Abdulla Shahid

Abdulla Shahid

Question: Who has been elected the President of 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)?
(a) Abdulla Shahid
(b) Zalmai Rassoul
(c) Volkan Bozkir
(d) Maria Garces
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 23 July 2021, the President-elect of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and Foreign Minister of the Maldives,Abdulla Shahid, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid won the Presidency of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in June 2021.
  • This is for the first time in the history of the United Nations (UN), Maldives will hold the office of President at the UNGA.
  • Maldives is a small archipelagic state in South Asia situated in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India, about 700 kilometres from the Asian continent’s mainland.

Links:
https://mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/34050/Call+on+Prime+Minister+by+PresidentElect+of+the+76th+UN+General+Assembly+and+Foreign+Minister+of+Maldives+HE+Abdulla+Shahid