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.
Secretary-General António Guterres (left at dais and on screen) addresses the General Assembly following the election. Also pictured are Miroslav Lajcák (centre), President of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, and Movses Abelian, Assistant Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.