The UN General Assembly elected Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukraine’s permanent envoy in the UN, as the Vice President of the 73rd session of the Assembly. The press service of the UNGA reported this on Twitter.
The session will start working in September.
112.ua: Yelchenko elected Vice President of 73rd session of UN General Assembly
Permanent representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Volodymyr (Vladimir) Yelchenko attends a UN Security Council meeting over the situation in the Middle East on December 18, 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York. The United States on Monday vetoed a draft UN resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, after all 14 other Security Council members backed the measure.The veto cast by US Ambassador Nikki Haley highlighted Washington's isolation over Trump's announcement that the US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively ignoring Palestinian claims on the city.
