Fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

The fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 12 September 2001 at the UN Headquarters in New York City.^[1] The president was former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Han Seung-soo.^[2]

Fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
← 55th 12 September 2001 – 9 September 2002 (2001-09-12 – 2002-09-09) 57th →
President of the 56th General Assembly, Han Seung-soo
Host country	United Nations
Participants	United Nations Member States
President	Han Seung-soo

The session opened the day after the September 11 attacks which destroyed the nearby World Trade Center.^[3]