General Debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly

The debate of the 78th session is now closed. Links to video on-demand and statements are available below.


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Portrait of Her Excellency Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Mozambique
Her Excellency Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Portrait of His Excellency Narayan Khadka (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Nepal
His Excellency Narayan Khadka
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Portrait of His Excellency Othman Jerandi (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Tunisia
His Excellency Othman Jerandi
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Portrait of His Excellency Amery Browne (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Trinidad and Tobago
His Excellency Amery Browne
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Portrait of His Excellency Kenneth Darroux (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Dominica
His Excellency Kenneth Darroux
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Portrait of His Excellency Jean-Claude Gakosso (Minister for Foreign Affairs), Congo
His Excellency Jean-Claude Gakosso
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Daily schedule

  • SEP 21 TUE
  • SEP 22 WED
  • SEP 23 THU
  • SEP 24 FRI
  • SEP 25 SAT
  • SEP 27 MON
Speech/Release Date (field_release_date)
Brazil
1. BrazilHis Excellency Jair Messias Bolsonaro
President
United States of America
2. United States of AmericaHis Excellency Joseph Biden
President
Maldives
3. MaldivesHis Excellency Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
President
Colombia
4. ColombiaHis Excellency Iván Duque Márquez
President
Qatar
5. QatarHis Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Amir
Slovakia
6. SlovakiaHer Excellency Zuzana Čaputová
President
Portugal
7. PortugalHis Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
President
Kyrgyzstan
8. KyrgyzstanHis Excellency Sadyr Zhaparov
President
Lithuania
9. LithuaniaHis Excellency Gitanas Nausėda
President
Uzbekistan
10. UzbekistanHis Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President
Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Democratic Republic of the CongoHis Excellency Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
President
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
12. Iran (Islamic Republic of)His Excellency Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
President
Türkiye
13. TürkiyeHis Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President
Chile
14. ChileHis Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique
President
Republic of Korea
15. Republic of KoreaHis Excellency Moon Jae-in
President
Switzerland
16. SwitzerlandHis Excellency Guy Parmelin
President
China
17. ChinaHis Excellency Xi Jinping
President
Secretary-General of the United Nations
18. Secretary-General of the United NationsHis Excellency António Guterres
Secretary-General
President of the General Assembly (opening)
19. President of the General Assembly (opening)His Excellency Abdulla Shahid
President of the General Assembly
Speech/Release Date (field_release_date)
Palau
1. PalauHis Excellency Surangel Whipps
President
Somalia
2. SomaliaHis Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo
President
Zambia
3. ZambiaHis Excellency Hakainde Hichilema
President
Central African Republic
4. Central African RepublicHis Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera
Head of State
Bulgaria
5. BulgariaHis Excellency Rumen Radev
President
Latvia
6. LatviaHis Excellency Egils Levits
President
Ecuador
7. EcuadorHis Excellency Guillermo Lasso Mendoza
Constitutional President
Poland
8. Poland Andrzej Duda
President
Costa Rica
9. Costa RicaHis Excellency Carlos Alvarado Quesada
President
Croatia
10. CroatiaHis Excellency Zoran Milanović
President
Romania
11. RomaniaHis Excellency Klaus Werner Iohannis
President
Argentina
12. ArgentinaHis Excellency Alberto Fernández
President
Rwanda
13. RwandaHis Excellency Paul Kagame
President
Philippines
14. PhilippinesHis Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte
President
Finland
15. FinlandHis Excellency Sauli Niinistö
President
Turkmenistan
16. TurkmenistanHis Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
President
Egypt
17. EgyptHis Excellency Abdel Fattah Al Sisi
President
Peru
18. PeruHis Excellency Pedro Castillo Terrones
President
أنطونيو غوتيريش
The women and men of the United Nations are determined in our efforts to address today’s cascading crises and set humanity on a new path to peace, stability and prosperity.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
An interpreter at work in her booth

At meetings and conferences of Charter or mandated bodies, participants may speak in any of the six official languages. Their words are simultaneously rendered into the other five languages by conference interpreters.

19 - 26 September 2023
UN Canine Unit dog Ranger

UN Canine Unit dog Ranger and his handler are responsible for explosives detection, conducting sweeps throughout UN Headquarters. The Department ensures the safety and security of personnel and the security of United Nations premises and assets.

19 - 26 September 2023
Protocol and Liaison Service

The Protocol and Liaison Service applies an orderly, uniform set of rules and governing codes of behaviour in diplomatic forums, meetings and ceremonies involving missions/observers and their representatives. This is the essence of UN diplomatic protocol.

19 - 26 September 2023
Dennis Francis and António Guterres

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Dennis Francis, President of the78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

About the General Debate
What is the General Debate?

The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues.

On this site, you will find a daily list of speakers, with links to individual pages for each speaker. These pages will be published as soon possible and will present information pertaining to the speaker: an on-demand video, the statement (.pdf) and a summary of the statement, a downloadable photo, and audio files (.mp3).