Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador Dennis Francis has been elected to serve as president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for its 78th session.
Francis, whose diplomatic career in the Caribbean nation spans nearly 40 years, has been the permanent representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations since September 2021.
He was elected as president by acclamation during a ceremony at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 1 and will take the helm of the United Nations’ main policy-making body in September.
Later in September, he will preside over the annual gathering of world leaders in New York.
It marks the first time that a nominee from Trinidad and Tobago has been elected UNGA president, according to the Trinidad Express….