Fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly

Fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly
←  54th 5 September 2000 – 10 September 2001 (2000-09-05 – 2001-09-10) 56th  →
President of the 55th General Assembly, Harri Holkeri
Host country	United Nations
Participants	United Nations Member States
President	Harri Holkeri

The fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 5 September 2000 at the UN Headquarters in New York City. The president was former Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri.

Addresses

In his address to the assembly, Vinci Niel Clodumar, the head of the Nauru Delegation, criticised the Western European and Others Group and advocated for the creation of a new Oceania regional group to include both Australia and New Zealand, as well as the ASEAN member countries, Japan, South Korea and the Pacific island countries. In his speech he mentioned that "the 11 Pacific island countries are drowning in the Asian Group, while Australia and New Zealand...are marooned in the Group of Western European and other States." ^[1]

References

1. United Nations General Assembly Session 55 Official RecordPV.25. General Assembly: Fifty-fifth session - 25th plenary meetingA/55/PV.25 pages 21–5. Vinci Niel Clodumar Nauru (in English ). 20 Septemberat 3pm. Retrieved 13 January 2020.

External links

• Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 55th session