General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly

General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly
	General Assembly hall at United Nations Headquarters, New York City
Host country	United Nations
Venue(s)	United Nations Headquarters
Cities	New York City, United States
Participants	United Nations Member States
President	Abdulla Shahid
Website	gadebate.un.org/generaldebate76/en/

The General debate of the seventy-sixth session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) opened on 21 September and ran until 27 September 2021.^[1] Leaders from a number of member states addressed the UNGA.

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: "“Building resilience through hope – to recover from COVID-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people and revitalize the United Nations".^[1]

Speaking schedule[]

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.

21 September[]

Morning session[]

United Nations - Secretary-General António Guterres (Report of the UN Secretary-General)
United Nations - 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Abdulla Shahid (Opening statement)
Brazil - President Jair Bolsonaro
United States - President Joe Biden^[a]
Maldives - President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih
Colombia - President Iván Duque Márquez
Qatar - Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Slovakia - President Zuzana Čaputová
Portugal - President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
Kyrgyzstan - President Sadyr Japarov^[a]
Lithuania - President Gitanas Nausėda
Uzbekistan - President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Democratic Republic of the Congo - President Félix Tshisekedi
Iran - President Ebrahim Raisi^[a]
Chile - President Sebastián Piñera
South Korea - President Moon Jae-in
Turkey - President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Switzerland - President Guy Parmelin^[a]
China - President Xi Jinping

Evening session[]

Croatia - President Zoran Milanović^[a]
Egypt - President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Peru - President Pedro Castillo^[a]
Turkmenistan - President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Finland - President Sauli Niinistö
Philippines - President Rodrigo Duterte
Rwanda - President Paul Kagame
Argentina - President Alberto Fernández
Romania - President Klaus Iohannis
Palau - President Surangel Whipps Jr.^[a]
Costa Rica - President Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Poland - President Andrzej Duda
Ecuador - President Guillermo Lasso^[a]
Latvia - President Egils Levits
Bulgaria - President Rumen Radev
Zambia - President Hakainde Hichilema^[a]
Central African Republic - President Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Somalia - President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed

22 September[]

Morning session[]

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Chairman of the Presidency Željko Komšić
Jordan - King Abdullah II
Madagascar - President Andry Rajoelina
Ghana - President Nana Akufo-Addo
Sri Lanka - President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Saudi Arabia - King Salman bin Abdulaziz
Guatemala - President Alejandro Giammattei^[a]
Marshall Islands - President David Kabua
Moldova - President Maia Sandu^[a]
Uruguay - President Luis Lacalle Pou
Estonia - President Kersti Kaljulaid
Suriname - President Chan Santokhi^[a]
Sierra Leone - President Julius Maada Bio

Evening session[]

Venezuela - President Nicolás Maduro
Mongolia - President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh
Kenya - President Uhuru Kenyatta
Honduras - President Juan Orlando Hernández
Indonesia - President Joko Widodo
Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelensky
Malawi - President Lazarus Chakwera
Cabo Verde - President Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Vietnam - President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Togo - President Faure Gnassingbé
Dominican Republic - President Luis Abinader
Guinea-Bissau - President Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Djibouti - President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
Kazakhstan - President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Spain - Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
Norway - Prime Minister Erna Solberg
United Kingdom - Prime Minister Boris Johnson

23 September[]

Morning session[]

South Africa - President Cyril Ramaphosa
Guyana - President Irfaan Ali
Botswana - President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Cuba - President Miguel Díaz-Canel
Angola - President João Lourenço
Burkina Faso - President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
Panama - President Laurentino Cortizo
Montenegro - President Milo Đukanović
Namibia - President Hage Geingob
North Macedonia - President Stevo Pendarovski
Nauru - President Lionel Aingimea
Zimbabwe - President Emmerson Mnangagwa
Chad - Chairman of the Transitional Military Council Mahamat Déby^[a]
Comoros - President Azali Assoumani
Gabon - President Ali Bongo Ondimba
Tanzania - President Samia Suluhu Hassan^[a]
Liberia - President George Weah
Iraq - President Barham Salih

Evening session[]

Micronesia - President David Panuelo
Burundi - President Évariste Ndayishimiye
Bolivia - President Luis Arce^[a]
El Salvador - President Nayib Bukele
Tajikistan - President Emomali Rahmon
Uganda - President Yoweri Museveni
Azerbaijan - President Ilham Aliyev
Libya - Chairman of the Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi^[a]
Monaco - Prince Albert II
Equatorial Guinea - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Kiribati - President Taneti Maamau
Seychelles - President Wavel Ramkalawan^[a]
Lesotho - Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro
Italy - Prime Minister Mario Draghi^[a]
Czech Republic - Minister of Foreign Affairs Jakub Kulhánek^[a]
Austria - Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Schallenberg
Mexico - Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard
Hungary - Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó

24 September[]

Morning session[]

Cyprus - President Nicos Anastasiades
Nigeria - President Muhammadu Buhari
Lebanon - President Michel Aoun
Senegal - President Macky Sall
Germany - President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Slovenia - President Borut Pahor
Paraguay - President Mario Abdo Benítez
Palestine - President Mahmoud Abbas
European Union - President of the European Council Charles Michel
Gambia - Vice President Isatou Touray
Benin - Vice President Mariam Chabi Talata^[a]
South Sudan - Fourth Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior^[a]
Armenia - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
Mauritius - Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth
Sweden - Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Barbados - Prime Minister Mia Mottley
Bangladesh - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Netherlands - Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Greece - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Evening session[]

Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
Malta - Prime Minister Robert Abela
Ireland - Taoiseach Micheál Martin
Albania - Prime Minister Edi Rama
New Zealand - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister James Marape
Luxembourg - Prime Minister Xavier Bettel
Pakistan - Prime Minister Imran Khan
Georgia - Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili
Australia - Prime Minister Scott Morrison
Kuwait - Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Serbia - Prime Minister Ana Brnabić
Denmark - Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness
Belize - Prime Minister John Briceño^[a]
Belgium - Prime Minister Alexander De Croo^[a]
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Prime Minister Timothy Harris

25 September[]

Morning session[]

India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Saint Lucia - Prime Minister Philip Joseph Pierre^[a]
Andorra - Prime Minister Xavier Espot
Eswatini - Prime Minister Cleopas Dlamini^[a]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves
Haiti - Prime Minister Ariel Henry^[a]
Malaysia - Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob^[a]
Laos - Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh^[a]
Sudan - Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok
Cambodia - Prime Minister Hun Sen
Fiji - Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama
Bhutan - Prime Minister Lotay Tshering
Thailand - Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha
Vanuatu - Prime Minister Bob Loughman
Bahamas - Prime Minister Philip Davis^[a]
Tonga - Prime Minister Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa
Russia - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov

Evening session[]

Samoa - Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa^[a]
Tuvalu - Prime Minister Kausea Natano
Antigua and Barbuda - Prime Minister Gaston Browne
Solomon Islands - Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
Mali - Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maïga^[a]
Holy See - Secretary of State Pietro Parolin
Ethiopia - Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen^[a]
Liechtenstein - Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique Hasler^[a]
Singapore - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan

27 September[]

Morning session[]

Israel - Prime Minister Naftali Bennett^[a]
Belarus - Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei
Yemen - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak^[a]
United Arab Emirates - Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar^[a]
Syria - Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad^[a]
Iceland - Minister of Foreign Affairs Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson
Algeria - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra
Grenada - Minister of Foreign Affairs Oliver Joseph^[a]
Eritrea - Minister of Foreign Affairs Osman Saleh Mohammed
Bahrain - Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani^[a]
San Marino - Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luca Beccari
Oman - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr Albusaidi
São Tomé and Príncipe - Minister of Foreign Affairs Edite Tenjua^[a]
Côte d'Ivoire - Minister of Foreign Affairs Kandia Camara^[a]
Brunei - Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof
Mauritania - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed
Niger - Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassoumi Massaoudou^[a]
France - Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian^[a]
Cameroon - Minister of Foreign Affairs Lejeune Mbella Mbella