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| Session Number | Year | Name of President | Nationality of President |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | 1946 | Paul-Henri Spaak | Belgium |
| First special | 1947 | Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil |
| Second | 1947 | Oswaldo Aranha | Brazil |
| Second special | 1948 | José Arce | Argentina |
| Third | 1948 | Herbert Vere Evatt | Australia |
| Fourth | 1949 | Carlos P. Romulo | PhilippinesThe Republic of the Philippines is an island nation consisting of an archipelago of 7,107 islands, lying in the tropical western Pacific Ocean about 100 kilometers southeast of mainland Asia. Spain (1521-1898) and the United States (1898-1946), colonized |
| Fifth | 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with | Nasrollah Entezam | IranIran ( Persian: ) is a Middle Eastern country located in southwestern Asia that until 1935 was referred to in the West as Persia''. It borders Pakistan (909km of border) and Afghanistan (936km) to the east, Turkmenistan (1000km) to the northeast, the Casp |
| Sixth | 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We | Luis Padilla Nevro | MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co |
| Seventh | 1952 | Lester B. Pearson | Canada |
| Eighth | 1953 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | India |
| Ninth | 1954 | Eelco N. van Kleffens | Netherlands |
| Tenth | 1955 | José Maza | Chile |
| First emergency special | 1956 | Rudecindo Ortega | Chile |
| Second emergency special | 1956 | Rudecindo Ortega | Chile |
| Eleventh | 1956 | Wan Waithayakon | Thailand |
| Twelfth | 1957 | Leslie Munro | New Zealand |
| Third emergency special | 1958 | Leslie Munro | New Zealand |
| Thirteenth | 1958 | Charles Habib Malik | Lebanon |
| Fourteenth | 1959 | Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru |
| Fourth emergency special | 1960 | Víctor Andrés Belaúnde | Peru |
| Fifteenth | 1960 | Frederick Henry Boland | Ireland |
| Third special | 1961 | Frederick Henry Boland | Ireland |
| Sixteenth | 1961 | Mongi Slim | Tunisia |
| Seventeenth | 1962 | Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan |
| Fourth special | 1963 | Muhammad Zafrulla Khan | Pakistan |
| Eighteenth | 1963 | Carlos Sosa Rodriguez | Venezuela |
| Nineteenth | 1964 | Alex Quaison-Sackey | Ghana |
| Twentieth | 1965 | Amintore Fanfani | Italy |
| Twenty-first | 1966 | Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Fifth special | 1967 | Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Fifth emergency special | 1967 | Abdul Rahman Pazhwak | Afghanistan |
| Twenty-second | 1967 | Corneliu Manescu | Romania |
| Twenty-third | 1968 | Emilio Arenales Catalan | Guatemala |
| Twenty-fourth | 1969 | Angie Elisabeth Brooks | Liberia |
| Twenty-fifth | 1970 | Edvard Hambro | Norway |
| Twenty-sixth | 1971 | Adam Malik | Indonesia |
| Twenty-seventh | 1972 | Stanislaw Trepczynski | Poland |
| Twenty-eighth | 1973 | Leopoldo Benites | Ecuador |
| Sixth special | 1974 | Leopoldo Benites | Ecuador |
| Twenty-ninth | 1974 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
| Seventh special | 1975 | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
| Thirtieth | 1975 | Gaston Thorn | Luxembourg |
| Thirty-first | 1976 | Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| Thirty-second | 1977 | Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Eighth special | 1978 | Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Ninth special | 1978 | Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Tenth special | 1978 | Lazar Mojsov | Yugoslavia |
| Thirty-third | 1978 | Indalecio Liévano | Colombia |
| Thirty-fourth | 1979 | Salim A. Salim | Tanzania |
| Sixth emergency special | 1980 | Salim A. Salim | Tanzania |
| Seventh emergency special | 1980 | Salim A. Salim | Tanzania |
| Eleventh emergency special | 1980 | Salim A. Salim | Tanzania |
| Thirty-fifth | 1980 | Rüdiger von Wechmar | Germany |
| Eighth | 1981 | Rüdiger von Wechmar | Germany |
| Thirty-sixth | 1981 | Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Seventh emergency special - Reprise | 1982 | Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Ninth emergency special | 1982 | Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Twelfth special | 1982 | Ismat T. Kittani | Iraq |
| Thirty-seventh | 1982 | Imre Hollai | Hungary |
| Thirty-eighth | 1983 | Jorge E. Illueca | Panama |
| Thirty-ninth | 1984 | Paul J.F. Lusaka | Zambia |
| Fortieth | 1985 | Jaime de Piniés | Spain |
| Thirteenth special | 1986 | Jaime de Piniés | Spain |
| Forty-first | 1986 | Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh |
| Fourteenth special | 1986 | Humayun Rasheed Choudhury | Bangladesh |
| Forty-second | 1987 | Peter Florin | East Germany |
| Fifteenth special | 1988 | Peter Florin | East Germany |
| Forty-third | 1988 | Dante Maria Caputo | Argentina |
| Forty-fourth | 1989 | Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Sixteenth special | 1989 | Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Seventeenth special | 1990 | Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Eighteenth special | 1990 | Joseph Nanven Garba | Nigeria |
| Forty-fifth | 1990 | Guido de Marco | Malta |
| Forty-sixth | 1991 | Samir S. Shihabi | Saudi Arabia |
| Forty-seventh | 1992 | Stoyan Ganev | Bulgaria |
| Forty-eighth | 1993 | Samuel Insanally | Guyana |
| Forty-ninth | 1994 | Amara Essy | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Fiftieth | 1995 | Diogo Freitas do Amaral | Portugal |
| Fifty-first | 1996 | Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Tenth emergency special - Reprise | 1997 | Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Ninteenth special | 1997 | Razali Ismail | Malaysia |
| Fifty-second | 1997 | Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
| Tenth emergency special - Reprise | 1998 | Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
| Twentieth special | 1998 | Hennadiy Udovenko | Ukraine |
| Fifty-third | 1998 | Didier Opertti Badan | Uruguay |
| Tenth emergency special - Reprise | 1999 | Didier Opertti | Uruguay |
| Twenty-first special | 1999 | Didier Opertti | Uruguay |
| Fifty-fourth | 1999 | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia |
| Twenty-second special | 1999 | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia |
| Twenty-third special | 2000 | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia |
| Twenty-sfourth special | 2000 | Theo-Ben Gurirab | Namibia |
| Fifty-fifth | 2000 | Harri Holkeri | Finland |
| Tenth emergency special | 2000 | Harri Holkeri | Finland |
| Twenty-fifth special | 2001 | Harri Holkeri | Finland |
| Twenty-sixth special | 2001 | Harri Holkeri | Finland |
| Fifty-sixth | 2001 | Han Seung-soo | Korea |
| Fifty-seventh | 2002 | Jan Kavan | Czech Republic |
| Fifty-eighth | 2003 | Julian Hunte | Saint Lucia |
| Fifty-ninth | 2004 | Jean Ping | Gabon |