FORMER CAMEROONIAN PRIME MINISTER IS NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Credit: United Nations Photo: Philemon Yang of Cameroon, President-elect of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly June 6, 2024.
By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES
UNITED NATIONS – NEW YORK – Philemon Yang, former Prime Minister of Cameroon, was appointed President of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly during an official ceremony in New York June 6, 2024. President-elect Yang, who also served as the Chairperson of the Panel of Eminent Africans of the African Union, will take the helm of the UN’s main policy-making body, starting in September. The Cameroonian diplomat was elected by acclamation during a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters in New York. Ambassador Yang will take over from the current General Assembly President Dennis Francis of Trinidad at start of the 79th session of the UNGA in September. At an informal dialogue with Assembly members in May, then candidate Yang, highlighted his theme for the 79th session as “unity in diversity, for the advancement of peace, sustainable development, and human dignity for everyone everywhere”. Speaking to journalists following the elections, he reiterated that diversity “is a part of life”.
“I say unity in diversity because diversity is a part of life and all the nations are diverse and I am convinced that through dialogue, through consensus, talking together and looking to the future together, we can solve problems.”
-President of UN General Assembly Philemon Yang
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PERU Takes Over UN Security Council Presidency – Focus On Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace
UN General Assembly President Works To Bring World Body Closer To The People
UN Observes Historic Signing Of UN Charter In San Francisco on 74th Anniversary
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ICC Prosecutor: Sudan Authorities Must Hand Over Ex-Leader Omar al-Bashir For War Crimes
UN Report Cites ‘Credible Evidence’ Linking Saudi Crown Prince To Khashoggi Murder
United Nations Chief Calls For Global Fight Against Growing Hate Speech
UN Humanitarian Agency Warns Of Dire Consequences Of President Trump’s Palestinian Budget Cuts
United Nations International Albinism Awareness Day
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U.S. Officials Meet Sudan FCC Opposition, Urge Rapid Power Transfer to Civilian Authority
Former Presidents Of Ireland and Liberia Accuse President Trump, Populism of Weakening Multilateralism
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Tiny St. Vincent and the Grenadines Has Big Plans For Its UN Security Council Seat
Estonia, Vietnam and Tunisia Elected as Non-Permanent Members UN Security Council
NIGER Elected To UN Security Council – Security in West Africa and Sahel To Be Priority
African Union Suspends Sudan Membership Amid Deadly Violence – UN Pulls Civilian Staff
KUWAIT Takes Over UN Security Council Presidency – Focus On Arab Issues
Nigerian Elected President of United Nations General Assembly 74th Session
UN Chief Appoints American Diplomat James Swan As New Envoy To Somalia
United States Condemns African Nations for Not Supporting UN South Sudan Arms Embargo
Pop Star Ashanti Joins UN Fight to Beat Global Plastic Pollution Crisis
UN Envoy Advocates Political Solution To End Conflict in Syria
United Nations Prepares For Ground-Breaking 2019 Climate Action Summit
UN General Assembly President Espinosa Greets Pope Francis In Vatican During Climate Change Meetings
Development Must Be Redefined in the 21st Century To Address Global Conflict: UN Official
UN Honours Peacekeepers Who ‘Paid the Ultimate Price’, for The Sake of Others
German UN Envoy To Troubled Western Sahara Resigns For “Health Reasons”
INTERPOL Plays Important Role In Fight Against Terrorism In Sahel Africa: UN
Tunisia Frees UN Expert Detained For Suspected Espionage
Death Toll Continues To Rise In West Africa Mali UN Peacekeeping Mission
UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés Fights For Gender Equality
UN Security Council Addresses Increasing Deadly Ethnic and Terror Attacks in Sahel Africa Region
Did U.S. Authorities’ Arrest Of Activists In Venezuela Embassy DC Violate International Law?
UN General-Secretary Warns Trump’s US-China Trade War Threatens Multilateralism
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Calls For Arrest of Libyan War Criminals, Including Gaddafi’s son
UN Security Council Extends MINURSO Western Sahara Mandate – South Africa Abstains Voting
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Violence Escalates In Darfur Despite Sudan President al-Bashir’s Ouster: UN
Libya Heavy Shelling and Civilian Deaths ‘Blatant Violation’ of International Law: UN Envoy
UN Chief Urges Democratic Aspirations of Sudanese people Be Met Following Ouster of al-Bashir
Russia Defends Venezuela Maduro Regime At United Nations Amid Growing US Pressure
United Nations Security Council Addresses Lack Of Women In Peacekeeping
UN Urges Meaningful Engagement Of Youth In Sustaining World Peace And Development
President Of United Nations General Assembly Espinosa Visits Cuba
GERMANY Takes Over United Nations Security Council Presidency
France And Germany Combine Forces To Strengthen UN Peacekeeping in West Africa
Women Seek Gender Parity In High-Level UN International Peacemaking
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134 Killed In Mali As UN Security Council Members Meet In The West African Nation
United Nations Condemns Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand Mosque That Killed 49
U.S. “Disappointed” With South Africa Vote Against Venezuela Resolution In UN Security Council
France Takes Over The Presidency Of United Nations Security Council
UN Security Council Fails To Adopt Either US Or Russia Resolutions On Venezuela
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France And Germany Coordinate Joint UN Security Council Chair To Promote Multilateralism
Three Guinean United Nations Peacekeepers Killed In West Africa Mali
U.N. Honors 70th Anniversary Of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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Belgium Government Collapses After Prime Minister Signs UN Migration Pact
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Credit: UN / Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC of South Africa, addresses Special Committee Against Apartheid in General Assembly Hall January 01, 1990. -
Photo Credit by Gary Raynaldo / Nelson Mandela’s Statue Unveiled at UN Headquarters Sep. 24, 2018.
