BANGLADESH’S Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to become the next president of the 193-member United Nations general assembly.In a secret-ballot vote, Mr Rahman defeated Cyprus’s ambassador Andreas Kakouris 99-91, with three countries not voting. He will succeed Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, whose one-year term ends in September.The presidency rotates by region and this year it was the Asia-Pacific region’s turn.

BANGLADESH’S Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman has won a hotly contested race to become the next president of the 193-member United Nations general assembly.

In a secret-ballot vote, Mr Rahman defeated Cyprus’s ambassador Andreas Kakouris 99-91, with three countries not voting. He will succeed Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock, whose one-year term ends in September.

The presidency rotates by region and this year it was the Asia-Pacific region’s turn.

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