PGA

The seventy-fourth President of the General Assembly presides over the election of his successor.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

New Assembly president pledges to serve UN ‘as a whole’, building consensus

22 June 2020
UN Affairs

The expectations and views of each of the world’s regional groups and its members “will be equally important and valuable to me”, the newly elected president of what will be the 75th UN General Assembly, told an informal meeting of the world body on Monday.

General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande speaks to UN News about education.
United Nations/Reem Abaza

Quality education: ‘Key to life’

23 January 2020
Interviews

All societies are undermined without quality schooling for all said the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), in an interview just ahead of the International Day of Education.

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UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande meets cadets participating in a military and peacekeeping training programme at Khawla bint Al Azwar Military Academy for Women in Abu Dhabi.
United Nations

Global Goals top General Assembly President’s priority list

13 January 2020
SDGs

The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out his 2020 priorities, which aim to make the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality by the start of the next decade.