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President of the United Nations General Assembly: least-known leader

In: Handbook on Governance in International Organizations

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  • Alistair D. Edgar

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This chapter examines the evolution of the Office of the President of the General Assembly (OPGA) as an institution, and in particular the role and influence of the President of the General Assembly (PGA) as an individual actor. It reviews the presidencies of Paul-Henri Spaak, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, and Mogens Lykketoft, and efforts towards the ‘revitalization’ of the General Assembly, to evaluate whether, and how, the OPGA as an institution and the PGA as an individual, exercise agency. Do they make a substantive - independent, effective - difference in the operations and outputs of the General Assembly and the UN system?

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  • Alistair D. Edgar, 2023. "President of the United Nations General Assembly: least-known leader," Chapters, in: Alistair D. Edgar (ed.), Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, chapter 14, pages 215-230, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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