First session of the United Nations General Assembly

First session of the United Nations General Assembly
Host country	United Nations
Date	January 10, 1946 (1946-01-10)
Venue(s)	Westminster Central Hall, London

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 10 January 1946 in London. 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]

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United Nations General Assembly sessions

Sessions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

Emergency special sessions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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