title: Fifty-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
text: # 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. The session opened the day after the September 11 attacks which destroyed the nearby World Trade Center. The president was former Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Korea Han Seung-soo.
  
  