| Session |
Year |
Name |
Country |
| First |
1946 |
Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak |
Belgium |
| First special |
1947 |
Mr. Oswaldo Aranha |
Brazil |
| Second |
1947 |
Mr. Oswaldo Aranha |
Brazil |
| Second special |
1948 |
Mr. José Arce |
Argentina |
| Third |
1948 |
Mr. H. V. Evatt |
Australia |
| Fourth |
1949 |
Mr. Carlos P. Romulo |
Philippines |
| Fifth |
1950 |
Mr. Nasrollah Entezam |
Iran |
| Sixth |
1951 |
Mr. Luis Padilla Nervo |
Mexico |
| Seventh |
1952 |
Mr. Lester B. Pearson |
Canada |
| Eighth |
1953 |
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
India |
| Ninth |
1954 |
Mr.Eelco N. van Kleffens |
Netherlands |
| Tenth |
1955 |
Mr. José Maza |
Chile |
| First emergency special |
1956 |
Mr. Rudecindo Ortega |
Chile |
| Second emergency special |
1956 |
Mr. Rudecindo Ortega |
Chile |
| Eleventh |
1956 |
Prince Wan Waithayakon |
Thailand |
| Twelfth |
1957 |
Sir Leslie Munro |
New Zeland |
| Third emergency special |
1958 |
Sir Leslie Munro |
New Zeland |
| Thirteenth |
1958 |
Mr. Charles Malik |
Lebanon |
| Fourteenth |
1959 |
Mr. Victor Andrés Belaùnde |
Peru |
| Fourth emergency special |
1960 |
Mr. Victor Andrés Belaùnde |
Peru |
| Fifteenth |
1960 |
Mr. Frederik H. Boland |
Ireland |
| Third special |
1961 |
Mr. Frederik H. Boland |
Ireland |
| Sixteenth |
1961 |
Mr. Mongi Slim |
Tunisia |
| Seventeenth |
1962 |
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan |
Pakistan |
| Fourth special |
1963 |
Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan |
Pakistan |
| Eighteenth |
1963 |
Mr. Carlos Sosa Rodrìguez |
Venezuela |
| Nineteenth |
1964 |
Mr. Alex Quaison Sackey |
Ghana |
| Twentieth |
1965 |
Mr. Amintore Fanfani |
Italy |
| Twenty-first |
1966 |
Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak |
Afghanistan |
| Fifth special |
1967 |
Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak |
Afghanistan |
| Fifth emergency special |
1967 |
Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak |
Afghanistan |
| Twenty-second |
1967 |
Mr. Corneliu Manescu |
Romania |
| Twenty-third |
1968 |
Mr. Emilio Arenales Catalàn |
Guatemala |
| Twenty-fourth |
1969 |
Miss. Angie E. Brooks |
Liberia |
| Twenty-fifth |
1970 |
Mr. Edward Hambro |
Norway |
| Twenty-sixth |
1971 |
Mr. Adam Malik |
Indonesia |
| Twenty-seventh |
1972 |
Mr. Stanislaw Trepczynski |
Poland |
| Twenty-eighth |
1973 |
Mr. Leopoldo Benités |
Ecuador |
| Sixth special |
1974 |
Mr. Leopoldo Benités |
Ecuador |
| Twenty-ninth |
1974 |
Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Algeria |
| Seventh special |
1975 |
Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
Algeria |
| Thirtieth |
1975 |
Mr. Gaston Thom |
Luxembourg |
| Thirty-first |
1976 |
Mr. H. S. Amerasinghe |
Sri Lanka |
| Thirty-second |
1977 |
Mr. Lazar Mojsov |
Yugoslavia |
| Eighth special |
1978 |
Mr. Lazar Mojsov |
Yugoslavia |
| Ninth special |
1978 |
Mr. Lazar Mojsov |
Yugoslavia |
| Tenth special |
1978 |
Mr. Lazar Mojsov |
Yugoslavia |
| Thirty-third |
1978 |
Mr. Indalecio Liévano |
Colombia |
| Thirty- fourth |
1979 |
Mr. Salim A. Salim |
United Repubblic of Tanzania |
| Sixth emergency special |
1980 |
Mr. Salim A. Salim |
United Repubblic of Tanzania |
| Seventh emergency special |
1980 |
Mr. Salim A. Salim |
United Repubblic of Tanzania |
| Eleventh special |
1980 |
Mr. Salim A. Salim |
United Repubblic of Tanzania |
| Thirty-fifth |
1980 |
Mr. Rudiger von Wechmar |
Federal Repubblic of Germany |
| Eighth emergency special |
1981 |
Mr. Rudiger von Wechmar |
Federal Repubblic of Germany |
| Thirty-sixth |
1981 |
Mr. Ismat T. Kittani |
Iraq |
| Ninth emergency special |
1982 |
Mr. Ismat T. Kittani |
Iraq |
Seventh emergency special
(resumed) |
1982 |
Mr. Ismat T. Kittani |
Iraq |
| Twelfth special |
1982 |
Mr. Ismat T. Kittani |
Iraq |
| Thirty-seventh |
1982 |
Mr. Imre Hollai |
Hungary |
| Thirty-eighth |
1983 |
Mr. Jeorge E. Illueca |
Panama |
| Thirty-ninth |
1984 |
Mr. Paul J. F. Lusaka |
Zambia |
| Fortieth |
1985 |
Mr. Jaime de Piniés |
Spain |
| Thirteenth special |
1986 |
Mr. Jaime de Piniés |
Spain |
| Forty-first |
1986 |
Mr. Humayon Rasheed Choudhury |
Bangladesh |
| Fourteenth special |
1986 |
Mr. Humayon Rasheed Choudhury |
Bangladesh |
| Forty-second |
1987 |
Mr. Peter Florin |
German Democratic Repubblic |
| Fifteenth special |
1988 |
Mr. Peter Florin |
German Democratic Repubblic |
| Forty-third |
1988 |
Mr. Dante M. Caputo |
Argentina |
| Forty-fourth |
1989 |
Mr. Joseph Naven Garba |
Nigeria |
| Sixteen special |
1989 |
Mr. Joseph Naven Garba |
Nigeria |
| Seventeenth special |
1990 |
Mr. Joseph Naven Garba |
Nigeria |
| Eighteenth special |
1990 |
Mr. Joseph Naven Garba |
Nigeria |
| Forty-fifth |
1990 |
Mr. Guido de Marco |
Malta |
| Forty-sixth |
1991 |
Mr. Samir S. Shihabi |
Saudi Arabia |
| Forty-seventh |
1992 |
Mr. Stoyan Ganev |
Bulgaria |
| Forty-eighth |
1993 |
Mr. Samuel R. Insanally |
Guyana |
| Forty-ninth |
1994 |
Mr. Amara Essy |
Côte d’Ivoire |
| Fiftieth |
1995 |
Prof. Diogo Freitas do Amaral |
Portugal |
| Fifty-first |
1996 |
Mr. Razali Ismail |
Malaysia |
| Tenth emergency special |
1997 |
Mr. Razali Ismail |
Malaysia |
| Nineteenth special |
1997 |
Mr. Razali Ismail |
Malaysia |
Tenth emergency special
(resumed) |
1997 |
Mr. Razali Ismail |
Malaysia |
| Fifty-second |
1997 |
Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko |
Ukraine |
Tenth emergency special
(resumed) |
1998 |
Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko |
Ukraine |
| Twentieth special |
1998 |
Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko |
Ukraine |
| Fifty-third |
1998 |
Mr. Didier Opertti |
Uruguay |
Tenth emergency special
(resumed) |
1999 |
Mr. Didier Opertti |
Uruguay |
| Twenty-first special |
1999 |
Mr. Didier Opertti |
Uruguay |
| Fifty-fourth |
1999 |
Mr.Theo-Ben Gurirab |
Namibia |
| Twenty-second special |
1999 |
Mr.Theo-Ben Gurirab |
Namibia |
| Twenty-third special |
2000 |
Mr.Theo-Ben Gurirab |
Namibia |
| Twenty-fourth special |
2000 |
Mr.Theo-Ben Gurirab |
Namibia |