Fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
← 55th 12 September 2001 – 9 September 2002 (2001-09-12 – 2002-09-09) 57th →
President of the 56th General Assembly, Han Seung-soo
Host country United Nations
ParticipantsUnited Nations Member States
PresidentHan Seung-soo

The fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 12 September 2001 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.[1] The session opened the day after the September 11 attacks which destroyed the nearby World Trade Center.[2] The president was former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Han Seung-soo.[3]

References

  1. ^ "56th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations". www.un.org. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  2. ^ agencies, Staff and (2001-09-18). "Taliban: 'No jihad unless US attacks'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  3. ^ "HAN SEUNG-SOO OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FIFTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION | UN Press". press.un.org. Retrieved 2022-09-21.


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