Forty-second Session of the General Assembly

The General Assembly opened its forty-second regular session at UN Headquarters on the afternoon of 15 September. (Opening day is known as the International Peace Day.) The 159-Member Assembly elected Peter Florin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the German Democratic Republic, as President of the current session. Some 140 items are included in this year's provisional agenda. The general debate, which is expected to last for three weeks, commenced on 21 September.
Obed Yao Asamoah, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Ghana, addressing the General Assembly on 24 September. At the podium are Assembly President Peter Florin; and Joseph V. Reed (right), Under-Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs.