Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the general debate in the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly later this month. The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly will begin on 9 September. The high-level general debate will run from 23 to 29 September, with the Brazil traditionally the first speaker of the session. After that America’s number will come. US President Donald Trump will address world leaders from the prestigious UNGA platform on 23 September, which will be his first address to the United Nations session in his second term at the White House.
Meanwhile, according to the revised provisional list of speakers for the high-level general debate of the 80th session of the General Assembly released on Friday, India will represent India. Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar will address the session on 27 September. In the last list of speakers released in July, PM Modi was to address a general debate on 26 September. The heads of the Government of Israel, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh are going to address the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on 26 September.
List of UNGA speakers provisional
The list of UNGA speakers for general debate is provisional. There is always a possibility of change in programs and speakers before the start of a high-level week. The list is updated over time.
High level session begins every year in September
The high-level session, considered the busiest diplomatic session of the year at the United Nations Headquarters, begins in September every year. This year the session is being held between Israel-Hamas War and Ukraine conflict. The theme of the 80th session is ‘Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights’.
The session will start with the meeting on 22 September
- The session will begin on 22 September with a meeting to ‘celebrate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations’. The United Nations General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fourth World Conference on women. It was told by the United Nations that the meeting would consider the progress made after the 1995 historic conference in Beijing. The achievements, best practices, deficiencies and existing challenges will highlight gender equality around the world.
- United Nations Secretary -General Antonio Guterres will hold a climate summit on September 24, which will serve as a platform for world leaders to introduce their new National Climate Action plans and take advantage of the new clean energy era benefits.
Other high level meetings
- Summit for continuous, inclusive and flexible global economy
- Non-communication and mental health and well-being
- 30th anniversary of world work program for youth
- Global talks on AI Governance launched
- International Day for complete eradication of nuclear weapons
- Status of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.
