General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
| General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||||
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 General Assembly Hall at United Nations Headquarters, New York City | ||||
| Host country |  United Nations | |||
| Venue(s) | General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters | |||
| Cities | New York City, United States | |||
| Participants | United Nations Member States | |||
| President | Dennis Francis | |||
The General debate of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 19 September and ran until 26 September 2023.[1] Leaders from a number of member states will address the UNGA.
Organisation and subjects
The order of speakers is given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observer entities will have a chance to speak at the end of the debate, if they so choose. Speakers will be put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in one of the United Nations official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish) and will be translated and interpreted by United Nations translators and interpreters. Each speaker is requested to provide 20 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. The theme for this year's debate was chosen by President Dennis Francis as: "Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all".[2]
Speaking schedule
Since 1955, Brazil and the United States are traditionally the first and second countries to speak.[3] Other countries follow according to a speaking schedule issued by the Secretariat.
The list of speakers is provided by both the daily UN Journal, while changes in order are also reflected by the UNGA General Debate website.
19 September
Morning session
United Nations - Secretary-General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-General)- United Nations - 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Dennis Francis (Opening statement)
Brazil - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
United States - President Joe Biden
Colombia - President Gustavo Petro
Jordan - King Abdullah II
Poland - President Andrzej Duda
Cuba - President Miguel Díaz-Canel
Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Portugal - President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Qatar - Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
South Africa - President Cyril Ramaphosa
Turkmenistan - President Serdar Berdimuhamedov[a]
Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Guatemala - President Alejandro Giammattei
Hungary - President Katalin Novák
Switzerland - President Alain Berset
Slovenia - President Nataša Pirc Musar[a]
Uzbekistan - President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Evening session
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - President Luis Arce
Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Iran - President Ebrahim Raisi
Algeria - President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Argentina - President Alberto Fernández
El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele
Kyrgyzstan - President Sadyr Zhaparov
Paraguay - President Santiago Peña[a]
Peru - President Dina Boluarte[a]
Mozambique - President Filipe Nyusi
Panama - President Laurentino Cortizo
Nigeria - President Bola Tinubu[a]
Uruguay - President Luis Lacalle Pou
Czechia - President Petr Pavel[a]
Palau - President Surangel Whipps Jr.
Senegal - President Macky Sall
Germany - Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Japan - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
20 September
Morning session
Seychelles - President Wavel Ramkalawan
Rwanda - President Paul Kagame
Cyprus - President Nikos Christodoulides[a]
Namibia - President Hage Geingob
Romania - President Klaus Iohannis
Suriname - President Chan Santokhi
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo
Lithuania - President Gitanas Nausėda
Slovakia - President Zuzana Čaputová
Finland - President Sauli Niinistö
Bulgaria - President Rumen Radev
Guyana - President Irfaan Ali
Croatia - President Zoran Milanović
Ecuador - President Guillermo Lasso
Angola - President João Lourenço
Latvia - President Edgars Rinkēvičs[a]
South Korea - President Yoon Suk-yeol
Tajikistan - President Emomali Rahmon
Honduras - President Xiomara Castro
Evening session
Estonia - President Alar Karis
Comoros - President Azali Assoumani
Dominican Republic - President Luis Abinader
Moldova - President Maia Sandu
Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio
Monaco - Prince Albert II
Chile - President Gabriel Boric
Mongolia - President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Mauritania - President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Liberia - President George Weah
Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi
Eswatini - King Mswati III
Marshall Islands - President David Kabua
Botswana - President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Italy - Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni[a]
Spain - Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
São Tomé and Príncipe - Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada[a]
Belgium - Prime Minister Alexander De Croo
Lebanon - Prime Minister Najib Mikati
Libya - Youth Minister Fathallah al-Zani[a]
21 September
Morning session
Yemen - President of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi
Central African Republic - President Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Malawi - President Lazarus Chakwera
Kiribati - President Taneti Maamau
Zimbabwe - President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Timor-Leste - President José Ramos-Horta
South Sudan - President Salva Kiir Mayardit
Guinea - President Mamady Doumbouya
Burundi - President Évariste Ndayishimiye
Serbia - President Aleksandar Vučić
Dominica - President Charles Savarin
Sri Lanka - President Ranil Wickremesinghe
Congo - President Denis Sassou Nguesso
Kenya - President William Ruto
Micronesia (Federated States of) - President Wesley Simina[a]
Montenegro - President Jakov Milatović[a]
Palestine (State of) - President Mahmoud Abbas
European Union - President of the European Council Charles Michel
Evening session
Nauru - President Russ Kun[a]
Guinea-Bissau - President Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Albania - President Bajram Begaj
Sudan - President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
China - Vice President Han Zheng[a]
Côte d'Ivoire - Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné[a]
Uganda - Vice President Jessica Alupo
Gambia (Republic of The) - Vice President Muhammad B. S. Jallow[a]
Equatorial Guinea - Vice President Teodoro Nguema
United Republic of Tanzania - Vice President Philip Mpango
Trinidad and Tobago - Prime Minister Keith Rowley
Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Nepal - Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal[a]
Kuwait - Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
France - Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna
Austria - Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg
Chad - Foreign Minister Mahamat Saleh Annadif
Togo - Foreign Minister Robert Dussey
Denmark - Development and Climate Change Minister Dan Jørgensen
Liechtenstein - Foreign Minister Dominique Hasler
22 September
Morning session
North Macedonia - President Stevo Pendarovski
Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Mauritius - Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth
Malaysia - Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim[a]
Malta - Prime Minister Robert Abela
Netherlands - Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Pakistan - Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar
Barbados - Prime Minister Mia Mottley
Thailand - Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin[a]
Andorra - Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora
Saint Lucia - Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre
Fiji - Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka[a]
Luxembourg - Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Bangladesh - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Iraq - Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani[a]
Antigua and Barbuda - Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Gabon - Prime Minister Raymond Ndong Sima[a]
Evening session
Solomon Islands - Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
Viet Nam - Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính[a]
Lesotho - Prime Minister Sam Matekane[a]
Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Manet[a]
Georgia - Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili
Ireland - Taoiseach Leo Varadkar[a]
Grenada - Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell
Tuvalu - Prime Minister Kausea Natano
Haiti - Prime Minister Ariel Henry
Tonga - Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden
Singapore - Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Australia - Foreign Minister Penny Wong
Bahrain - Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Bahamas - Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell
Sweden - Foreign Minister Tobias Billström
Costa Rica - Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco
23 September
Morning session
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Samoa - Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister Terrance Drew
Cabo Verde - Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva
Somalia - Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith
Ethiopia - Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen
Papua New Guinea - Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso
Azerbaijan - Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov
Russian Federation - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
Indonesia - Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi
Mexico - Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Philippines - Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo
New Zealand - Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
Tunisia - Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar[a]
Iceland - Foreign Minister Þórdís Gylfadóttir
Egypt - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry
Evening session
Saudi Arabia - Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
Djibouti - Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf
Belarus - Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik
Oman - Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Belize - Foreign Minister Eamon Courtenay
Eritrea - Foreign Minister Osman Saleh
Armenia - Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan
Burkina Faso - Minister of State Bassolma Bazie
Brunei Darussalam - Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Foreign Minister Yván Gil Pinto
Norway - Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim
Mali - Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop
United Arab Emirates - Minister of International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy
26 September
Morning session
India - Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Jamaica - Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith
Bhutan - Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji
Cameroon - Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella
Zambia - Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo
Holy See - State Relations Secretary Paul Gallagher
Syrian Arab Republic - Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam al-Sabbah
Maldives - Foreign Minister Ahmed Khaleel
Nicaragua - Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Colindres
North Korea - Delegation Chair Kim Song
Benin - Delegation Chair Marc Hermanne Gninadoou
San Marino - Delegation Chair Damiano Beleffi
Canada - Delegation Chair Bob Rae
Vanuatu - Delegation Chair Odo Tevi
Morocco - Delegation Chair Omar Hilale- United Nations - 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Dennis Francis (Closing statement)
- No representatives for
Afghanistan, 
Madagascar, 
Myanmar, and 
Niger were on the agenda of the general debate.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab First speech to the UNGA General Debate.
References
- ^ "High-Level Meetings of the 78th Session". United Nations. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Key facts to know about the 78th UN General Assembly". United Nations. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ Capel, Charles (22 September 2018). "How is the order of speakers at the UN General Assembly decided". The National. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
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