General Assembly Elects President for Seventy-third Session

The General Assembly elected María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, as President of its seventy-third session. She will be the fourth woman to hold the post.
Ms. Garcés (right) is congratulated by Miroslav Lajcák, President of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, following her address to the General Assembly. Also pictured are Secretary-General António Guterres and Movses Abelian, Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.