Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly

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64th Session: Ali Abdussalam Treki

Portrait of Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 64th session. UN Photo/Mark Garten

Ali Abdussalam Treki was elected President of the United Nations General Assembly’s 64th session on 10 June 2009. At the time of his election, he was serving as Libya’s Secretary (Minister) of African Union Affairs, a post he has held since 2004.

Ali Abdussalam Treki presided the General Assembly’s 64th session from 15 September 2009 to 14 September 2010.

Also on 10 June 2009, the General Assembly elected 21 Vice-Presidents for the 64th session:

from the African States: Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, South Africa and the Sudan;
from the Asian-Pacific States: India, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal and Turkmenistan;
from the Eastern European States: Slovenia;
from the Latin American and Caribbean States: Barbados, El Salvador and Venezuela;
from the Western European and Other States: Belgium and Finland;
the five permanent members of the Security Council: China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States.

Priorities

The General Assembly considered, in the Plenary and the six Main Committees, a wide ranging agenda covering international peace and security, development, human rights, humanitarian assistance, justice and international law, disarmament, drug control, crime prevention, counter-terrorism and other organizational and administrative issues.

During the sixty-fourth session, particular attention was devoted to the following key issues:

Development, with a special focus on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including the preparation for the 2010 high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to take place at the beginning of the 65th session
The world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development – Follow-up of the June 2009 Conference
Climate Change
Revitalization of the General Assembly
Dialogue among civilization
Security Council Reform
System-wide coherence and UN management & Secretariat reform
Non proliferation and disarmament, including the holding of the NPT Review Conference
Review processes of the Peacebuilding Commission and the Human Rights Council
Human Trafficking
High Level Review Meeting on the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

Statements and Messages

September 2010

Co-Chairs of the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals (20 September 2010)
At the conclusion of the Sixty Fourth Session of the General Assembly (14 September 2010)
On the desecration of a Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem (13 September 2010)
At the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on "The United Nations Global Counter Terrorism Strategy: Report of the Secretary-General (8 September 2010)
On the threat to burn the holy Quran (8 September 2010)

August 2010

March 2010

February 2010

On the earthquake in Chile (27 February 2010)
In the Ad Hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the General Assembly (26 February 2010)
At the San Marino-Unicef Awards (25 February 2010)
At the opening of the UNA Mid-Atlantic Regional Assembly (19 February 2010)
At the 2010 review of the Peacebuilding Commission informal consultation (17 February 2010)
In the Informal Consultations of the Plenary on System-wide Coherence (4 February 2010)

January 2010

At the International Day of commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust Memorial Ceremony and Concert (27 January 2010)
At the 69th Formal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Haiti (22 January 2010)
At the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group the 77 and China (22 January 2010)
On the latest developments following the earthquake in Haiti (17 January 2010)
At the Informal Plenary Meeting on Haiti (13 January 2010)
On the earthquake in Haiti (12 January 2010)

December 2009

Before The Adoption of Draft Resolution: A/64/L.36 at the Sixty-Sixth Meeting of the Plenary (21 December 2009)
At the "Second Global South-South Development Expo" (15 December 2009)
On the Occasion of Human Rights Day (10 December 2009)
At the High Level Conference on the Central Emergency Response Fund (9 December 2009)
On Agenda Item 70: Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance of the United Nations (7 December 2009)

November 2009

On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (30 November 2009)
On Agenda Item 16: Question of Palestine (30 November 2009)
On the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (Item 10); and the report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund (Item 108) (20 November 2009)
On the occasion of the Africa Industrialization Day (20 November 2009)
Before the Second Summit of the First Ladies of the Non-Aligned Movement on “Food Security and Women’s Access to Resources” (15 November 2009)
On Agenda Item 9: Report of the Security Council; and Agenda Item 119: Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Related Matters: Joint Debate (12 November 2009)
On Agenda Item: Culture of Peace [49] (9 November 2009)
At the Opening of the Plenary on the Report of the Human Rights Council (4 November 2009)
On Agenda Item: Follow-Up to the Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (2 November 2009)

October 2009

On Agenda Item: Report of the Human Rights Council [64] (30 October 2009)
On the Occasion of the Presentation before the General Assembly of the Annual Report of the International Court of Justice (29 October 2009)
At the World Food Day (29 October 2009)
After the Adoption of the Resolution: Necessity of ending the Economic, Commercial and Financial Embargo Imposed by the United States of America against Cuba (28 October 2009)
On the terrorist attack in Afghanistan (28 October 2009)
Closing Remarks at the Joint Debate: New Partnership for Africa’s Development: Progress in Implementation and International Support [63 (a) and (b)]; 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa [47] (21 October 2009)
Opening Remarks at the Joint Debate: New Partnership for Africa’s Development: Progress in Implementation and International Support [63 (a) and (b)]; 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa [47] (20 October 2009)
At the Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (12 October 2009)
At the Observance of the International Day of Older Persons (8 October 2009)
on the natural disasters in the Pacific (2 October 2009)

September 2009

At the Closing of the General Debate (29 September 2009)
At the International Conference of New and Restored Democracies (ICNRD) Ministerial Meeting (29 September 2009)
UN Sunday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (27 September 2009)
At the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (26 September 2009)
At the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS (26 September 2009)
33rd Annual Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Group 77 and China (25 September 2009)
Opening Remarks at UNRWA (24 September 2009)
At the Opening of the General Debate (23 September 2009)
At the United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change (22 September 2009)
At the Student Observance of the International Day of Peace (18 September 2009)
At the opening of the Sixty-Fourth session of the General Assembly (15 September 2009)
At the Forum of Small States (FOSS) Meeting (11 September 2009)
On the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Barack Obama (9 September 2009)

June 2009

Acceptance Speech (10 June 2009)

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Events

High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly to launch the United Nations Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Person (31 August 2010)
Informal Interactive Dialogue of the General Assembly on "Early Warning, Assessment, and the Responsibility to Protect" (9 August 2010)
General Assembly Thematic Debate on "UN Peacekeeping: Looking into the Future" (22 June 2010)
Informal Meeting of the General Assembly Plenary on Piracy (14 May 2010)
Disarmament and World Security: Challenges for the International Community and the Role of the United Nations (19 April 2010)
High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development (23-24 March 2010)
High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Water (22 March 2010)

Team

H.E. Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki, President
H.E. Dr. Jamal Benomar, Chef de Cabinet
Mr. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Deputy Chef de Cabinet
Mr. Yasser Elnaggar, Senior Policy Adviser
Ms. Souad El Alaoui, Senior Adviser
Ms. Angela Nworgu, Senior Adviser
Mr. Jean-Victor Nkolo, Spokesperson
Mr. Jonas Jølle, Senior Adviser (Third Committee)
Mr. Walid Shakwara, Associate Adviser (Sixth Committee)
Mr. Gustavo Sénéchal, Adviser (First Committee)
Ms. Mónica Sánchez, Adviser (Second Committee)
Mr. Jonas von Freiesleben, Adviser (Security Council Affairs)
Mr. Ali Mohamed Treki, Liaison Officer
Mr. Mohamed Aburawi, Associate Adviser (General Assembly Affairs)
Mr. Kamel Milad, Personal Assistant to the President
Mr. Yeasin Arafat, Webmaster
Ms. Ghada Soliman, Personal Assistant to the President (Scheduling)
Ms. Alicia Santomauro, Administrative Assistant
Ms. Alice Farhat, Assistant to the President

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