First session of the United Nations General Assembly

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First session of the United Nations General Assembly
10 January – 14 February 1946 (1946-01-10 – 1946-02-14)
23 October – 15 December 1946 (1946-10-23 – 1946-12-15)		  →
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President of the 1st General Assembly, Paul-Henri Spaak
Host country United Nations
Venue(s)Westminster Central Hall, London and Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York City
ParticipantsUnited Nations Member States
PresidentPaul-Henri Spaak

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall in London.

Gladwyn Jebb, executive secretary of the UN, notified Dr. , head of the Colombian delegation to the UN and chairman of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, called the meeting to order. Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium was elected the first president of the General Assembly in a 28–23 vote, prevailing over Trygve Lie (who went on to be the first Secretary General of the UN).[1]

The second meeting of the first session opened in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York, on 23 October 1946.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Verbatim Record of the First Plenary Session of the UN General Assembly
  2. ^ "October 23 1946 CE – The United Nations General Assembly Convenes in New York for the First Time". This Day in World History.
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