| SESSION | YEAR | NAME | COUNTRY | 
| 10th Emergency Special Session (resumed) | 2023 | Mr. Dennis Francis | Trinidad and Tobago | 
| 11th Emergency Special Session (resumed) | 2022 | Mr. Csaba Kőrösi | Hungary | 
| 77th | 2022 | Mr. Csaba Kőrösi | Hungary | 
| 11th Emergency Special Session | 2022 | Mr. Abdulla Shahid | Maldives | 
| 76th | 2021 | Mr. Abdulla Shahid | Maldives | 
| 32nd Special Session | 2021 | Mr. Volkan Bozkir | Turkey | 
| 31st Special Session | 2020 | Mr. Volkan Bozkir | Turkey | 
| 75th | 2020 | Mr. Volkan Bozkir | Turkey | 
| 74th | 2019 | Mr. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande | Nigeria | 
| 73rd | 2018 | Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés | Ecuador | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 2018 | Mr. Miroslav Lajčák | Slovakia | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 2017 | Mr. Miroslav Lajčák | Slovakia | 
| 72nd | 2017 | Mr. Miroslav Lajčák | Slovakia | 
| 71st | 2016 | Mr. Peter Thomson | Fiji | 
| 30th special | 2016 | Mr. Mogens Lykketoft | Denmark | 
| 70th | 2015 | Mr. Mogens Lykketoft | Denmark | 
| 29th special | 2014 | Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa | Uganda | 
| 69th | 2014 | Mr. Sam Kahamba Kutesa | Uganda | 
| 68th | 2013 | Mr. John W. Ashe | Antigua and Barbuda | 
| 67th | 2012 | Mr. Vuk Jeremić | Serbia | 
| 66th | 2011 | Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser | Qatar | 
| 65th | 2010 | Mr. Joseph Deiss | Switzerland | 
| 64th | 2009 | Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki | Libya (formerly Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) | 
| 63rd | 2008 | Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann | Nicaragua | 
| 62nd | 2007 | Mr. Srgjan Kerim | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed twice) | 2006 | Ms. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 
| 61st | 2006 | Ms. Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa | Bahrain | 
| 60th | 2005 | Mr.Jan Eliasson | Sweden | 
| 59th | 2004 | Mr. Jean Ping | Gabonese Republic | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 2004 | Mr. Julian Robert Hunte | Saint Lucia | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed twice) | 2003 | Mr. Julian Robert Hunte | Saint Lucia | 
| 58th | 2003 | Mr. Julian Robert Hunte | Saint Lucia | 
| 57th | 2002 | Mr. Jan Kavan | Czech Republic | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed twice) | 2002 | Mr. Han Seung-soo | Republic of Korea | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 2001 | Mr. Han Seung-soo | Republic of Korea | 
| 56th | 2001 | Mr. Han Seung-soo | Republic of Korea | 
| 2001 | Mr. Harri Holkeri | Finland | 
| 2001 | Mr. Harri Holkeri | Finland | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 2000 | Mr. Harri Holkeri | Finland | 
| 55th | 2000 | Mr. Harri Holkeri | Finland | 
| 2000 | Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia | 
| 2000 | Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia | 
| 1999 | Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia | 
| 54th | 1999 | Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia | 
| 1999 | Mr. Didier Opertti | Uruguay | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 1999 | Mr. Didier Opertti | Uruguay | 
| 53rd | 1998 | Mr. Didier Opertti | Uruguay | 
| 1998 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 1998 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine | 
| 52nd | 1997 | Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine | 
| 1997 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia | 
| 10th emergency special (resumed) | 1997 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia | 
| 51st | 1996 | Mr. Razali Ismail | Malaysia | 
| 50th | 1995 | Prof. Diogo Freitas do Amaral | Portugal | 
| 49th | 1994 | Mr. Amara Essy | Côte d’Ivoire | 
| 48th | 1993 | Mr. Samuel R. Insanally | Guyana | 
| 47th | 1992 | Mr. Stoyan Ganev | Bulgaria | 
| 46th | 1991 | Mr. Samir S. Shihabi | Saudi Arabia | 
| 45th | 1990 | Mr. Guido de Marco | Malta | 
| 1990 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 
| 1990 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 
| 1989 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 
| 44th | 1989 | Mr. Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria | 
| 43rd | 1988 | Mr. Dante M. Caputo | Argentina | 
| 1988 | Mr. Peter Florin | German Democratic Republic | 
| 42nd | 1987 | Mr. Peter Florin | German Democratic Republic | 
| 1986 | Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh | 
| 41st | 1986 | Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh | 
| 1986 | Mr. Jaime de Piniés | Spain | 
| 40th | 1985 | Mr. Jaime de Piniés | Spain | 
| 39th | 1984 | Mr. Paul J. F. Lusaka | Zambia | 
| 38th | 1983 | Mr. Jorge E. Illueca | Panama | 
| 37th | 1982 | Mr. Imre Hollai | Hungary | 
| 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq | 
| Ninth emergency special | 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq | 
| Seventh emergency special (resumed) | 1982 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq | 
| 36th | 1981 | Mr. Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq | 
| Eighth emergency special | 1981 | Mr. Rüdiger von Wechmar | Federal Republic of Germany | 
| 35th | 1980 | Mr. Rüdiger von Wechmar | Federal Republic of Germany | 
| 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania | 
| Seventh emergency special | 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania | 
| Sixth emergency special | 1980 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania | 
| 34th | 1979 | Mr. Salim A. Salim | United Republic of Tanzania | 
| 33rd | 1978 | Mr. Indalecio Liévano | Colombia | 
| 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia | 
| 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia | 
| 1978 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia | 
| 32nd | 1977 | Mr. Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia | 
| 31st | 1976 | Mr. H. S. Amerasinghe | Sri Lanka | 
| 30th | 1975 | Mr. Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg | 
| 1975 | Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria | 
| 29th | 1974 | Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria | 
| 1974 | Mr. Leopoldo Benítes | Ecuador | 
| 28th | 1973 | Mr. Leopoldo Benítes | Ecuador | 
| 27th | 1972 | Mr. Stanislaw Trepczynski | Poland | 
| 26th | 1971 | Mr. Adam Malik | Indonesia | 
| 25th | 1970 | Mr. Edvard Hambro | Norway | 
| 24th | 1969 | Miss Angie E. Brooks | Liberia | 
| 23rd | 1968 | Mr. Emilio Arenales Catalán | Guatemala | 
| 22nd | 1967 | Mr. Corneliu Manescu | Romania | 
| Fifth emergency special | 1967 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan | 
| 1967 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan | 
| 21st | 1966 | Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan | 
| 20th | 1965 | Mr. Amintore Fanfani | Italy | 
| 19th | 1964 | Mr. Alex Quaison-Sackey | Ghana | 
| 18th | 1963 | Mr. Carlos Sosa Rodríguez | Venezuela | 
| 1963 | Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan | 
| 17th | 1962 | Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan | 
| 16th | 1961 | Mr. Mongi Slim | Tunisia | 
| 1961 | Mr. Frederick Henry Boland | Ireland | 
| 15th | 1960 | Mr. Frederick Henry Boland | Ireland | 
| Fourth emergency special | 1960 | Mr. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru | 
| 14th | 1959 | Mr. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru | 
| 13th | 1958 | Mr. Charles Malik | Lebanon | 
| Third emergency special | 1958 | Sir Leslie Munro | New Zealand | 
| 12th | 1957 | Sir Leslie Munro | New Zealand | 
| 11th | 1956 | Prince Wan Waithayakon | Thailand | 
| Second emergency special | 1956 | Mr. Rudecindo Ortega | Chile | 
| First emergency special | 1956 | Mr. Rudecindo Ortega | Chile | 
| 10th | 1955 | Mr. José Maza | Chile | 
| Ninth | 1954 | Mr. Eelco N. van Kleffens | Netherlands | 
| Eighth | 1953 | Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | India | 
| Seventh | 1952 | Mr. Lester B. Pearson | Canada | 
| Sixth | 1951 | Mr. Luis Padilla Nervo | Mexico | 
| Fifth | 1950 | Mr. Nasrollah Entezam | Iran | 
| Fourth | 1949 | Mr. Carlos P. Rómulo | Philippines | 
| Third | 1948 | Mr. H. V. Evatt | Australia | 
| 1948 | Mr. José Arce | Argentina | 
| Second | 1947 | Mr. Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil | 
| 1947 | Mr. Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil | 
| First | 1946 | Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak | Belgium |