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| Session | Year | Name | Country |
| First | 1946 | Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak | Belgium |
| First special | 1947 | Mr. Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil |
| Second | 1947 | Mr. Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil |
| Second special | 1948 | Mr. José Arce | Argentina |
| Third | 1948 | Mr. H. V. Evatt | Australia |
| Fourth | 1949 | Mr. Carlos P. Rómulo | Philippines |
| Fifth | 1950 | Mr. Nasrollah Entezam | Iran |
| Sixth | 1951 | Mr. Luis Padilla Nervo | Mexico |
| Seventh | 1952 | Mr. Lester B. Pearson | Canada |
| Eighth | 1953 | Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | India |
| Ninth | 1954 | Mr. Eelco N. van Kleffens | Netherlands |
| Tenth | 1955 | Mr. José Maza | Chile |
| First emergency special | 1956 | Mr. Rudecindo Ortega | Chile |
| Second emergency special | 1956 | Mr. Rudecindo Ortega | Chile |
| Eleventh | 1956 | Prince Wan Waithayakon | Thailand |
| Twelfth | 1957 | Sir Leslie Munro | New Zealand |
| Third emergency special | 1958 | Sir Leslie Munro | New Zealand |
| Thirteenth | 1958 | Mr. Charles Malik | Lebanon |
| Fourteenth | 1959 | Mr. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru |
| Fourth emergency special | 1960 | Mr. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru |
| Fifteenth | 1960 | Mr. Fgreenerick H. Boland | Ireland |
| Third special | 1961 | Mr. Fgreenerick H. Boland | Ireland |
| Sixteenth | 1961 | Mr. Mongi Slim | Tunisia |
| Seventeenth | 1962 | Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan |
| Fourth special | 1963 | Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan |
| Eighteenth | 1963 | Mr. Carlos Sosa Rodríguez | Venezuela |
| Nineteenth | 1964 | Mr. Alex Quaison-Sackey | Ghana |
| Twentieth | 1965 | Mr. Amintore Fanfani | Italy |
| Twenty-first | 1966 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Fifth special | 1967 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Fifth emergency special | 1967 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Twenty-second | 1967 | Mr. Corneliu Manescu | Romania |
| Twenty-third | 1968 | Mr. Emilio Arenales Catalán | Guatemala |
| Twenty-fourth | 1969 | Miss Angie E. Brooks | Liberia |
| Twenty-fifth | 1970 | Mr. Edvard Hambro | Norway |
| Twenty-sixth | 1971 | Mr. Adam Malik | Indonesia |
| Twenty-seventh | 1972 | Mr. Stanislaw Trepczynski | Poland |
| Twenty-eighth | 1973 | Mr. Leopoldo Benítes | Ecuador |
| Sixth special | 1974 | Mr. Leopoldo Benítes | Ecuador |
| Twenty-ninth | 1974 | Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
| Seventh special | 1975 | Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
| Thirtieth | 1975 | Mr. Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg |
| Thirty-first | 1976 | Mr. H. S. Amerasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| Thirty-second | 1977 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Eighth special | 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Ninth special | 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Tenth special | 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Thirty-third | 1978 | Mr. Indalecio Liévano | Colombia |
| Thirty-fourth | 1979 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Sixth emergency special | 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Seventh emergency special | 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Eleventh special | 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania |
| Thirty-fifth | 1980 | Mr. Rüdiger von Wechmar | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Eighth emergency special | 1981 | Mr. Rüdiger von Wechmar | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Thirty-sixth | 1981 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Seventh emergency special (resumed) | 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Ninth emergency special | 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Twelfth special | 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Thirty-seventh | 1982 | Mr. Imre Hollai | Hungary |
| Thirty-eighth | 1983 | Mr. Jorge E. Illueca | Panama |
| Thirty-ninth | 1984 | Mr. Paul J. F. Lusaka | Zambia |
| Fortieth | 1985 | Mr. Jaime de Piniés | Spain |
| Thirteenth special | 1986 | Mr. Jaime de Piniés | Spain |
| Forty-first | 1986 | Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh |
| Fourteenth special | 1986 | Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh |
| Forty-second | 1987 | Mr. Peter Florin | German Democratic Republic |
| Fifteenth special | 1988 | Mr. Peter Florin | German Democratic Republic |
| Forty-third | 1988 | Mr. Dante M. Caputo | Argentina |
| Forty-fourth | 1989 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Sixteenth special | 1989 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Seventeenth special | 1990 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Eighteenth special | 1990 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Forty-fifth | 1990 | Mr. Guido de Marco | Malta |
| Forty-sixth | 1991 | Mr. Samir S. Shihabi | Saudi Arabia |
| Forty-seventh | 1992 | Mr. Stoyan Ganev | Bulgaria |
| Forty-eighth | 1993 | Mr. Samuel R. Insanally | Guyana |
| Forty-ninth | 1994 | Mr. Amara Essy | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Fiftieth | 1995 | Prof. Diogo Freitas do Amaral | Portugal |
| Fifty-first | 1996 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Tenth emergency special (resumed) | 1997 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Ninteenth special | 1997 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Fifty-second | 1997 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
| Tenth emergency special (resumed) | 1998 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
| Twentieth special | 1998 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
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