General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly
General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||||
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![]() US President Joe Biden speaks in the General Assembly Hall | ||||
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Venue(s) | General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters | |||
Cities | New York City, United States | |||
Participants | United Nations Member States | |||
President | Csaba Kőrösi |
The General debate of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 20 September and ran until 26 September 2022.[1] Leaders from a number of member states addressed 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 Csaba Kőrösi as: "Solutions through Solidarity, Sustainability and Science".[2]
Speaking schedule
Since 1955, Brazil and the United States are the first and second countries to speak.[3] However, U.S. President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak on 21 September, a day later than usual.[4] 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.
20 September
Morning session
United Nations - Secretary-General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-General)
United Nations - 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Csaba Kőrösi (Opening statement)
Brazil - President Jair Bolsonaro
Senegal - President Macky Sall
Chile - President Gabriel Boric[a]
Jordan - King Abdullah II
Colombia - President Gustavo Petro[a]
Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Kyrgyzstan - President Sadyr Japarov
Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Qatar - Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
South Korea - President Yoon Suk-yeol[a]
Paraguay - President Mario Abdo Benítez
Finland - President Sauli Niinistö
Switzerland - President Ignazio Cassis
Slovakia - President Zuzana Čaputová
France - President Emmanuel Macron
Evening session
Honduras - President Xiomara Castro[a]
Philippines - President Bongbong Marcos[a]
Lithuania - President Gitanas Nausėda
Romania - President Klaus Iohannis
Bolívia (Plurinational State of) - President Luis Arce
Peru - President Pedro Castillo
Marshall Islands - President David Kabua
Seychelles - President Wavel Ramkalawan
Argentina - President Alberto Fernández
Poland - President Andrzej Duda
Guatemala - President Alejandro Giammattei
Democratic Republic of Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi
Central African Republic - President Faustin-Archange Touadéra
El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele
Japan - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Germany - Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Morocco - Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch
Italy - Prime Minister Mario Draghi
21 September
Morning session
Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - President Ebrahim Raisi
Mongolia - President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Rwanda - President Paul Kagame
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chair of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
Suriname - President Chan Santokhi
United States of America - President Joe Biden
Latvia - President Egils Levits
Ecuador - President Guillermo Lasso
Zambia - President Hakainde Hichilema
Madagascar - President Andry Rajoelina
Libya - Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi
Republic of Moldova - President Maia Sandu
Namibia - President Hage Geingob
Slovenia - President Borut Pahor
Kenya - President William Ruto
Gabon - President Ali Bongo Ondimba
Guyana - President Irfaan Ali
Evening session
Hungary - President Katalin Novák[a]
Côte d'Ivoire - President Alassane Ouattara
Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio
Estonia - President Alar Karis[a]
Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo
Cabo Verde - President José Maria Neves[a]
Eswatini - King Mswati III
Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Serbia - President Aleksandar Vučić
Monaco - Prince Albert II
Dominica - President Charles Savarin
Lebanon - President Michel Aoun
Czech Republic - Minister of International Relations Jan Lipavský[a]
Cuba - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
South Africa - Minister of International Relations and Cooporation Naledi Pandor
Dominican Republic - Minister of Foreign Affairs Roberto Álvarez
Costa Rica - Minister of Foreign Affairs Arnoldo André Tinoco[a]
Palau - Minister of Foreign Affairs Gustav Aitaro
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Prime Minister Liz Truss[a]
22 September
Morning session
Botswana – President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Niger – President Mohamed Bazoum
Gambia – President Adama Barrow
Yemen – Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi[a]
Kiribati – President Taneti Maamau
Zimbabwe – President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Guinea-Bissau – President Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Comoros – President Azali Assoumani
Liberia – President George Weah
Somalia – President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud[a]
Burundi – President Évariste Ndayishimiye
Sudan – President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan[a]
Israel – Prime Minister Yair Lapid[a]
Papua New Guinea – Prime Minister James Marape
Georgia – Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili
Norway – Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre[a]
Barbados – Prime Minister Mia Mottley[a]
Evening session
Malawi - President Lazarus Chakwera
Micronesia (Federated States of) - President David Panuelo
South Sudan - Vice President Riek Machar
United Republic of Tanzania - Vice President Philip Mpango
Uganda - Vice President Jessica Alupo
Panama - Vice President Jose Gabriel Carrizo
Portugal - Prime Minister António Costa
Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Ireland - Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Malta - Prime Minister Robert Abela
Kuwait - Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah[a]
Spain - Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Austria - Minister of International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg
Mexico - Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard
Bahrain - Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Denmark - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod
23 September
Morning session
Timor-Leste - President José Ramos-Horta
Burkina Faso - President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba
Cyprus - President Nicos Anastasiades
Vanuatu - President Nikenike Vurobaravu[a]
State of Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas
European Union - President of the European Council Charles Michel
Fiji - Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Luxembourg - Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Netherlands - Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Solomon Islands - Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
New Zealand - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Pakistan - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif[a]
Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Sen
Saint Lucia - Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre
Belgium - Prime Minister Alexander De Croo
Andorra - Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora
Mauritius - Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth
Tonga - Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni[a]
Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Evening session
Antigua and Barbuda - Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Iraq - Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Malaysia - Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Bangladesh - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Croatia - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković
Samoa - Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Montenegro - Prime Minister Dritan Abazović[a]
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister Terrance Drew[a]
Belize - Prime Minister Johnny Briceño
Tuvalu - Prime Minister Kausea Natano
Maldives - Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid
Australia - Minister of Foreign Affairs Penny Wong
Equatorial Guinea - Minister of Foreign Affairs Simeón Oyono Esono
Liechtenstein - Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique Hasler
Togo - Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Dussey
Chad - Minister of Foreign Affairs Awatif Al-Tidjani Ahmed
24 September
Morning session
Bahamas - Prime Minister Philip Davis
Mali - Acting Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga[a]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Grenada - Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell[a]
North Macedonia - Prime Minister Dimitar Kovačevski[a]
Lesotho - Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro
Mozambique - Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane[a]
Albania - Prime Minister Edi Rama
Holy See - Secretary of State Pietro Parolin
China - State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi
Viet Nam - Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh
Lao People's Democratic Republic - Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith
Thailand - Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai
Ethiopia - Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen
Russian Federation - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov
Tajikistan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin
India - Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Sweden - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde
Bulgaria - Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Milkov
Egypt - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry
Evening session
Azerbaijan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov
Singapore - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
Belarus - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei
San Marino - Minister of Foreign Affairs Luca Beccari
Saudi Arabia - Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud
Brunei Darussalam - Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof
Sri Lanka - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Faria
Uzbekistan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Norov
Trinidad and Tobago - Minister of Foreign Affairs Amery Browne
Iceland - Minister of Foreign Affairs Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Haiti - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Victor Geneus
Guinea - Prime Minister Bernard Goumou
United Arab Emirates - Minister of State Reem Al Hashimi
26 September
Morning session
Syrian Arab Republic - Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad
Congo - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Claude Gakosso
Eritrea - Minister of Foreign Affairs Osman Saleh Mohammed
Uruguay - Minister of Foreign Affairs Francisco Bustillo
Mauritania - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Indonesia - Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi
Algeria - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra
Nicaragua - Minister of Foreign Affairs Denis Moncada
Tunisia - Minister of Foreign Affairs Othman Jerandi
Bhutan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Tandi Dorji
Canada - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly
Cameroon - Minister of Foreign Affairs Lejeune Mbella Mbella
Nepal - Foreign Secretary Narayan Khadka
Benin - Permanent Representative Marc Gninadoou Araba
North Korea - Permanent Representative Kim Song
Turkmenistan - Permanent Representative Aksoltan Ataýewa
Angola - Permanent Representative Maria de Jesus dos Reis Ferreira
Oman - Permanent Representative Mohammed Al Hassan
Djibouti - Permanent Representative Mohamed Siad Doualeh
Nauru - Permanent Representative Josie Ann Dongobir
United Nations - 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Csaba Kőrösi (Closing statement)
- No representatives for
Afghanistan,
Myanmar, and
São Tomé and Príncipe 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 First speech to the UNGA General Debate.
References
- ^ "High-Level Meetings of the 77th Session". United Nations. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Solidarity, sustainability, science, will guide new General Assembly President's agenda". United Nations. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Capel, Charles (22 September 2018). "How is the order of speakers at the UN General Assembly decided". The National. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Yuruk, Betul (16 September 2022). "US president to address UN General Assembly on Sept. 21". AA. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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