General Assembly: 85th plenary meeting, 80th session

General Assembly elects Khalilur Rahman of Bangladesh President of eighty-first session, selects Main Committee bureaus.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:38:45
• Production Date: 2 June 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: ANTONIO GUTERRES; ANNALENA BAERBOCK; KHALILUR RAHMAN
• Corporate Name: FIFTH COMMITTEE - ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS; FOURTH COMMITTEE - SPECIAL POLITICAL AND DECOLONISATION; FIRST COMMITTEE - DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY; SECOND COMMITTEE - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL; SIXTH COMMITTEE - LEGAL QUESTIONS
• Subject Topical: ADMINISTRATION; BUDGET; CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DECOLONIZATION; DISARMAMENT; ELECTIONS; FINANCE; GA PRESIDENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY; LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; LAW; ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; MULTILATERALISM
• MAMS Id: 3581533
• Parent Id: 3579657
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 85 PLENARY 02 JUN 2026 AM

Description

With delegates stressing the importance of bringing multilateralism back on course, the General Assembly today elected Khalilur Rahman (Bangladesh) as its President for the upcoming eighty-first session.

“We must collectively demonstrate that the UN can adapt, reform and better deliver, and justify every penny Member States — all of you — contribute, in order to restore trust in our Organization,” he said, addressing the Assembly after he won the election by obtaining a simple majority of 99 votes in a secret-ballot election.

Agenda:

Election of the President of the General Assembly - Item 4

• Drawing of lots by the Secretary-General to determine the Member State which will occupy the first seat in the General Assembly Hall at the eighty-first session

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly - Item 6

Morning (following the adjournment of the 85th plenary meeting)

• Consecutive meetings of the Main Committees for the purpose of electing the Chairs and the Bureau of the Main Committees at the eighty-first session of the General Assembly

Election of the officers of the Main Committees - Item 5

First Committee

• 27th plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the First Committee

Morning (following the adjournment of the 27th plenary meeting)

Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

• 29th plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

Morning (following the adjournment of the 29th plenary meeting)

Second Committee

• 23rd plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Second Committee

Morning (following the adjournment of the 23rd plenary meeting)

Third Committee

• 53rd plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Third Committee

Morning (following the adjournment of the 53rd plenary meeting)

Fifth Committee

• 32nd plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Fifth Committee

Morning (following the adjournment of the 32nd plenary meeting)

Sixth Committee

• 42nd plenary meeting
  • Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Sixth Committee

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