General Assembly

General Assembly Holds 72nd Plenary Meeting

12 February 2026

A wide view of the General Assembly Hall as Annalena Baerbock (on screens and left at dais), President of the eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, chairs the 72nd plenary meeting of the General Assembly.

The meeting discussed appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit and the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence. The Assembly also took note of the letters from the Secretary-General concerning Member States in arrears in the payment of financial contributions to the United Nations within the terms of Article 19 of the Charter.

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