Home>>World
Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, July 09, 2002

UN General Assembly Elects New President

Jan Kavan, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic, was elected president of the 57th General Assembly session Monday.


PRINT DISCUSSION CHINESE SEND TO FRIEND


Jan Kavan, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the Czech Republic, was elected president of the 57th General Assembly session Monday.

The election was conducted at an open meeting of the assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. The new president will assume his role upon the opening of the 57th session on September 10.

The newly elected president was born on October 17, 1946, in London. Kavan began his political career in 1989, in which he served on several parliamentary and ministerial positions, including that of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2002.

Current Assembly President Han Seung-soo said after the election that the election had far-reaching implications.

"For the first time in the history of the world body, officers would be elected well in advance of the opening of a session, rather than at the beginning," he said. "It was more than a procedural modification, and it would strengthen the General Assembly by enabling its president to play his or her role much more expeditiously and expediently."


Questions?Comments? Click here
    Advanced






News Analysis: New Commitment at U.N. to Building World Fit for Children

U.N. Assembly to Resume Emergency Special Session on Middle East



 


FM Spokesman on Chinese Diplomat Killed in Kyrgyzstan ( 16 Messages)

China Races to Replace US as Economic Power in Asia: NY Times ( 24 Messages)

Shanghai Plans Asia's Biggest Shopping Center ( 3 Messages)

China to Boost the Service Sector to Create More Jobs ( 40 Messages)

Chinese Scientists to Head for Suspected ET Relics ( 40 Messages)



Copyright by People's Daily Online, all rights reserved