Nigerian diplomat elected to UN General Assembly presidency
China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-06 08:47
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday picked Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, permanent representative of Nigeria to the UN, to be its next president.
Muhammad-Bande will preside over the 193-member body's 74th session, which is scheduled to kick off in September.
Muhammad-Bande will be the second Nigerian assembly president after Joseph Nanven Garba, who held the position between 1989 and 1990.
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