General Assembly Holds Election of Members of Human Rights Council

Annalena Baerbock, President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 18th plenary meeting of the General Assembly. At right is Movses Abelian, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM).

The Assembly held an election of members of the Human Rights Council and elected Angola, Chile, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, India, Iraq, Italy, Mauritius, Pakistan, Slovenia, South Africa, United Kingdom and Viet Nam to the Human Rights Council, for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2026.

Acting without a vote, the Assembly also adopted the draft resolution titled "Endorsement of the Awaza Political Declaration," reaffirming the international community's commitment to landlocked developing countries. It also decided to include in the agenda of its current session an additional item entitled "Financing of the United Nations Support Office in Haiti" and allocated the item to its Fifth Committee.