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The sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 13 September 2011 at 15:00 and is presided over by former Qatari permanent representative to the UN Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser. The session ended on 18 September as al-Nasser symbolically passed the gavel to the president of the next session, Vuk Jeremic. ==Organisation for the session== On 23 June 2011, Qatar's Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser was elected president of the General Assembly after beating Nepal's Kul Chandra Gautam in an election. He said that his focus would on "Bridging Differences, Building Consensus". He also added that world faces "enormous political, social, economic and environmental challenges...people still were living under occupation, while other crucial questions of human rights, sustainable development and poverty eradication, among many others, persisted." He further said that "respect for diversity and pluralism – regardless of religion, race or ethnicity – was a principle on which the United Nations was founded, and he pledged to undertake his role as President in a spirit of constructive cooperation and mutual respect."〔http://www.un.org/en/ga/65/meetings/elections/presskit66/acceptance.pdf〕〔 He also responded to questions about what he would do about supporting the Arab Spring in saying that "I hope as an Arab that it will be dealt with through the Arab League," which, according to ''Reuters'', contrasted with his predecessor's statement in praising Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's support for the wave of protests.〔(General Assembly Elects New President ). Reuters (via New York Times). 22 June 2011〕 Ban Ki-moon said of Al-Nasser that he had already shown his ability after presiding over the Security Council, Chairman of the Fourth Committee and Chairman of the Group of 77 developing countries and China; that he led efforts to deal with autism; and that with Qatar's increasing emergence as a player in the field of international relations, as in the facilitation of the Darfur peace talks, he was grateful for such support. He also emphasised that he would work to ensure the partnership with the Secretariat remained strong. Outgoing president Joseph Deiss congratulated Al-Nasser and said service at the UN had earned him respect and esteem from his colleagues. He was also congratulated by representatives of the various regional groupings at the UN: Senegal (African Group), Kuwait (Asian Group), Moldova (Eastern European Group), Bolivia (Latin American and Caribbean Group), Israel (Western European and Other Group) and the United States (host country).〔 As is tradition during each session of the General Assembly, Moon drew lots to see which member state would take the helm at the first seat in the General Assembly Chamber. Turkmenistan was chosen, and the other member states would follow according to the English translation of their name, the same order would be followed in the six main committees.〔 The Chairmen and officers of the six Main committees were also elected:〔 *Chair of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security): Jarmo Viinanen (Finland); Mohammad Al-Mutairi (Kuwait) as Vice-Chair; and Archil Gheghechkori (Georgia) as Rapporteur. *Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial): Abulkalam Abdul Momen (Bangladesh); Philippe Donckel (Luxembourg), Raymond Harold Landveld (Suriname) and Denis Zdorov (Belarus) as Vice-Chairs. *Chair of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural): Hussein Haniff (Malaysia); Donnette Critchlow (Guyana), Carolina Popovici (Moldova) and Luca Zelioli (Italy) as Vice-Chairs. *Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonisation): Simona-Mirela Miculescu (Romania); Jim Kelly (Ireland) and María-Waleska Vivas-Mendoza (Venezuela) elected as Vice-Chairs. *Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary): Michel Tommo Monthe (Cameroon); Paul Ballantyne (New Zealand), Mariam Saif Abdulla Al-Shamisi (United Arab Emirates) and Jelena Plakalović (Serbia) elected as Vice-Chairs *Sixth Committee (Legal): Hernán Salinas Burgos (Chile); Mattanee Kaewpanya (Thailand), Petr Válek (Czech Republic) and Ceta Noland (Netherlands) as Vice-Chairs; and Jacqueline K. Moseti (Kenya) as Rapporteur. The nineteen vice-presidents of the UNGA also elected were: Benin, Chad, Liberia, Malawi and Morocco (African group); Fiji, Iran, Kuwait and South Korea (Asian group); Hungary (Eastern European group); Bolivia, Haiti and Uruguay (Latin American and Caribbean group); and Australia and Austria (Western European and Other group). The permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States) are also automatically appointed as vice-presidents. Al-Nasser announced that an additional African state would be elected to the vice-presidency at a later date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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