UNITED NATIONS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Mona Juul on Thursday was elected the new president of the world body's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
On Thursday morning, ECOSOC held its first plenary meeting for the 2020 session, in which it elected its bureau for the session.
Besides the election of the president, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi, Permanent Representative of Armenia Mher Margaryan, and Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico Juan Sandoval Mendiolea were elected vice presidents of ECOSOC.
The ECOSOC bureau is elected by the council at large in July every year. The bureau's main functions are to propose the agenda, draw up a program of work and organize the session with the support of the UN Secretariat.
In accordance with the principle of geographical rotation among the regional groups, Western European and Other States nominated Mona Juul as its candidate for the president.
The Asia Pacific States, the Eastern European States, and the Latin American and Caribbean States nominated Maleeha Lodhi, Mher Margaryan and Juan Sandoval Mendiolea as their candidates for vice presidents.
All four candidates were approved by acclamation at the opening of the 2020 session of ECOSOC.
According to outgoing ECOSOC President Inga Rhonda King, the election of the vice president from the African States will be held at a later date.
