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Previously Mozambique Her Excellency Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo Minister for Foreign Affairs Nepal His Excellency Narayan Khadka Minister for Foreign Affairs Tunisia His Excellency Othman Jerandi Minister for Foreign Affairs Trinidad and Tobago His Excellency Amery Browne Minister for Foreign Affairs Dominica His Excellency Kenneth Darroux 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 Morning Session Afternoon Session Speech/Release Date (field_release_date) Min Max Apply 1. Brazil His Excellency Jair Messias Bolsonaro President 2. United States of America His Excellency Joseph Biden President 3. Maldives His Excellency Ibrahim Mohamed Solih President 4. Colombia His Excellency Iván Duque Márquez President 5. Qatar His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Amir 6. Slovakia Her Excellency Zuzana Čaputová President 7. Portugal His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa President 8. Kyrgyzstan His Excellency Sadyr Zhaparov President 9. Lithuania His Excellency Gitanas Nausėda President 10. Uzbekistan His Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev President 11. Democratic Republic of the Congo His Excellency Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo President 12. Iran (Islamic Republic of) His Excellency Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi President 13. Türkiye His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President 14. Chile His Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique President 15. Republic of Korea His Excellency Moon Jae-in President 16. Switzerland His Excellency Guy Parmelin President 17. China His Excellency Xi Jinping President 18. Secretary-General of the United Nations His Excellency António Guterres Secretary-General 19. President of the General Assembly (opening) His Excellency Abdulla Shahid President of the General Assembly Speech/Release Date (field_release_date) Min Max Apply 1. Palau His Excellency Surangel Whipps President 2. Somalia His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo President 3. Zambia His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema President 4. Central African Republic His Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera Head of State 5. Bulgaria His Excellency Rumen Radev President 6. Latvia His Excellency Egils Levits President 7. Ecuador His Excellency Guillermo Lasso Mendoza Constitutional President 8. Poland Andrzej Duda President 9. Costa Rica His Excellency Carlos Alvarado Quesada President 10. Croatia His Excellency Zoran Milanović President 11. Romania His Excellency Klaus Werner Iohannis President 12. Argentina His Excellency Alberto Fernández President 13. Rwanda His Excellency Paul Kagame President 14. Philippines His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte President 15. Finland His Excellency Sauli Niinistö President 16. Turkmenistan His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov President 17. Egypt His Excellency Abdel Fattah Al Sisi President 18. Peru His Excellency Pedro Castillo Terrones President 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 Behind the scene: the interpreters 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 Behind the scene: Department of Safety and Security 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 Behind the scene: 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 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. 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