General Assembly: Press Release

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected Philippe Kridelka (Belgium) Chair on 7 June.

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Mohamed al Hassan (Oman) Chair on 7 June.

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) elected José A. Blanco Conde (Dominican Republic) Chair on 7 June.

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Lachezara Stoeva (Bulgaria) Chair on 7 June.

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Mohan Pieris (Sri Lanka) as its Chair.

​​​​​​​Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, to the General Assembly for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks at the high-level meeting to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks to the General Assembly high-level general debate, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the General Assembly’s tribute to the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, in New York today:

​​​​​​​On 7 June 2022, the United Nations General Assembly elected Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary as President of its seventy-seventh session, which runs from September 2022 until September 2023.  (See Press Release GA/12422.)