India Will Vote For The Maldives In The UNGA President Election

07 June 2021 Current Affairs:India will vote in favour of the Maldives in the election of the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on June 7th.

About UNGA President: 
♦ The President is the General Assembly’s presiding officer. 
♦ The UNGA member countries vote for the President on a yearly basis. 
♦ The presidency is rotated between the five geographic groups on an annual basis:
♦ African
♦ Asia-Pacific 
♦ Eastern European 
♦ Latin American and Caribbean 
♦ Western European and other States.
♦ No permanent member of the United Nations Security Council has ever presided over the UNGA.