Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, addresses the general debate of the 80th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 23 – 29 September 2025).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
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. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, addresses the general debate of the 80th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 23-27 and 29 of September 2025).
World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
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. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
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Join us LIVE for the 80th United Nations General Assembly debate! From 23 – 27 and 29 September 2025. Heads of State and Government, ministers and advocates come together to explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.
The theme for the general debate of the 80th session of the General Assembly is "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights".
General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/
Expected Speakers:
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Brazil
His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
2
United States of America
His Excellency Donald Trump
President of the United States of America
3
Indonesia
His Excellency Prabowo Subianto
President of the Republic of Indonesia
4
Türkiye
His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of the Republic of Türkiye
5
Peru
Her Excellency Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra
President of the Republic of Peru
6
Jordan
His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
7
Republic of Korea
His Excellency Jae Myung Lee
President of the Republic of Korea
8
Qatar
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Amir of the State of Qatar
9
Suriname
Her Excellency Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
President of the Republic of Suriname
10
Lithuania
His Excellency Gitanas Nausėda
President of the Republic of Lithuania
11
Portugal
His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa
President of the Portuguese Republic
12
Uruguay
His Excellency Yamandú Orsi
President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
13
Slovenia
Her Excellency Nataša Pirc Musar
President of the Republic of Slovenia
14
Kazakhstan
His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
15
South Africa
His Excellency Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa
President of the Republic of South Africa
16
Uzbekistan
His Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1st day – Afternoon: Tuesday, 23 September 2025 – 3:00 pm
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Mongolia
His Excellency Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
President of Mongolia
2
Turkmenistan
His Excellency Serdar Berdimuhamedov
President of Turkmenistan
3
Chile
His Excellency Gabriel Boric Font
President of the Republic of Chile
4
Tajikistan
His Excellency Emomali Rahmon
President of the Republic of Tajikistan
5
Lebanon
His Excellency Joseph Aoun
President of the Lebanese Republic
6
France
His Excellency Emmanuel Macron
President of the French Republic
7
Kyrgyzstan
His Excellency Sadyr Zhaparov
President of the Kyrgyz Republic
8
Colombia
His Excellency Gustavo Petro Urrego
President of the Republic of Colombia
9
Poland
His Excellency Karol Nawrocki
President of the Republic of Poland
10
Mozambique
His Excellency Daniel Francisco Chapo
President of the Republic of Mozambique
11
Viet Nam
His Excellency Luong Cuong
State President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
12
Angola
His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço
President of the Republic of Angola
13
Liberia
His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai
President of the Republic of Liberia
14
Democratic Republic of the Congo
His Excellency Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
15
Iraq
His Excellency Abdullatif Jamal Rashid
President of the Republic of Iraq
16
Nauru
His Excellency David Ranibok Adeang
President and Head of State of the Republic of Nauru
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"The SDGs we are fighting for are essential to improve the lives of millions of human beings across the world."
Remarks by Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz, Queen of Belgium, during the SDG Moment 2025.
The SDG Moment serves to place an annual spotlight on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will be held at the beginning of the United Nation’s General Assembly’s High-Level Week (UNGA80).
The SDG Moment is held every year — as mandated by the 2019 SDG Summit — to highlight inspiring action on the Sustainable Development Goals. It showcases stories of transformation from communities, countries, and regions driving change across sectors — from renewable energy to gender equality. As we cross the two-thirds mark on the road to 2030, the 2025 SDG Moment marks a critical juncture. The event will bring together a constellation of transformative global and national efforts and will demonstrate how just and inclusive transitions are accelerating progress, even in the face of global challenges.
Watch the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/UDeH7qiQpjU
Opening remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (5th plenary meeting, Continued).
Remarks by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, at the High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.
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At the United Nations General Assembly, world leaders marked the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995. The high-level meeting focused on recommitting to, resourcing and accelerating the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, considered the most progressive blueprint ever adopted for advancing women’s rights.
Secretary-General António Guterres described the Beijing Declaration as “the most ambitious global political commitment on women’s rights ever achieved.” He said it helped power advances in education, maternal health, and legal protection, but warned that “progress has been slow and uneven. And no nation has achieved full equality for women and girls. Sustainable Development Goal Five – gender equality – is lagging far behind.”
“Let us be clear: equal rights and opportunities are not partisan issues,” Guterres said. “They are global imperatives – and the foundation of peace, prosperity and progress.”
He noted that earlier this year, governments recommitted to the Beijing platform. “The Commission on the Status of Women adopted a new Political Declaration, committing to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – fast and in full,” Guterres said. “So now, all countries must live up to that responsibility. We need strong, visible support at the highest levels – and concrete plans, backed by real investment.”
He added: “Eighty years ago, the United Nations Charter affirmed the equal rights of men and women. Thirty years ago, the Beijing Declaration enshrined women’s rights as human rights. Today, in this chamber, we must hear how you intend to turn these ambitions into reality: Make your commitments heard. Present your plans. Together, let us achieve equality for women and girls – an equality our world so urgently needs.”
Remarks to the Security Council by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, on the Threats to international peace and security.
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Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča today told the Security Council that a series of recent incidents, including Russian fighter jets reportedly breaching Estonia’s airspace last week, “further underscore the already high tensions that endanger European security,” and stressed that “violations of sovereign country’s airspace are unacceptable.”
Jenča urged all concerned “to act responsibly, to use all available channels and to take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions and prevent further risks to regional security.”
He said, “the world simply cannot afford such danger to spiral out of control and for the devastating war in Ukraine to further escalate and expand.”
On the Ukraine war, Jenča said, “the continuing trend of intensifying widespread attacks once again underscores the need to build on recent initiatives for diplomatic efforts towards peace before the situation reaches even more dangerous levels.”
He called “for a full, immediate and unconditional ceasefire to pave the way for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in Ukraine, in line with the UN Charter, international law and relevant UN resolutions.”
Russian Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told the Council that “any events are immediately interpreted through an anti-Russian prism,” and said, “Russia is being branded all sorts of things portrayed as an enemy, not even going to the trouble in principle of using facts or evidence.”
“When these assertions turn out to be false,” Polyanskiy said, “no one even thinks about apologising for spreading such blatant lies.”
The Russian Ambassador said, “our neighbours have now imagined that Russia is at fault for an incursion into Estonian airspace. As always, there is no proof except the rise of phobic hysteria coming from Tallinn, which our Estonian colleague will wax lyrical about a little bit later. As for the facts, the facts prove that on the 19th of September, three Russian MiG 31 fighter jets conducted a planned flight from Karelia to an airbase in Kaliningrad Oblast, carried out in strict accordance with international airspace use rules. The Russian aircraft did not stray from the agreed route, nor did they cross into Estonian airspace. The trajectory of their flight was over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, over three kilometres from the island of Väima. Flight recorder data confirmed this.”
The new United States Ambassador Mike Waltz, in his first Council intervention said the US “stands by our NATO allies in the face of these airspace violations,” and emphasised that “the United States and our allies will defend every inch of NATO territory.”
Waltz said, “Russia must urgently stop such dangerous behaviour. At a time when President Trump in the United States has been focussed and spent an enormous amount of time and effort to end this horrific war between Russia and Ukraine, we expect Russia to seek ways to de-escalate, not risk expansion.”
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told the Council that “on 19th September 2025, three armed Russian MiG 31 fighter jets deliberately entered Estonia airspace in violation of our territorial integrity. They remained in our skies for 12 minutes, penetrating up to ten kilometres deep and covering nearly 100km inside our sovereign territory.”
Tsahkna said, “these are the hard facts based on solid evidence, whatever Russia is claiming.”
He said, “violation is crystal clear, and Russia is lying again, as it has been lied before several times. We remember the occupation of Georgia 2008, 2014 Crimea, 2022 aggression against Ukraine started. So, please don’t lie again.”
Informal comments to the media by Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, on the situation in Gaza after of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
Informal comments to the media by Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, on the situation in Gaza ahead of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.
