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UN General Assembly Elects Libyan Official as President


The United Nations General Assembly has elected Libya's minister to the African Union as its next president.

Ali Abdussalam Treki was named president of the 192-member U.N. body Wednesday. He will preside over the General Assembly's 64th session beginning in September, when he replaces Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua.

Treki, an experienced Libyan diplomat, has served three times as the country's ambassador to the United Nations. He has also served as foreign minister.

Libya has been seeking reconciliation with Europe and the United States since renouncing terrorism and nuclear weapons in 2003. Western governments began lifting sanctions against Libya a year later.

In January, Libya held the one-month rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council. Tripoli is a non-permanent member of the Security Council.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is currently chairman of the African Union.

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