- Source: General debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly
The general" target="_blank">General debate of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations general" target="_blank">General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 24 September 2024 and continued until 28 September, returning for a last day on 30 September 2024. Leaders, diplomats and representatives from member states are scheduled to 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" target="_blank">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 Philémon Yang as: "Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations".
Speaking schedule
Since 1955 Brazil and the United States are traditionally the first and second countries to speak. 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" target="_blank">General Debate website.
= Tuesday, 24 September
=Morning session
United Nations – Secretary-general" target="_blank">General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-general" target="_blank">General)
United Nations – 79th Session of the United Nations general" target="_blank">General Assembly – President Philémon Yang (Opening statement)
Brazil – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
United States – President Joe Biden
Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Jordan – King Abdullah II
Guatemala – President Bernardo Arévalo
Switzerland – President Viola Amherd
Colombia – President Gustavo Petro
Qatar – Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa
Maldives – President Mohamed Muizzu
Tajikistan – President Emomali Rahmon
Lithuania – President Gitanas Nausėda
Sierra Leone – President Julius Maada Bio
Serbia – President Aleksandar Vučić
Angola – President João Lourenço
Afternoon session
Mauritania – President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Kyrgyzstan – President Sadyr Jarapov
Argentina – President Javier Milei
El Salvador – President Nayib Bukele
Iran – President Masoud Pezeshkian
Estonia – President Alar Karis
Chile – President Gabriel Boric
Latvia – President Edgars Rinkēvičs
Paraguay – President Santiago Peña
Vietnam – President Tô Lâm
Poland – President Andrzej Duda
Monaco – Prince Albert II
Nauru – President David Adeang
Nigeria – Vice President Kashim Shettima
Bahrain – Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Italy – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Morocco – Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch
Belgium – Prime Minister Alexander De Croo
= Wednesday, 25 September
=Morning session
Mongolia - President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
Seychelles - President Wavel Ramkalawan
Czech Republic - President Petr Pavel
Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo
Bulgaria - President Rumen Radev
Suriname - President Chan Santokhi
Cyprus - President Nikos Christodoulides
Slovakia - President Peter Pellegrini
Namibia - President Nangolo Mbumba
Libya - President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi
Dominican Republic - President Luis Abinader
Romania - President Klaus Iohannis
Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi
Guinea-Bissau - President Úmaro Sissoco Embaló
Cape Verde - President José Maria Neves
Honduras - President Xiomara Castro
Liberia - President Joseph Boakai
Botswana - President Mokgweetsi Masisi
France - President Emmanuel Macron
Afternoon session
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chairman of the Presidency Denis Bećirović
Finland - President Alexander Stubb
Guyana - President Irfaan Ali
Panama - President José Raúl Mulino
Togo - President Faure Gnassingbé
Senegal - President Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Dominica - President Sylvanie Burton
Marshall Islands - President Hilda Heine
Georgia - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze
Spain - Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Chad - Prime Minister Allamaye Halina
Hungary - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó
Uzbekistan - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov
Venezuela - Minister of the People's Power for Foreign Affairs Yván Gil
Zimbabwe - Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade Frederick Shava
South Sudan - Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramadhan Abdalla Mohammed Goc
Bolivia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Celinda Sosa Lunda
= Thursday, 26 September
=Morning session
Malawi - President Lazarus Chakwera
Kenya - President William Ruto
Yemen - President of the Presidential Leadership Council Rashad al-Alimi
Gabon - President of the Transition Brice Oligui Nguema
Central African Republic - Head of State Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas
Gambia - President Adama Barrow
Haiti - President of the Presidential Council of the Transition Edgard Leblanc Fils
Sudan - President of the Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
São Tomé and Príncipe - President Carlos Vila Nova
Lesotho - King Letsie III
North Macedonia - President Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
Uruguay - President Luis Lacalle Pou
Fiji - President Wiliame Katonivere
Equatorial Guinea - Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
Palau - Vice President Uduch Sengebau Senior
Kuwait - Crown Prince Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Portugal - Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
Afternoon session
Federated States of Micronesia - President Wesley Simina
Mauritius - President Prithvirajsing Roopun
European Union - President of the European Council Charles Michel
Ivory Coast - Vice President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné
Netherlands - Prime Minister Dick Schoof
Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Iraq - Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani
Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
United Kingdom - Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Nepal - Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli
New Zealand - Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters
Comoros - Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mbae Mohamed
Liechtenstein - Minister for Foreign Affairs Dominique Hasler
Sweden - Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard
Austria - Federal Minister for European and International Affairs Alexander Schallenberg
Costa Rica - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship Arnoldo André Tinoco
Germany - Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock
Lebanon - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Abdallah Bou Habib
Peru - Minister for Foreign Affairs Elmer Schialer Salcedo
= Friday, 27 September
=Morning session
Slovenia - Prime Minister Robert Golob
Pakistan - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
Israel - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Barbados - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley
Bhutan - Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay
Andorra - Head of the Government Xavier Espot Zamora
Bangladesh - Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus
Moldova - Prime Minister Dorin Recean
Vanuatu - Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas
Croatia - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković
Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister James Marape
Malta - Prime Minister Robert Abela
Bahamas - Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis
Tanzania - Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa Majaliwa
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Eswatini - Prime Minister Russell Dlamini
Uganda - Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja
Afternoon session
Antigua and Barbuda - Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Albania - Prime Minister Edi Rama
Samoa - Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Laos - Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone
Tuvalu - Prime Minister Feleti Teo
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister Terrance Drew
East Timor - Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
Tonga - Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni
Somalia - Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre
Madagascar - Prime Minister Christian Ntsay
Montenegro - Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Filip Ivanović
Turkmenistan - Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Raşit Meredow
South Korea - Minister for Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul
Australia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong
Saint Lucia - Minister for External Affairs Alva Baptiste
Jamaica - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith
Tunisia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ali Nafti
Solomon Islands - Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter Shanel Agovaka
Cameroon - Minister for External Relations Lejeune Mbella Mbella
Ethiopia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Taye Atskeselassie
= Saturday, 28 September
=Morning session
Grenada - Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell
Guinea - Prime Minister Bah Oury
Holy See - Secretary Pietro Parolin
China - Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi
Kazakhstan - Deputy Prime Minister Murat Nurtleu
Cambodia - Deputy Prime Minister Sok Chenda Sophea
Luxembourg - Deputy Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Mali - Deputy Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga
Indonesia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi
Russia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov
Mexico - Minister for Foreign Affairs Alicia Bárcena Ibarra
Norway - Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide
India - Minister for External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Singapore - Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan
Cuba - Minister for Foreign Affairs Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla
Philippines - Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo
San Marino - Minister for Foreign Affairs Luca Beccari
Malaysia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamad Hasan
Egypt - Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty
Afternoon session
Saudi Arabia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud
Zambia - Minister for Foreign Affairs Mulambo Hamakuni Haimbe
Belarus - Minister for Foreign Affairs Maxim Ryzhenkov
Iceland - Minister for Foreign Affairs Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir
Oman - Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Denmark - Minister for Foreign Affairs Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Thailand - Minister for Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa
Azerbaijan - Minister for Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov
Trinidad and Tobago - Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs Amery Browne
Belize - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Francis Fonseca
Benin - Minister for Foreign Affairs Olushegun Adjadi Bakari
Japan - Permanent Representative Kazuyuki Yamazaki
= Monday, 30 September
=Morning session
Syria - Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Bassam al-Sabbagh
Nicaragua - Minister for Foreign Affairs Valdrack Jaentschke
Eritrea - Minister for Foreign Affairs Osman Saleh
Niger - Minister for Foreign Affairs Bakary Yaou Sangaré
Burkina Faso - Minister for Foreign Affairs Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré
Republic of the Congo - Minister for Foreign Affairs Jean-Claude Gakosso
Algeria - Minister for Foreign Affairs Ahmed Attaf
Burundi - Minister for Foreign Affairs Albert Shingiro
Canada - Minister for Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly
Ireland - Minister of State Seán Fleming
Mozambique - Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Manuel José Gonçalves
United Arab Emirates - Minister of State Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al-Nahyan
Sri Lanka - Permanent Representative Mohan Peiris
North Korea - Permanent Representative Kim Song
Kiribati - Permanent Representative Teburoro Tito
Djibouti - Permanent Representative Mohamed Siad Doualeh
Rwanda - Permanent Representative Ernest Rwamucyo
Ecuador - Permanent Representative José Javier de la Gasca
United Nations – 79th Session of the United Nations general" target="_blank">General Assembly – President Philémon Yang (Closing statement)
No representatives for Afghanistan, Brunei and Myanmar are on the agenda of the general" target="_blank">general debate.
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