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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. Frederick Henry Boland Ireland Third special 1961 Mr. Frederick Henry 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 Fifty-third 1998 Mr. Didier Opertti Uruguay Tenth emergency special (resumed) 1999 Mr. Didier Opertti Uruguay Twenty-first special 1999 Mr. Didier Opertti Uruguay Fifty-fourth 1999 Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia Twenty-second special 1999 Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia Twenty-third special 2000 Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia Twenty-fourth special 2000 Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab Namibia Fifty-fifth 2000 Mr. Harri Holkeri Finland Tenth emergency special (resumed) 2000 Mr. Harri Holkeri Finland Twenty-fifth special 2001 Mr. Harri Holkeri Finland Twenty-sixth special 2001 Mr. Harri Holkeri Finland Fifty-sixth 2001 Mr. Han Seung-soo Korea Tenth emergency special (resumed) 2001 Mr. Han Seung-soo Korea Tenth emergency special (resumed twice) 2002 Mr. Han Seung-soo Korea Fifty-seventh 2002 Mr. Jan Kavan Czech Republic Fifty-eighth 2003 Mr. Julian Robert Hunte Saint Lucia Fifty-ninth 2004 Mr. Jean Ping Gabon BACK TO TOP