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General debate of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly
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The General debate of the seventy-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 22 September and ran until 29 September 2020.[1] Leaders from a number of member states addressed the UNGA.
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2020) |
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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 Volkan Bozkır as: "The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism – confronting COVID-19 through effective multilateral action".[1]
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Speaking schedule
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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.
22 September
Morning session
United Nations – Secretary-General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-General)- United Nations – 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Volkan Bozkır (Opening statement)
Brazil – President Jair Bolsonaro
United States – President Donald Trump
Turkey – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
China – General Secretary and President Xi Jinping
Chile – President Sebastián Piñera
South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa
Cuba – President Miguel Díaz-Canel[a]
Russia – President Vladimir Putin
Jordan – King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein
South Korea – President Moon Jae-in
Qatar – Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte
Iran – President Hassan Rouhani
France – President Emmanuel Macron
Evening session
Colombia – President Iván Duque
Turkmenistan – President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
Egypt – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Tajikistan – President Emomali Rahmon
Mexico – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador[a]
Uruguay – President Luis Lacalle Pou[a]
Seychelles – President Danny Faure
Rwanda – President Paul Kagame
Angola – President João Lourenço
Argentina – President Alberto Fernández[a]
Latvia – President Egils Levits
Lithuania – President Gitanas Nausėda
Nigeria – President Muhammadu Buhari
Costa Rica – President Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Sri Lanka – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa[a]
Indonesia – President Joko Widodo
Peru – President Martín Vizcarra
Democratic Republic of the Congo – President Félix Tshisekedi
23 September
Morning session
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Chairman of the Presidency Šefik Džaferović
Uzbekistan – President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Hungary – President János Áder
Kazakhstan – President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Saudi Arabia – King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
North Macedonia – President Stevo Pendarovski[a]
Ghana – President Nana Akufo-Addo
Mozambique – President Filipe Nyusi
Iraq – President Barham Salih
Finland – President Sauli Niinistö
Kyrgyzstan – President Sooronbay Zheenbekov
Palau – President Tommy Remengesau Jr.
Moldova – President Igor Dodon
Algeria – President Abdelmadjid Tebboune[a]
Honduras – President Juan Orlando Hernández
Lebanon – President Michel Aoun
Slovakia – President Zuzana Čaputová
Kenya – President Uhuru Kenyatta
Zambia (Scheduled)
Namibia – President Hage Geingob
Liberia – President George Weah
Evening session
Ecuador – President Lenín Moreno
Bolivia – Interim President Jeanine Áñez[a]
Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Suriname – President Chan Santokhi[a]
Switzerland – President Simonetta Sommaruga
Serbia – President Aleksandar Vučić
Guyana – President Irfaan Ali[a]
Paraguay – President Mario Abdo Benítez
Afghanistan – President Ashraf Ghani
Poland – President Andrzej Duda
Dominican Republic – President Luis Abinader[a]
Venezuela – President (Disputed) Nicolás Maduro
Panama – President Laurentino Cortizo
Mongolia – President Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Marshall Islands – President David Kabua[a]
Togo – (Scheduled)- Liberia (Scheduled)
24 September
Morning session
Niger – President Mahamadou Issoufou
Ivory Coast – President Alassane Ouattara
Albania – President Ilir Meta
Cyprus – (Scheduled)
Slovenia – President Borut Pahor
Monaco – Prince Albert II
Yemen – President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi
Burkina Faso – President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Estonia – President Kersti Kaljulaid
Malawi – President Lazarus Chakwera[a]
Congo – President Denis Sassou Nguesso
Bahrain – King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Botswana – President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Guinea – President Alpha Condé
Gambia – President Adama Barrow
Gabon – President Ali Bongo Ondimba
Libya – President Fayez al-Sarraj- Cyprus – President Nicos Anastasiades
Evening session
Sierra Leone (Scheduled)
Azerbaijan – President Ilham Aliyev- Zambia – President Edgar Lungu
Equatorial Guinea – President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Haiti – President Jovenel Moïse
Vietnam – President Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Zimbabwe – President Emmerson Mnangagwa
East Timor – President Francisco Guterres
Mali (Scheduled)
São Tomé and Príncipe – President Evaristo Carvalho
Comoros – President Azali Assoumani
Tanzania (Scheduled)
Nauru – President Lionel Aingimea
Guinea-Bissau – President Umaro Sissoco Embaló[a]
Somalia – President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
Central African Republic – President Faustin-Archange Touadéra[a]- Marshall Islands (Scheduled)
Djibouti – President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Burundi – President Évariste Ndayishimiye[a]- Sierra Leone – President Julius Maada Bio
25 September
Morning session
Federated States of Micronesia – President David Panuelo
Holy See – Pope Francis
Palestine – President Mahmoud Abbas
European Union – President of the European Council Charles Michel[a]
Netherlands – Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Nepal – Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli[a]
Georgia – Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia[a]
Czech Republic – Prime Minister Andrej Babiš
Greece – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Croatia – Prime Minister Andrej Plenković
Italy – Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte
Armenia – Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Pakistan – Prime Minister Imran Khan
Kuwait – Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah[a]
Tuvalu – Prime Minister Kausea Natano[a]
Spain – Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Evening session
Kiribati – President Taneti Maamau
Portugal – Prime Minister António Costa
Bulgaria – Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
Ethiopia – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed[a]
Denmark – Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
Luxembourg – Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Thailand – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Canada – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Antigua and Barbuda – Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Australia – Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Bhutan – Prime Minister Lotay Tshering
Japan – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga[a]
Malta – Prime Minister Robert Abela[a]
Papua New Guinea – Prime Minister James Marape
Eswatini – Prime Minister Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini
Tonga – Prime Minister Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa[a]
Chad – Foreign Minister Amine Abba Sidick[a]
26 September
Morning session
India – Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Mauritius – Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth
Andorra – Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora
United Kingdom – Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Bangladesh – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Fiji – Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Malaysia – Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin[a]
Cambodia – Prime Minister Hun Sen
Norway – Prime Minister Erna Solberg
Solomon Islands – Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare[a]
Jamaica – Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Samoa – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Lesotho – Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro[a]
Sweden – Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Laos – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
Belgium – Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès[a]
Ireland – Taoiseach Micheál Martin[a]
Morocco – Prime Minister Saadeddine Othmani
Evening session
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Prime Minister Timothy Harris
Saint Lucia – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet
Trinidad and Tobago – Prime Minister Keith Rowley
Bahamas – Prime Minister Hubert Minnis
Sudan – Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
Vanuatu – Prime Minister Bob Loughman[a]
Cape Verde – Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva- Morocco (Scheduled)
Madagascar – Prime Minister Christian Ntsay
Syria – Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem
Singapore – Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan
Senegal – Foreign Minister Amadou Ba[a]
Liechtenstein – Foreign Minister Katrin Eggenberger[a]
Austria – Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg
Belarus – Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei
29 September
Morning session
Iceland – Foreign Minister Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
San Marino – Foreign Secretary Luca Beccari[a]
United Arab Emirates – Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Germany – Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
Belize – Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington
Romania – Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu[a]
Eritrea – Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed
Myanmar – Minister of the State Counsellor's Office Kyaw Tint Swe
Maldives – Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid[a]
Montenegro – Foreign Minister Srđan Darmanović[a]
Mauritania – Foreign Minister Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Oman – Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi[a]
Israel (Scheduled)
Benin – Foreign Minister Aurélien Agbénonci[a]- Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Nicaragua – Foreign Minister Denis Moncada
Guatemala – Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo[a]
Dominica – Foreign Minister Kenneth Darroux[a]
Tunisia – Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi[a]
Evening session
El Salvador – President Nayib Bukele
Grenada – Foreign Minister Peter David
Barbados – Foreign Minister Jerome Walcott[a]
Cameroon – Foreign Minister Lejeune Mbella Mbella
New Zealand – Permanent Representative Craig Hawke
North Korea – Permanent Representative Kim Song
Uganda – Deputy Permanent Representative Philip Ochen Odida[a]- Togo – Permanent Representative Kokou Kpayedo
- Tanzania – Permanent Representative Kennedy Gastorn[a]
- No representatives for
Brunei, Mali and 
South Sudan were on the agenda of the General Debate.[3]
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