Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 15 September 2009 to 14 September 2010. The President of the session, Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, was elected from the Group of African States on 10 June 2009 by acclamation.[1][2][3]

Sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
15 September 2009 – 14 September 2010
General Assembly hall at United Nations Headquarters, New York City
Host country United Nations
Venue(s)United Nations Headquarters
CitiesNew York City, United States
ParticipantsUnited Nations Member States
PresidentAli Abdussalam Treki
Websitewww.un.org/en/ga/64/

The theme for the 64th Session was "Effective responses to global crises: strengthening multilateralism and dialogue among civilizations for international peace, security and development."[1]

Organisation
President of the 64th Session, Ali Abdussalam Treki

President

Libyan diplomat and politician Ali Abdussalam Treki was elected by acclimation to the position of President of the General Assembly on 11 June 2010. At the time of his election, Treki was serving as Libya's Minister of African Union Affairs.[4]

In his first speech as President-elect of the General Assembly, Treki laid out some of his priorities for the session. Paramount among them was the need to reform the United Nations system, especially reform of the Security Council and revitalization of the General Assembly. Other issues Treki sought to focus on included: combating climate change, realizing human rights for all, disarmament and the realization of peace and achieving sustainable economic growth by mitigating the impact of the world financial crisis.[3][4][5]

Vice-Presidents

The following were appointed to be the Session's vice-presidents on the 11 June 2010:[4][6]

The five permanent members of the Security Council:

As well as the following nations:

Committees
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)[6][7]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. José Luis Cancela UruguayChairperson
Mr. Hossam Aly EgyptVice-Chair
Mr. Hilario G. Davide, Jr. PhilippinesVice-Chair
Mr. Florian Laudi GermanyVice-Chair
Ms. Tetyana Pokhval’ona UkraineRapporteur
Second Committee (Economic and Financial)[6][8]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Park In-kook Republic of KoreaChairperson
Mr. Mohamed Cherif Diallo GuineaVice-Chair
Mr. Carlos Enrique García González El SalvadorVice-Chair
Mr. Dragan Mićić SerbiaVice-Chair
Ms. Denise McQuade IrelandRapporteur
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)[6][9]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Normans Penke LatviaChairperson
Ms. Fiola Hoosen South AfricaVice-Chair
Mr. Edgard Pérez PeruVice-Chair
Mr. Zahid Rastam MalaysiaVice-Chair
Ms. Nicola Hill New ZealandRapporteur
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)[6][10]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser QatarChairperson
Mr. Ridas Petkus LithuaniaVice-Chair
Mrs. Heidi Schroderus-Fox FinlandVice-Chair
Mr. Reniery Valladares HondurasVice-Chair
Mr. Khalid Mohammed Osman Sidahmed Mohammed Ali SudanRapporteur
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)[6][11]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Peter Maurer  SwitzerlandChairperson
Mr. Danilo Rosales Díaz NicaraguaVice-Chair
Mr. Babou Sène SenegalVice-Chair
Ms. Sirithon wairatpanij ThailandVice-Chair
Ms. Yuliana Georgiev BulgariaRapporteur
Sixth Committee (Legal)[6][12]
Name Country Position
H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi AlgeriaChairperson
Mr. Esmaeil Bahaei Hamaneh Iran (Islamic Republic of)Vice-Chair
Mr. Andris Stastoli AlbaniaVice-Chair
Mr. Marcelo Böhlke BrazilVice-Chair
Mr. Jean-Cédric Janssens de Bisthoven BelgiumRapporteur

Seat allocation

As is tradition, before each session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General draws lots to determine which Member State will 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, Cambodia was chosen to take the first seat of the General Assembly Chamber.[5]

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

The General Debate of the 64th Session was held between 24th–26th and 28th–29th of September 2009. 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.[13]

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.[14]

Elections

Security Council
Further information: 2009 United Nations Security Council election

On 15 October 2009, the General Assembly elected five non-permanent members to the Security Council to two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2010. The five elected members were: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria. They filled the seats that were vacated by Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya and Viet Nam.[15]

Economic and Social Council

On 26 October 2009, the General Assembly elected 18 members to the Economic and Social Council to serve three-year terms beginning 1 January 2010. The elected members were: Argentina, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Comoros, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Italy, Mongolia, Philippines, Rwanda, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America and Zambia.[16]

The 18 outgoing members were: Algeria, Barbados, Belarus, Bolivia, Canada, Cabo Verde, El Salvador, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malawi, Netherlands, Philippines, Romania, Somalia, Sudan and the United States of America.[16]

Prior to the main election, the General Assembly, in a by-election, also elected Australia, Finland, Malta and Turkey to fill un-expired terms of office of New Zealand, Sweden, Greece and Portugal beginning 1 January 2010. The terms of Australia and Finland will end on 31 December 2010, while the terms of Malta and Turkey will end on 31 December 2011.[16]

Human Rights Council

On 13 May 2010, the General Assembly elected 14 members to serve on the Human Rights Council for three-year terms starting 19 June 2010. The elected members were: Angola, Ecuador, Guatemala, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Poland, Qatar, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Uganda.[17]

International Court of Justice

On 9 September 2010, the General Assembly elected Joan Donoghue of the United States of America to the International Court of Justice to fill the remainder of the term of Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the United States of America. Mr. Buergenthal was first elected to the Court in 2000, and was re-elected on 6 February 2006. His term would have originally ended on 5 February 2015.[18]

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