| 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 |