General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
The General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 24 September and will run until 30 September 2019.[1] Leaders from a number of member states will address the UNGA.
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Venue(s) | United Nations Headquarters | |
Cities | New York City, United States | |
Participants | United Nations Member States | |
President | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande | |
Website | gadebate |
Organisation and subjects
The order of speakers is given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observers 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 of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators. 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 Tijjani Muhammad-Bande as: "Galvanizing multilateral efforts for poverty eradication, quality education, climate action and inclusion".[1]
Speaking schedule
Since 1955, Brazil and the United States are the first and second countries to speak.[2] 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.
24 September
Morning session
United Nations - Secretary-General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-General) United Nations - 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (Opening statement) Brazil - President Jair Bolsonaro[lower-alpha 1] United States - President Donald J. Trump Egypt - President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari Maldives - President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih[lower-alpha 1] Qatar - Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Switzerland - President Ueli Maurer Croatia - President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović Bolivia - President Evo Morales Jordan - King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein South Korea - President Moon Jae-in Burkina Faso - President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré France - President Emmanuel Macron (Scheduled) Chile - President Sebastián Piñera France - President Emmanuel Macron Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić[lower-alpha 1]
Evening session
Angola - President João Lourenço Portugal - President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa Rwanda - President Paul Kagame Finland - President Sauli Niinistö Monaco - Prince Albert II Niger - President Mahamadou Issoufou Netherlands - King Willem-Alexander Argentina - President Mauricio Macri Latvia - President Egils Levits[lower-alpha 1] Slovakia - President Zuzana Čaputová[lower-alpha 1] Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev[lower-alpha 1] Poland - President Andrzej Duda Marshall Islands - President Hilda Heine (Scheduled) Liechtenstein - Regent Alois von und zu Liechtenstein Peru - President Martín Vizcarra Senegal - President Macky Sall Italy - Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte Spain - Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez New Zealand - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe United Kingdom - Prime Minister Boris Johnson[lower-alpha 1] Morocco - Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani
Right of Reply
Member states have the option to reply to comments on the day (or even to the days prior), but are limited to 10 minutes for the first response and five minutes for the second response. All speeches are made from the floor, as opposed to the podium for the General Debate.
25 September
Morning session
Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelensky[lower-alpha 1] Romania - President Klaus Iohannis Iraq - President Barham Salih[lower-alpha 1] Eswatini - King Mswati III (Scheduled) Liberia - President George Weah Iran - President Hassan Rouhani (Scheduled) Lebanon - President Michel Aoun Eswatini - King Mswati III Iran - President Hassan Rouhani Palau - President Tommy Remengesau Jr. Georgia - President Salome Zourabichvili[lower-alpha 1] Central African Republic - President Faustin-Archange Touadera Colombia - President Iván Duque Márquez Seychelles - President Danny Faure Mauritania - President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani[lower-alpha 1] Estonia - President Kersti Kaljulaid Guinea - President Alpha Condé Zambia - President Edgar Lungu Chad - President Idriss Déby Honduras - President Juan Orlando Hernández Australia - Prime Minister Scott Morrison[lower-alpha 1] Fiji - Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Evening session
Ecuador - President Lenín Moreno Guatemala - President Jimmy Morales Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta Namibia - President Hage Geingob Panama - President Laurentino Cortizo[lower-alpha 1] Costa Rica - President Carlos Alvarado Quesada[lower-alpha 1] Libya - Chairman of the Presidential Council Fayez al-Sarraj Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo Lithuania - President Gitanas Nausėda[lower-alpha 1] Ireland - President Michael D. Higgins Mali - President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Kiribati - President Taneti Mamau Zimbabwe - President Emmerson Mnangagwa Kuwait - Prime Minister Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan Czech Republic - Prime Minister Andrej Babiš[lower-alpha 1] Andorra - Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora[lower-alpha 1] Germany - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
26 September
Morning session
Tonga - King Tupou VI Cyprus - President Nicos Anastasiades Ethiopia - President Sahle-Work Zewde (Scheduled) Serbia - President Aleksandar Vučić Bulgaria - President Rumen Radev Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi (Scheduled) Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio Serbia - President Aleksandar Vučić (Scheduled) Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi[lower-alpha 1] El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele (Scheduled) Moldova - President Igor Dodon Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio (Scheduled) Côte d'Ivoire - Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan Somalia - President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Scheduled) Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas Moldova - President Igor Dodon (Scheduled) Ethiopia - President Sahle-Work Zewde[lower-alpha 1] Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas (Scheduled) European Union - President of the European Council Donald Tusk Somalia - President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed[lower-alpha 1] Suriname - Vice-President Ashwin Adhin (Scheduled) El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele[lower-alpha 1] Côte d'Ivoire - Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan (Scheduled) Suriname - Vice-President Ashwin Adhin[lower-alpha 1] Gambia - Vice-President Isatou Touray (Scheduled) Belgium - Prime Minister Charles Michel Luxembourg - Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Evening session
Montenegro - President Milo Đukanović Sao Tome and Principe - President Evaristo Carvalho Comoros - President Azali Assoumani Nauru - President Lionel Aingimea[lower-alpha 1] Micronesia - President David Panuelo[lower-alpha 1] Malawi - President Peter Mutharika Dominica - President Charles Savarin Djibouti - President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh South Sudan - First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai Gambia - Vice-President Isatou Touray[lower-alpha 1] Malta - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (Scheduled) North Macedonia - Prime Minister Zoran Zaev Israel - Foreign Minister Israel Katz[lower-alpha 1] Austria (Scheduled) Hungary - Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó Austria - Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg[lower-alpha 1] Saudi Arabia - Foreign Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf[lower-alpha 1] Belarus - Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei Denmark - Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod[lower-alpha 1] Malta - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat Tunisia (Scheduled) Cameroon - Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella Dominican Republic - Foreign Minister Miguel Vargas Gabon - Foreign Minister Alain Claude Bilie By Nze
27 September
Morning session
Mauritius - President Barlen Vyapoory[lower-alpha 1] Indonesia - Vice-President Jusuf Kalla Lesotho - Prime Minister Tom Thabane India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi Norway - Prime Minister Erna Solberg (Scheduled) Singapore - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Pakistan - Prime Minister Imran Khan (Scheduled) Slovenia - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec[lower-alpha 1] Pakistan - Prime Minister Imran Khan[lower-alpha 1] Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Scheduled) Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis[lower-alpha 1] Slovenia - Prime Minister Marjan Šarec (Scheduled) Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness Barbados - Prime Minister Mia Mottley (Scheduled) Tajikistan - Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda Albania - Prime Minister Edi Rama (Scheduled) Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (Scheduled) Norway - Prime Minister Erna Solberg Barbados - Prime Minister Mia Mottley Albania - Prime Minister Edi Rama The Bahamas - Prime Minister Hubert Minnis Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister Timothy Harris China - State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi Russia - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Algeria - Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum[lower-alpha 1] Solomon Islands - Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele[lower-alpha 1] Tunisia - Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui
Evening session
Venezuela - Former Vice-President (Disputed) Delcy Rodríguez[lower-alpha 1] Cape Verde - Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva Malaysia - Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Saint Lucia - Prime Minister Allen Chastanet Samoa - Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi Vanuatu - Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Bangladesh - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Antigua and Barbuda - Prime Minister Gaston Browne Trinidad and Tobago - Prime Minister Keith Rowley[lower-alpha 1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves Sudan - Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok[lower-alpha 1] Paraguay - Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas Palacios[lower-alpha 1] Iceland - Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson Nepal - Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali[lower-alpha 1] Tanzania - Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi[lower-alpha 1] Papua New Guinea - Foreign Minister Soroi Eoe[lower-alpha 1] Equatorial Guinea - Foreign Minister Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe[lower-alpha 1]
28 September
Morning session
Bhutan - Prime Minister Lotay Tshering[lower-alpha 1] Uganda - Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda Madagascar - Prime Minister Christian Ntsay[lower-alpha 1] Holy See - Secretary of State Pietro Parolin Vietnam - Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh Cambodia - Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn Syria - Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem Tuvalu - Deputy Prime Minister Minute Tapuo[lower-alpha 1] Kyrgyzstan - Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov[lower-alpha 1] Cuba - Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla San Marino - Foreign Secretary Nicola Renzi Sweden - Foreign Minister Ann Linde[lower-alpha 1] Mexico - Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard[lower-alpha 1] Botswana - Foreign Minister Unity Dow[lower-alpha 1] South Africa - Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor[lower-alpha 1] Grenada - Foreign Minister Peter David Marshall Islands - Foreign Minister John Silk Guinea-Bissau - Foreign Minister Suzi Barbosa[lower-alpha 1] Bahrain - Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
Evening session
United Arab Emirates - Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Oman - Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah Turkmenistan - Vice-President Raşit Meredow Laos - Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith Belize - Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington Philippines - Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.[lower-alpha 1] Azerbaijan - Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov Myanmar - Minister of the State Counsellor's Office Kyaw Tint Swe Mongolia - Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar[lower-alpha 1] Mozambique - Foreign Minister José Condungua Pacheco[lower-alpha 1] Guyana - Foreign Minister Karen Cummings[lower-alpha 1] Nicaragua - Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Yemen - Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdullah Al-Hadhrami[lower-alpha 1] Haiti - Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond[lower-alpha 1] Congo - Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso
30 September
Morning session
Eritrea - Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed Brunei (Scheduled) Burundi - Foreign Minister Ezechiel Nibigira Brunei - Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof Togo (Scheduled) Uruguay - Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa Thailand - Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai Burundi (Scheduled) Uruguay (Scheduled) East Timor - Foreign Minister Dionísio Babo[lower-alpha 1] North Korea - Permamnent Representative Kim Song Afghanistan - National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib Canada (Scheduled) Togo - Permanent Representative Kokou Kpayedo Benin (Scheduled) Canada - Permanent Representative Marc-André Blanchard Benin - Permanent Representative Jean-Claude Félix do Rego Sri Lanka - Foreign Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha[lower-alpha 1]
- No representative for
Uzbekistan was on the agenda of the General Debate.[3]
Notes
- First speech to the UNGA General Debate.
References
- "Arrangements for the high-level meetings and the general debate of the seventy-fourth of the General Assembly". United Nations. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019. Cite journal requires
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(help) - Capel, Charles (22 September 2018). "How is the order of speakers at the UN General Assembly decided". The National. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "Schedule of General Assembly Plenary and Related Meetings". General Assembly of the United Nations. Retrieved 30 September 2019.