General Assembly

Dr. Charles Malik Elected President of the 13th General Assembly Session

16 September 1958

By majority vote on the first ballot, the United Nations General Assembly today elected Dr. Charles Malik, Lebanon's Minister for Foreign Affairs, as President of its thirteenth session.
Dr. Malik (center) at the presidential rostrum shortly after his election. UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld is seated at left; and at right is Mr. Andrew W. Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General.

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