The United Nations:
The virtual edition of the United Nations General Assembly will see a record number of heads of state and government address the high-level week through pre-recorded video statements, the UN chief said, Antonio Guterres.
This year, for the first time in the 75-year history of the UN, heads of state and government will not travel to New York for the session of the General Assembly due to the COVID-pandemic. 19 and submitted pre-recorded video statements for the various summits and sessions that will take place in the iconic General Assembly hall.
The general debate, which will take place September 22-29, will see 119 heads of state and 54 heads of government speak through pre-recorded video statements in this year’s virtual format compared to previous in-person sessions where typically between 70 and 80 heads of state participated in person in the general debate.
UN Secretary-General Guterres has said that the general debate will bring together as many heads of state and government as possible to make their national statements recorded in their own countries and then broadcast in the hall. General Assembly in the presence of permanent representatives but without delegations. coming from capitals.
“Virtual participation may mean a record number of heads of state and government attending the high-level week, but going live will undoubtedly create new challenges.” We’ll have to learn as we go and continue to be as flexible as possible, “Guterres says.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the high-level meeting next week to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and the general debate.
The annual session of the United Nations General Assembly begins on September 21 with the high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.
On this occasion, the 193 UN Member States will adopt a forward-looking political declaration, negotiated as part of an intergovernmental process on the theme “The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment in favor of multilateralism ”.
PM Modi will address this special event through a pre-recorded video statement. The general debate will begin on September 22 and will continue until September 29. Prime Minister Modi will deliver the national statement on September 26 through a pre-recorded video statement.
The vision that PM Modi sets out at these two high-level meetings will be closely watched on the eve of India’s arrival to the powerful UN Security Council as a non-permanent member elected for a two-term term. years starting January 1. 2021.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is the first speaker of the general debate. The United States has traditionally been the second speaker on the opening day of the general debate, and if Trump is in New York, he will deliver the final speech of his first term as President in person.
According to the provisional list of speakers, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to speak during the virtual general debate on the day of the ‘opening.
Last year, PM Modi traveled to New York to attend the annual high-level session of the General Assembly after speaking at a “Howdy Modi” mega event in Houston.
A high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons will be held on October 2.
The UN’s historic 75th anniversary comes amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic that has infected more than six months over 30 million people in more than six months and will soon reach a dark stage of more than one million dead.
The UN said that in accordance with the practice in the general debate, a voluntary 15-minute deadline should be respected and the list of speakers was prepared on the basis of a 15-minute statement from each delegation.
