June 11, 2006

The New UN General Assembly President

The last time a woman was elected to lead the UN General Assembly (1969), Bahrain wasn't even an independent state - but last week a Bahraini diplomat and legal pioneer was elected to lead that body. Haya Rashed al Khalifah will be the General Assembly's third female president. It's interesting that the first woman to head the Assembly in decades comes from a kingdom where women only received voting rights in 2002.

Posted by armand at June 11, 2006 09:09 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs


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