Sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The Sixty-fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 14 September 2010 to 12 September 2011.

Sixty-fifth Session of the United Nations General Assembly
14 September 2010 – 12 September 2011
General Assembly hall at United Nations Headquarters, New York City
Host country United Nations
Venue(s)United Nations Headquarters
CitiesNew York City
ParticipantsUnited Nations Member States
PresidentJoseph Deiss
Websitewww.un.org/en/ga/65/

The theme of the session was "Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in global governance."[1][2]

Organisation
President of the 65th Session, Joseph Deiss

President

On 11 June 2010, Swiss diplomat and politician Joseph Deiss of was elected by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly. Mr. Deiss was elected from the Western European and Others Group (WEOG).

In his first speech as President-elect of the General Assembly, Mr. Deiss laid out some of his priorities for the session. These included: the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, as well as sustainable economic growth. Additionally, he stated that the General Assembly would need to address: climate change, food security, reconstruction of fragile and post-conflict States, human rights, humanitarian aid and disarmament.[1][2][3]

Vice-Presidents

The following were appointed to be the Session's vice-presidents on the 11 June 2010:[4][5]

The five permanent members of the Security Council:

As well as the following nations:

Committees
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)[2][5][6]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Miloš Koterec SlovakiaChairperson
Mr. Hossam Eldeen Aly EgyptVice-Chair
Mr. Herman Schaper NetherlandsVice-Chair
Mr. Carlos Sorreta PhilippinesVice-Chair
Mr. Enrique Ochoa MexicoRapporteur
Second Committee (Economic and Financial)[2][5][7]
Name Country Position
H.E. Ms. Enkhtsetseg Ochir MongoliaChairperson
Mr. Erik Lundberg FinlandVice-Chair
Ms. Csilla Wurtz HungaryVice-Chair
Mr. Jean Claudy Pierre HaitiVice-Chair
Mr. Paul Empole Democratic Republic
of the Congo		Rapporteur
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)[2][5][8]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Michel Tommo Monthé CameroonChairperson
Ms. Margareta Ploder AustriaVice-Chair
Ms. Maria Luz Melon ArgentinaVice-Chair
Mr. Waheed A. Al-Shami YemenVice-Chair
Mr. Asif Garayev AzerbaijanRapporteur
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)[2][5][9]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Chitsaka Chipaziwa ZimbabweChairperson
Mr. Radoslaw Flisiuk PolandVice-Chair
Mr. David Windsor AustraliaVice-Chair
Ms. Marcela Zamora Costa RicaVice-Chair
Mr. Mohammad Wali Naeemi AfghanistanRapporteur
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)[2][5][10]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Gert Rosenthal GuatemalaChairperson
Mr. Muhammad Irfan Soomro PakistanVice-Chair
Ms. Ioana Sanda Stoica RomaniaVice-Chair
Mr. Josiel Motumisi Tawana South AfricaVice-Chair
Ms. Nicole Mannion IrelandRapporteur
Sixth Committee (Legal)[2][5][11]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mrs. Isabelle Picco MonacoChairperson
Mr. Reta Alemu Nega EthiopiaVice-Chair
Mr. Chull-joo Park Republic of KoreaVice-Chair
Ms. Eva Šurkova SlovakiaVice-Chair
Ms. Glenna Cabello de Daboin Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)		Rapporteur

Seat allocation

As is tradition, before each session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General draws lots to determine which Member State would occupy the first seat in the General Assembly Hall for the Session, with other Member States following according to the English translation of their name. For the 65th Session, Guinea was chosen to take the first seat of the General Assembly Chamber.[2]

General debate
Main article: General debate of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The General Debate of the 65th Session was held between 23 and 29 September 2010, with the exception of the intervening Sunday. At the General debate, Member States have the opportunity to lay out the issues that are most concerning to them, as well as their hopes as to what the General Assembly will do during the Session. [12]

The order of speakers is given first to Member States, then Observer States and supranational bodies. Speakers are put on a speaking list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in one of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators.[13]

References
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  3. "Acceptance Speech of H.E. Mr. Joseph Deiss, President-Elect of the 65th Session of the General Assembly" (PDF). General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. 11 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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  5. United Nations Handbook 2010-2011 (PDF) (48th ed.). Wellington: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. 2010. pp. 20–21. ISBN 9780477102285.
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  10. "Fifth Committee: Bureau of the 65th Session". United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  11. "Sixth Committee: Bureau of the 65th Session". United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  12. "General Debate of the 65th Session: 23 September 2010 to 29 September 2010". General Assembly of the United Nations. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  13. Capel, Charles (22 September 2018). "How is the order of speakers at the UN General Assembly decided?". The National. The National. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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