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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who has been elected as President of 71st session of United Nations General Assembly
A
Mussa Juma Assad
B
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan
C
Peter Thomson
D
Tumasie Blair
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His Excellency Peter Thomson of Fiji was the President of the 71st session of the General Assembly. The theme of the 71st session was “The Sustainable Development Goals: A Universal Push to Transform our World".

Detailed explanation-2: -The 72nd ordinary session opened on 12 September 2017 and closed on 17 September 2018. His Excellency Miroslav Lajčák of Slovakia was the President of the 72nd session of the General Assembly.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1953, she became the first woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (she was inducted as an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority in 1978 for this accomplishment). Hon. Members that Shrimati Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit has resigned her seat in the House with effect from 17 December 1954.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the 75th session, the first seat was occupied by the delegation of Iceland. At the end of 2020, in order to allow for social distancing due to the COVID-19 situation in New York, formal in-person meetings were held across three conference rooms.

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