Which country has been elected for the first time to chair the UN’s legal affairs committee ?

Israel
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has recently elected Israel to chair its Legal Committee, also known as the sixth Committee, for the first time in the world body’s 71-year history. The Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon has won the chairmanship of the UN’s legal affairs committee with 109 votes from the 193 member states. The legal Committee overseas UN activities related to international laws. The UN’s five other standing committees oversee the areas of disarmament, economic and financial issues, human rights, decolonization and the UN budget.