Former Swiss President to Lead New UN General Assembly
Amid the arrival of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings, the UN General Assembly has opened in New York. The 65th annual session of the UN’s main membership body will debate issues ranging from battling global poverty to promoting human rights and international security. Yet the setting will be shadowed by the usual controversy as leaders from Bolivia, Iran, Venezuela and Zimbabwe are set to speak to the proceedings with the usual political pyrotechnics against America and the West.
Significantly the Presidency of the year-long session has gone to Joseph Deiss, a distinguished diplomat and former Swiss President and Foreign Minister who brings a level of gravitas to the chamber in contrast with last year’s Assembly president from Libya. Not to be confused with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, Dr. Deiss will oversee proceedings in the 192 member assembly.
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