President of the United Nations General Assembly

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United Nations position political office presiding officer

The President of the United Nations General Assembly is the annually elected diplomat who leads and moderates the sessions and work of the UN’s main deliberative body.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
President of the United Nations General Assembly canonical	13
President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly	1
President of the GA	1
President of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T261545 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the United Nations General Assembly
Context triple: [United Nations General Assembly, presidingOfficerTitle, President of the United Nations General Assembly]

A. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
B. Secretary-General
The Secretary-General is the chief administrative officer and top executive responsible for overseeing the work and strategic direction of the International Maritime Organization.
C. United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly
The United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly is a diplomatic official who leads and coordinates U.S. participation, negotiation, and voting in the UN’s main deliberative body.
D. Secretary-General of the Arab League
The Secretary-General of the Arab League is the chief administrative officer and top diplomatic representative of the regional organization of Arab states, responsible for coordinating its policies, initiatives, and collective positions.
E. PS Secretary-General
The PS Secretary-General is the top political leader and chief representative of Portugal’s Socialist Party, responsible for guiding its strategy, policies, and electoral campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the United Nations General Assembly
Target entity description: The President of the United Nations General Assembly is the annually elected diplomat who leads and moderates the sessions and work of the UN’s main deliberative body.

A. Secretary-General of the United Nations
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the chief administrative officer and de facto spokesperson of the UN, responsible for providing leadership, diplomacy, and coordination among member states on global issues.
B. Secretary-General
The Secretary-General is the chief administrative officer and top executive responsible for overseeing the work and strategic direction of the International Maritime Organization.
C. United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly
The United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly is a diplomatic official who leads and coordinates U.S. participation, negotiation, and voting in the UN’s main deliberative body.
D. Secretary-General of the Arab League
The Secretary-General of the Arab League is the chief administrative officer and top diplomatic representative of the regional organization of Arab states, responsible for coordinating its policies, initiatives, and collective positions.
E. PS Secretary-General
The PS Secretary-General is the top political leader and chief representative of Portugal’s Socialist Party, responsible for guiding its strategy, policies, and electoral campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations position ⓘ political office ⓘ presiding officer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	PGA ⓘ President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ surface form: President of the GA
appointedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
associatedBody	Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ surface form: General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
country	none (international office) ⓘ
createdBy	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
electedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
eligibility	must be a representative of a United Nations Member State ⓘ
firstHolder	Paul-Henri Spaak ⓘ
firstHolderCountry	Belgium ⓘ
followedBy	President of the next session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
follows	President of the previous session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Manhattan ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
meetsAt	General Assembly Hall ⓘ
meetsFrequency	annual session ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
partOf	United Nations ⓘ United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
precedence	ranks among the highest officials of the United Nations ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
role	announces decisions of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ calls upon speakers in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ coordinates the work of the General Committee of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ directs discussions in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ ensures observance of the rules of procedure of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ facilitates negotiations among Member States in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ opens and closes plenary meetings of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ oversees the work programme of the session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ presides over plenary meetings of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ puts questions to the vote in the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ represents the General Assembly at official functions ⓘ
seat	United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by majority of members present and voting ⓘ
termLength	1 year ⓘ
termLimits	no formal term limits but traditionally one term ⓘ
website	https://www.un.org/en/ga/president ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations General Assembly → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Ban Ki-moon → positionHeld → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

GA → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly

President of the United Nations General Assembly → alsoKnownAs → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the GA

General Committee → hasMember → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly → convenedBy → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Frank Aiken → heldUNRole → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

this entity surface form: President of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee

Carlos P. Romulo → positionHeld → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Rules of Procedure of the United Nations General Assembly → usedBy → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Bureau of the United Nations General Assembly → hasMember → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Vice-Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly → follows → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Vice-Presidents of the United Nations General Assembly → supportsOffice → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

regular session of the United Nations General Assembly → presidedBy → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

regular session of the United Nations General Assembly → elects → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

Legal Committee → subordinateTo → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ

General Assembly → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ