General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly | ||
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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 | Tijjani Muhammad-Bande | |
Website | gadebate |
The General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 24 September and ran until 30 September 2019.[1] Leaders from a number of member states addressed the UNGA.
Organisation and subjects
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Morning session
[edit]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[a]
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[a]
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[a]
Evening session
[edit]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[a]
Slovakia - President Zuzana Čaputová[a]
Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev[a]
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[a]
Morocco - Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani
Right of Reply
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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
[edit]Morning session
[edit]Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelensky[a]
Romania - President Klaus Iohannis
Iraq - President Barham Salih[a]
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[a]
Central African Republic - President Faustin-Archange Touadera
Colombia - President Iván Duque Márquez
Seychelles - President Danny Faure
Mauritania - President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani[a]
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[a]
Fiji - Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Evening session
[edit]Ecuador - President Lenín Moreno
Guatemala - President Jimmy Morales
Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta
Namibia - President Hage Geingob
Panama - President Laurentino Cortizo[a]
Costa Rica - President Carlos Alvarado Quesada[a]
Libya - Chairman of the Presidential Council Fayez al-Sarraj
Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo
Lithuania - President Gitanas Nausėda[a]
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[a]
Andorra - Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora[a]
Germany - Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
26 September
[edit]Morning session
[edit]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[a]
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[a]
Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas (Scheduled)
European Union - President of the European Council Donald Tusk
Somalia - President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed[a]
Suriname - Vice-President Ashwin Adhin (Scheduled)
El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele[a]
Côte d'Ivoire - Vice-President Daniel Kablan Duncan (Scheduled)
Suriname - Vice-President Ashwin Adhin[a]
Gambia - Vice-President Isatou Touray (Scheduled)
Belgium - Prime Minister Charles Michel
Luxembourg - Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Evening session
[edit]Montenegro - President Milo Đukanović
Sao Tome and Principe - President Evaristo Carvalho
Comoros - President Azali Assoumani
Nauru - President Lionel Aingimea[a]
Micronesia - President David Panuelo[a]
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[a]
Malta - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (Scheduled)
North Macedonia - Prime Minister Zoran Zaev
Israel - Foreign Minister Israel Katz[a]
Austria (Scheduled)
Hungary - Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó
Austria - Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg[a]
Saudi Arabia - Foreign Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf[a]
Belarus - Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei
Denmark - Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod[a]
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
[edit]Morning session
[edit]Mauritius - President Barlen Vyapoory[a]
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[a]
Pakistan - Prime Minister Imran Khan[a]
Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness (Scheduled)
Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis[a]
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[a]
Solomon Islands - Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele[a]
Tunisia - Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui
Evening session
[edit]Venezuela - Former Vice-President (Disputed) Delcy Rodríguez[a]
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[a]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Sudan - Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok[a]
Paraguay - Foreign Minister Antonio Rivas Palacios[a]
Iceland - Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Nepal - Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali[a]
Tanzania - Foreign Minister Palamagamba Kabudi[a]
Papua New Guinea - Foreign Minister Soroi Eoe[a]
Equatorial Guinea - Foreign Minister Simeón Oyono Esono Angüe[a]
28 September
[edit]Morning session
[edit]Bhutan - Prime Minister Lotay Tshering[a]
Uganda - Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda
Madagascar - Prime Minister Christian Ntsay[a]
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[a]
Kyrgyzstan - Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov[a]
Cuba - Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla
San Marino - Foreign Secretary Nicola Renzi
Sweden - Foreign Minister Ann Linde[a]
Mexico - Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard[a]
Botswana - Foreign Minister Unity Dow[a]
South Africa - Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor[a]
Grenada - Foreign Minister Peter David
Marshall Islands - Foreign Minister John Silk
Guinea-Bissau - Foreign Minister Suzi Barbosa[a]
Bahrain - Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
Evening session
[edit]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.[a]
Azerbaijan - Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov
Myanmar - Minister of the State Counsellor's Office Kyaw Tint Swe
Mongolia - Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar[a]
Mozambique - Foreign Minister José Condungua Pacheco[a]
Guyana - Foreign Minister Karen Cummings[a]
Nicaragua - Foreign Minister Denis Moncada
Yemen - Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdullah Al-Hadhrami[a]
Haiti - Foreign Minister Bocchit Edmond[a]
Congo - Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso
30 September
[edit]Morning session
[edit]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[a]
North Korea - Permamnent Representative Kim Song[a]
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[a]
- No representative for
Uzbekistan was on the agenda of the General Debate.[3]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ 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.