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1st LD: Fijian diplomat elected UN General Assembly president

Xinhua, June 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Fijian diplomat Peter Thomson was elected on Monday as president of the 71th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Thomson, who has served as Fiji's permanent representative to the United Nations since 2010, won 94 votes from the 193-member assembly, beating his competitor Andreas Mavroyiannis, who received 90 votes.

Thomson will replace Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark as president of the assembly in September this year. Endi