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Bangladesh's Khalilur Rahman elected President of 81st UN General Assembly.
2 Jun 2026
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Bangladesh's Khalilur Rahman elected President of 81st UN General Assembly1
He won 99 votes to Cyprus's Andreas Kakouris's 91, returning Bangladesh to the post after 1986-87.
- Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman was elected President of the 81st UN General Assembly on Tuesday 2 June 2026
- He defeated Andreas Kakouris of Cyprus in a closely contested vote
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Environment
UN General Assembly reaffirms climate obligations after ICJ advisory opinion2345
On 20 May the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution reaffirming states' obligations to address climate change and recognising the ICJ's recent advisory opinion on the matter.
- UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on 20 May 2026 endorsing the ICJ's July 2025 climate advisory opinion, by 141 votes to 8 with 28 abstentions
- Tabled by Vanuatu (A/80/L.65) with about 90 co-sponsors
- Against: Belarus, Iran, Israel, Liberia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United States and Yemen; India was among the abstainers
- Resolution is not itself binding
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International
UN General Assembly declares Atlantic slave trade a crime against humanity6789
The UN General Assembly adopted a Ghana-led resolution on 25 March 2026 by 123 votes to 3, naming the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity and urging consideration of apologies and reparations. It is non-binding.
- Adopted 25 March 2026 by 123 votes to 3 (United States, Israel, Argentina) with 52 abstentions
- Ghana-led resolution (A/80/L.48) calls the transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against humanity
- Urges consideration of formal apologies, a reparations fund and return of cultural items; non-binding
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