General Assembly: Press Release

29 March 2019

GA/PAL/1423

Palestinian Rights Committee to Hold United Nations Forum on Question of Palestine ‘Threat of De Facto Annexation: What Next for Palestine?’ at Headquarters, 4 April

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene the United Nations Forum on the Question of Palestine, “The threat of de facto annexation — What next for Palestine?”, on 4 April from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Trusteeship Chamber at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

28 December 2018

GA/12118

World Leaders Stress Need to Tackle Urgent Emerging Challenges amid Surging Unilateralism, as General Assembly Begins Seventy-Third Session

Amid the backdrop of rising unilateralism and large-scale migration, world leaders attending the General Assembly united under the theme of making the United Nations relevant to all people, stressing that only through a multilateral rules-based order can the international community meet emerging challenges.

27 November 2018

GA/PAL/1417

Palestinian Rights Committee Will Hold Special Meeting to Observe International Day of Solidarity, 28 November

The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will hold a special meeting on 28 November to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People in the Trusteeship Chamber from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

4 October 2018

BIO/5151*-GA/SPD/661

Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Dee‑Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. (Liberia) as its Chair on 4 October.

1 October 2018

BIO/5149*-GA/AB/4288

Gillian Elizabeth Bird of Australia Chair of Fifth Committee

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected Gillian Elizabeth Bird (Australia) as Chair on 5 June.

1 October 2018

BIO/5147*-GA/SHC/4225

Mahmoud Saikal of Afghanistan Chair of Third Committee

The Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural) elected Mahmoud Saikal (Afghanistan) as Chair on 5 June.

1 October 2018

BIO/5150*-GA/L/3565

Michel Xavier Biang of Gabon Chair of Sixth Committee

The Sixth Committee (Legal) elected Michel Xavier Biang (Gabon) Chair on 5 June.

1 October 2018

BIO/5148*-GA/SPD/659

Lewis Garseedah Brown II of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Lewis Garseedah Brown II as Chair on 5 June.

1 October 2018

BIO/5146*-GA/EF/3493

Jorge Skinner-Klee of Guatemala Chair of Second Committee

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Jorge Skinner‑Klee (Guatemala) as Chair on 5 June.

1 October 2018

BIO/5145*-GA/DIS/3595

Ion Jinga of Romania Chair of First Committee

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Ion Jinga (Romania) as Chair on 5 June.

Palestinian Rights Committee to Hold United Nations Forum on Question of Palestine ‘Threat of De Facto Annexation: What Next for Palestine?’ at Headquarters, 4 April

World Leaders Stress Need to Tackle Urgent Emerging Challenges amid Surging Unilateralism, as General Assembly Begins Seventy-Third Session

Palestinian Rights Committee Will Hold Special Meeting to Observe International Day of Solidarity, 28 November

Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

Gillian Elizabeth Bird of Australia Chair of Fifth Committee

Mahmoud Saikal of Afghanistan Chair of Third Committee

Michel Xavier Biang of Gabon Chair of Sixth Committee

Lewis Garseedah Brown II of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

Jorge Skinner-Klee of Guatemala Chair of Second Committee

Ion Jinga of Romania Chair of First Committee

Round-up of the Security Council's activities

Main part of the 74th session of the General Assembly

High-Level Meetings of the 74th General Assembly