: UNGA President-elect Abdulla Shahid appoints Indias Deputy PR Amb Naidu as Chef de Cabinet #IndiaNEWS #International UNITED NATIONS, June 10: President-elect of the 76th session of the UN General

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UNGA President-elect Abdulla Shahid appoints Indias Deputy PR Amb Naidu as Chef de Cabinet #IndiaNEWS #International
UNITED NATIONS, June 10: President-elect of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid has appointed Indias Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu as his Chef de Cabinet.
Shahid was overwhelmingly elected on June 7 as President of the next session of the UN General Assembly that will commence in September.
He garnered 143 votes out of the 191 ballots cast in the 193-member General Assembly, winning against former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Dr Zalmai Rassoul, who got 48 votes.
Today, I have appointed Ambassador Thilmeeza Hussain as Special Envoy of the PGA, and Ambassador Nagaraj Naidu Kumar as my Chef de Cabinet. They will be instrumental in delivering my vision for the #PresidencyOfHope , Shahid tweeted.
Hussain is the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and Ambassador to the United States.
Naidu described his appointment as the PGA-elects Chef de Cabinet as a “privilege??? and said he looks forward to a “presidency of hope???, which Shahid has set as a cornerstone of his upcoming year-long tenure at the world organisation.
“The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 Member States of the UN, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of international issues including peace and security, Naidu said.
It is indeed a privilege and an opportunity to serve under the leadership of President-elect Abdulla Shahid. We are looking forward to a Presidency of hope,??? Naidu told PTI.
Shahid, accompanied by Naidu, met current General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir on Wednesday to thank him for his support during the election and discuss the next steps.
“Thank you Mr President, for sharing your insights and your experiences with me. We are both committed to a smooth and seamless transition to #UNGA76, he tweeted.
Bozkir tweeted that he was “very pleased to meet Shahid.
“We spoke about the importance of strengthening the Office of the President of the General Assembly and I reassured him of my full support to ensure a successful transition. ???
Shahid has said his “immediate priority??? will be recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and working to ensure “vaccine equity??? to restore hope from a year characterised by “disease, despair and devastation. ???
The President of the General Assembly is elected every year by a secret ballot and requires a simple majority vote of the General Assembly. India had already voiced its strong support for Shahids candidacy, saying he was best equipped to preside over the General Assembly of 193 nations of the world.