General Assembly Holds Election of Members of UN Commission on International Trade Law, Discusses Use of Veto

Philemon Yang (left at dais and on screens), President of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 40th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. The Assembly held elections of members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and discussed the use of the veto. At right is Ruth de Miranda, Director of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Affairs Division of the Department of General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM).