Nigeria's Envoy, Itegboje, Emerges Interim President of UNGA Special Session
The United Nations has appointed Nigeria’s envoy, Ambassador Samson Itegboje, as the Interim President for the General Assembly’s Special Session on the coronavirus pandemic.
Itegboje, who is the Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, was mandated in his capacity as the Interim President to put the modalities in place to convene the 31st special session of the General Assembly. Itegboje, in a letter to the member states, noted that the General Assembly would have to decide on modalities for substantive discussions on the topic of the special session, including its date and any other matters concerning the organisation of the session.
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