Prince Vanna Vaidhayakara, known in the West as Wan Waithayakon (1891–1976), was a Thai royal prince and diplomat. He was President of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly (1956–1957), while serving as Thailand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was a grandson of King Mongkut.
Waithayakon in the 1940s
Greater East Asia Conference, November 1943; the participants were (left to right): Prime Minister of Burma Ba Maw, Prime Minister of Manchukuo Zhang Jinghui, President of China (Nanjing) Wang Jingwei, Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo, Wan Waithayakon, President of the Philippines José P. Laurel, and head of Free India Subhas Chandra Bose
President of the United Nations General Assembly
The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding officer of the General Assembly.
President of the United Nations General Assembly