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Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman has formally assumed the presidency of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
He will preside over the world body’s most representative multilateral forum for the next year.
The 81st session began at the UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday, with Rahman taking the chair.
His assumption of the post marks a significant diplomatic milestone for Bangladesh, which has returned to the UNGA presidency after four decades.
Rahman was elected UNGA president on June 2 after securing 99 votes from the 193 UN member states, defeating Cyprus’s candidate, who received 91 votes.
