The first session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on the 10th January 1946 at Central Hall in London. Fifty-one nations were represented and Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium was elected the first president. Later that month, the General Assembly adopted its first resolution entitled "Establishment of a Commission to Deal with the Problems Raised by the Discovery of Atomic Energy."
Each year in September the world's leaders gather at the United Nations in New York City for the annual General Assembly general debate. Established in 1945 under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly occupies a central position as the chief deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all members of the UN, it provides a unique forum for multilateral dicsuccion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter.