UGANDAN
FM ELECTED UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
Ugandan
Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was
elected President of the 69th session of the UN
General Assembly.
Kutesa was chosen unanimously Wednesday by the
African Union as the only candidate for the presidency of the 69th session.
The president-elect will assume office at the start of the 69th session in
September, replacing John William Ashe of
Antigua and Barbuda, who now leads the current plenary session of the 193 UN
member states.
Kutesa, 65, is a Ugandan lawyer and politician. He is the current foreign
minister in the Ugandan Cabinet, a position he has held since Jan 13, 2005. He
was previously the minister of state for investment in Uganda.
Offering his congratulations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Kutesa
brings "wide-ranging experience" to the job, including of a lawyer,
parliamentarian, finance minister and foreign minister.
The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the UN. It is composed
of representatives of all 193 member states,
each of which has one vote.
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