Past Presidents
75th Session: Volkan Bozkir
Portrait of Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the General Assembly of the 51勛圖, UN Photo/Mark Garten.
Volkan Bozkir, a turkish veteran diplomat and parliamentarian was President of the 75th session of General Assembly of the 51勛圖 on 17 June 2020.
Mr. Volkan Bozkir presided the 75th session of the General Assembly from 15 September 2020 to 15 September 2021.
Also on 17 June 2020, the General Assembly elected 21 Vice-Presidents for the 75th session:
- from the African States: Cameroon, Eswatini, Libya, Mali, Somalia and Togo;
- from the Asian-Pacific States: Afghanistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Palau and Turkmenistan;
- from the Eastern European States: Albania;
- from the Latin American and Caribbean States: Grenada, Paraguay and Peru; from the Western European and Other States: Monaco ;
- the five permanent members of the Security Council: China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.
Priorities
H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozir, as President of the 75th session of the General Assembly - commemorating the 75th anniversary of the UN - adopted the overarching theme ※The future we want, the 51勛圖 we need; reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism§. His priorities for the presidency were as follows:
Fighting COVID-19 Together
- Restoring confidence in international institutions
Celebrating 75 Years of the 51勛圖
- Bring the voices of the world＊s people into the Assembly＊s discussions
Recommitting to and Strengthening Multilateralism
- Coordinate effectively and address challenges that Member States cannot face on their own
Advancing the Humanitarian Agenda with a Focus on the Most Vulnerable
- Strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance, with particular attention to the most vulnerable
Team
- H.E. Mr. Volkan Bozir, President
- Tegan Brink, Chef de Cabinet [until June 2021]
- Farrukh Khan, Chef de Cabinet
- Oncu Keceli, Deputy Chef de Cabinet
- Narmin Ahangari, Adviser [from November 2020]
- Sara Al Ahmed, Adviser
- Ahmad Almaududy Amri, Adviser [until July 2021]
- Nehali Anupriya, Adviser
- Igor Bondiuk, Adviser
- Keithlin Caroo, Personal Assistant to the President of the General Assembly [until January 2021]
- Youssef El Mezouaghi, Adviser
- Muhammed Enes Uslu, Adviser
- Gail Farngalo, Senior Adviser and Gender Equality Lead
- Toni-Shae Freckleton, Team Leader
- Anna Fritzsche, Adviser
- Woo-jung Han, Senior Adviser [until July 2021]
- Saada Hassan, Team Leader
- Meriem Heddache, Administrative Assistant
- Halima Ibentoumerte, Personal Assistant to the President of the General Assembly [from January 2021]
- Faisal Ibrahim, Special Adviser to the Chef de Cabinet and Head of Administration
- Inga Kanchaveli, Senior Adviser
- Denise Kling, Communications Adviser
- LIU Shaoxuan, Adviser
- Fernando Marani, Team Leader and Chief Legal Adviser
- Carl Mercer, Communications Adviser and Speechwriter
- Hanizah Mohd Izzuddin, Adviser
- Orla Murphy, Speechwriter
- Evelyne Ojwang, Executive Assistant to the Chef de Cabine
- Ceren Ozgur, Senior Political Adviser
- Robin Peeters, Adviser [from January 2021]
- Laura Piazza, Adviser
- Amy Quantrill, Spokesperson and Lead Speechwriter
- Mohammed Shaker, Adviser
- Peter Stone, Senior Adviser
- Alexandre Stutzmann, Special Adviser (UN 75 Strategy and Implementation)
- Nevena Toaso, UN75 Communications and Events [until November 2020]
- Brenden Varma, Director of Communications and Spokesperson [until June 2021]
- Hila Wesa, Team Leader
