a diplomat, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, serve a term as the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Pakistan maintains a permanent mission to
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successes." He is a former director of the European Humanist Federation and has acted as representative of Humanist organisations to the United Nations, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. In 2015, Copson was elected as President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, taking over from the award-winning Belgian Humanist Sonja Eggerickx. As of 2018, Copson is a trustee of the following organisations: In the past, he has been on the executive committees of the Labour Humanists, Religious Education Council of England and Wales, Oxford Pride, was chair of the Gay and
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President Gayoom on 7 August 2008, the post of Vice President was once again created with the duties described above. Under the new constitution, Dr. Mohammed Waheed Hassan of the Gaumee Itthihaad Party became the first "elected" Vice President of Maldives and was sworn into office on November 11, 2008. Mohamed Nasheed was elected into office as the President of the Maldives and together they effectively ended the 30 year rule of then Asia's longest serving ruler President Gayoom. Dr. Waheed was the senior most Maldivian in the United Nations when he retired from it in June 2008, in order
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President Taur Matan Ruak as East Timor's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Pires is married to former Foreign Minister Zacarias da Costa and they have one son. Her brother was killed by militia in the Suai Church massacre in 1999. Milena Pires Milena Pires is an East Timorese politician and women's rights activist who served as director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in East Timor. Since 2016, she has been the Permanent Representative of East Timor to the United Nations. Pires was born on 19 June 1966 in Dili, Portuguese Timor. Her family went into
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Bangladesh was the Commonwealth of Nations in 1972. The country joined the United Nations in 1974, and has been elected twice to the UN Security Council. Ambassador Humayun Rashid Choudhury was elected president of the UN General Assembly in 1986. Bangladesh relies on multilateral diplomacy in the World Trade Organization. It is a major contributor to UN peacekeeping, providing 113,000 personnel to 54 UN missions in the Middle East, the Balkans, Africa and the Caribbean in 2014. In addition to membership in the Commonwealth and the United Nations, Bangladesh pioneered regional cooperation in South Asia. Bangladesh is a founding member
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 595 United Nations Security Council resolution 595, adopted unanimously on 27 March 1987, after noting the death of International Court of Justice (ICJ) judge and Vice President Guy Ladreit de Laucharrière on 10 March, the Council decided that elections to the vacancy on the ICJ would take place on 14 September 1987 at the Security Council and at the General Assembly's 41st session. Laucharrière was a French diplomat who had represented the country in the United Nations. In 1982, he was elected to the ICJ, and was elected its Vice President in 1985. His term
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but the governor of the prefecture, Takeshi Onaga (who died in 2018), completely opposed the military base's presence. The 2014 poll showed that 80% of population want the facility out of the prefecture. In September 2015, governor Onaga went to base his arguments to the United Nations human rights body, but in December 2015, the work resumed as the Supreme Court of Japan ruled against Okinawa's opposition, a decision which erupted new protests. In February 2017, governor Onaga went to Washington to represent the local opposition to the administration of newly elected U.S. president Donald Trump. Many protests have been
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John Delaney (Maryland politician) John Kevin Delaney (born April 16, 1963) is an American politician and businessman who has been the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district since 2013 and is running for President of the United States in 2020. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first major Democrat to announce he is running for president in 2020. Delaney announced that he would not run for re-election to Congress in 2018 and David Trone was elected to succeed him. Delaney grew up in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, the son of
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was elected to the first Congolese Chamber of Deputies in May 1960 on a CEREA ticket from the North Kivu constituency. On 21 June he was elected 74 votes to 55 to become the Second Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies. In October he was made a member of a commission assembled by deposed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba tasked with managing his relations with the United Nations Operation in the Congo. He briefly served in the Stanleyville government from late 1960 until he returned to the capital in mid-1961. Midiburo was elected First Vice-President of the Chamber in July 1961.
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and is therefore appointed by the President. Nikki Haley was nominated for this position by President Donald Trump and was confirmed by the Senate. She assumed office upon presenting her credentials to the UN Secretary-General on January 27, 2017, but tendered her resignation to President Trump on October 9, 2018, to be effective on December 31. In the last decade all ambassadors have been women. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a leading moderate Republican who lost his seat in the United States Senate to John F. Kennedy in the 1952 elections, was appointed ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 by
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as the Institute's director from 1966 to 1978. In 1981 he was elected to the UNAM's Governing Board "(Junta de Gobierno)", serving until 1988. In 1974 he was chosen as the first president of the Ibero-American Constitutional Law Institute, a position he held until 2002 when he was named honorary president. He was elected to serve as a judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights from 1987 to 1997, including two terms as its president. He served on the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities from 1998 to 2001. He has been a member
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2018, for a new six-year term. On April 10, 2018, President Trump nominated Wyrick to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge David Lynn Russell, who assumed senior status on July 7, 2013. On May 23, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On June 14, 2018 his nomination was reported out of committee by a 11–10 vote. His nomination is currently pending before the full United States Senate. He has been
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sixth term from 2018-2019. Poland signed the Declaration by United Nations in 1942. Despite the aggression during World War II, Joseph Stalin invited the Provisional Government of Poland to participate in the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco in June 1945. Poland has contributed six soldiers from the Polish Armed Forces in its UN peacekeeping missions. Since August 1995, the United Nations Information Centre in Warsaw has been raising public awareness of the UN's work. Poland has hosted a number of UN conferences, including the issues on climate change in Poznan (2008) and Warsaw (2013). Poland and
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would be the same person. The Pennsylvania Senate has been meeting since 1791. The President of the Senate is the Lieutenant Governor, who has no vote except in the event of an otherwise tie vote. Following the 2016 elections, the Senate consisted of 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats. Following the June 4, 2018, resignation of one Republican member, the Senate consisted of 33 Republicans and 16 Democrats with one vacant seat. President of the Senate: Mike Stack (D) President Pro Tem of the Senate: Joe Scarnati (R) The Senate is made up of 50 members who are elected by district.
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with 14 members of the Board of Governors and WSBA's Executive Director Paula Littlewood, make up the Bar's governance. Formerly president-elect, Pickett assumed the office of president on March 19, 2018 after former President Brad Furlong resigned, due to medical reasons. Pickett will complete Furlong's term in September, then begin is own year-long term as president. He was first elected to the Board of Governors in September 2015. WSBA is the first state bar in the United States to issue alternative licenses to practice law for practitioners who are not lawyers. The Washington Supreme Court on June 15, 2012, issued
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Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly The Seventy-second Session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 12 September 2017. The President of the United Nations General Assembly was from the Eastern European Group. Slovakian Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak was elected as President of the General Assembly on 31 May 2017. There were twenty-one Vice-Presidents for the 72nd Session. They were: The five permanent members of the Security Council: As well as the following nations: The following were elected as Chairs and officers of the General Assembly committees for the 73rd Session: First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
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Regalado also worked for El Miami Herald as a weekly columnist. Regalado covered the civil war in Nicaragua and El Salvador and has visited over 78 countries throughout the world. Along with his wife Raquel, Tomas spoke several times before the Human Rights Commission of United Nations in Geneva Switzerland against human rights violations in Cuba. In June 2018, Tomas P. Regalado was sworn in as the Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB). https://www.bbg.gov/who-we-are/our-leadership/management-team/tomas-p-regalado/. On September 3, 1996, Regalado was elected in a special election for City Commissioner, vacated by newly elected Mayor Joe Carollo. He defeated CC
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2018 in Zimbabwe The following lists events from the year 2018 in Zimbabwe. 18 - President Mnagagwa announces that observer missions from the Commonwealth of Nations, the European Union, and the United Nations have been invited to monitor the 2018 general elections. Sibusiso Moyo will be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 as an observer, as Zimbabwe has an intention of reengaging with the international community - including a possible return of Zimbabwe to its status as a Commonwealth republic during 2018. Instead, he expressed his wish to vote his long time rival party, the MDC of Nelson
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