Libyan becomes head of the UN General Assembly...

Just when you thought the UN couldn't be more embarrassing....

The next president of the U.N. General Assembly will be a Libyan politician in charge of the nation's dealings with the Africa Union.

Ali Abdessalam Treki, Libya's minister for AU affairs, won election by acclamation rather than a vote Wednesday in the General Assembly, the world's forum for debate among 192 member nations.

The one-year post rotates among nations on a regional basis.

Treki will assume the job when the assembly convenes in mid-September for its annual high-level ministerial debate attended by heads of state. He will replace Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, a Roman Catholic priest and former Nicaraguan foreign minister in the 1980s during the rule of the Sandinistas.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says it was more fitting to "welcome back" Treki than say "welcome" to him since he served three times as Libya's U.N. ambassador.