<span style="color: #222222;">President-elect of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, has said, India and China, the most populous nations in the world, are key to making the United Nations relevant to everyone.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a tweet, Garces said home to more than a third of the world's population, India and China are key to making the United Nations relevant to all people.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Garces said she had a successful meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi where the two leaders agreed on the importance of improving the efficiency of the UN. Garces also expressed gratitude for India's support to her office.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Garces to assume the role of President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly in September.&nbsp; </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The 193-member UN body had in June elected Garces as its next president, making her only the fourth woman to lead the General Assembly in its 73-year history.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, veteran Indian diplomat and sister of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Nehru was the first woman to be elected President of the General Assembly in as early as 1953.</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | August 15, 2018 12:00 PM
China, India key to making UN relevant to all people: UNGA President-Elect