The United Nations (UN) General Assembly on June 1 elected Ambassador Dennis Francis, Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations Office , as new President of the 78th UN General Assembly representing the Latin American Group.
This year, the 65th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW65), the UN’s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women’s empowerment, will take place from 15 to 26 March, under the theme, “Women's full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”. The session this year will be mostly virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.