UN General Assembly 61st Session

ELECTIONS & APPOINTMENTS

PRINCIPAL ORGANS

Economic and Social Council

2 November 2006
The General Assembly elected 17 new members to the Economic and Social Council for three-year terms (1 January 2007 - 31 December 2009): Algeria, Barbados, Bolivia, Canada, Cape Verde, El Salvador, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malawi, Philippines, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, and the United States. >> Read the press release

General Assembly

24 July 2007
The General Assembly elected by acclamation 21 Vice-Presidents for the sixty-second session >> Read the press release

24 May 2007
The General Assembly elected, by acclamation, Srgjan Kerim of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as its President for the sixty-second session >> Read the press release and >> View the video (44 min)

Press conference by president-elect, Mr. Srgjan Kerim of The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | Video (22 min)
Statement delivered by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon following the election of Srgjan Kerim

International Court of Justice

7 November 2005
The General Assembly (and the Security Council) elected 5 new members to the Court, for nine-year terms (6 February 2006 - 5 February 2015): Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Russian Federation and United States of America. >> Read the press release

Security Council

7 November 2006
The General Assembly elected 5 non-permanent members of the Security Council for 2007-2008: Belgium, Indonesia, Italy, Panama and South Africa. >> Read the press release