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First session of the United Nations General Assembly

First session of the United Nations General Assembly

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The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 at the Methodist Central Hall in London.

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Gladwyn Jebb, executive secretary of the UN, notified Dr. Eduardo Zuleta Angel, head of the Colombian delegation to the UN and chairman of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, called the meeting to order. Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium was elected the first president of the General Assembly in a 28–23 vote, prevailing over Trygve Lie (who went on to be the first Secretary General of the UN).[1]

The second meeting of the first session opened in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York, on 23 October 1946.[2]

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  1. [1]
    "Verbatim Record of the First Plenary Session of the UN General Assembly" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. [2]
    "October 23 1946 CE – The United Nations General Assembly Convenes in New York for the First Time". This Day in World History.
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