Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
←  79th 9 September 2025 – 8 September 2026 81st  →
Emblem of the United Nations.svg
Host countryFlag of the United Nations.svg United Nations
City New York City, United States
Venue General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters
Participants United Nations Member States
PresidentFlag of Germany.svg Annalena Baerbock
Website www.un.org/en/ga/

The Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly is the current session of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on 9 September 2025. [1] The president of the General Assembly is from the Western European and Others Group. [a]

Contents

Organisation for the session

President

On 2 June 2025, Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected to the position of President of the General Assembly. [3]

Results
CandidatesHome stateVotes%
Annalena Baerbock Germany 16788.83
Helga Schmid Germany 73.723
Total174100.00
Abstention147.447
Valid Votes188100.00
Blank and Invalid Votes00.00
Registered / participation19397.41

Vice-presidents

The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 80th session:

The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

As well as the following nations: [4]

Committees

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) [5]
NameCountryPosition
Maurizio Massari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Chairperson
Amr Essam Eldin Sadek AhmedFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Vice-chair
Pawinrat MahagunaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Vice-chair
Jakub JarosFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Vice-chair
Ana Maricela Ávila BecerrilFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Rapporteur
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) [5]
NameCountryPosition
Lamin B. DibbaFlag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia Chairperson
Weronika GarbaczFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Vice-chair
Andrés Napuri PitaFlag of Peru.svg  Peru Vice-chair
Jenni MikkolaFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Vice-chair
Javid MomeniFlag of Iran.svg  Iran Rapporteur
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) [5]
NameCountryPosition
Cherdchai ChaivaividFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Chairperson
Glentis ThomasFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Vice-chair
Katarina AndrićFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Vice-chair
Ginevra OlivaFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Vice-chair
Edna Stephanie WilliamsFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Rapporteur
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) [5]
NameCountryPosition
José Alberto Bríz GutiérrezFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Chairperson
Josélyne KwishakaFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Vice-chair
Noel NovicioFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Vice-chair
Raphael RuppacherFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Vice-chair
Dávid NagyFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Rapporteur
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) [5]
NameCountryPosition
Zsuzsanna HorváthFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Chairperson
Badreldeen BakhitFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Vice-chair
Mohammad Taghi AmrollahiFlag of Iran.svg  Iran Vice-chair
Erik BjörkFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Vice-chair
Vadim BelloniFlag of Chile.svg  Chile Rapporteur
Sixth Committee (Legal) [5]
NameCountryPosition
Leila Lora-SantosFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Chairperson
Estela Mercedes Nze MansogoFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Vice-chair
Marek ZukalFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Vice-chair
Lucía Teresa Solano RamírezFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Vice-chair
Wieteke TheeuwenFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rapporteur

General debate

Each member of the General Assembly will have a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA will do. This is an opportunity for the member states to opine on international issues of their concern.

The order of speakers is given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observers 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 of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators. Each speaker is requested to provide 350 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. [6]

References

Notes

Citations

  1. ↑ "Opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the General Assembly and of the general debate : note / by the Secretariat". United Nations Digital Library. 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "About the General Assembly". United Nations. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Germany's ex-foreign minister Baerbock chosen to lead UN Assembly". France 24. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "UNGA 79 President to Foster "Unity in Diversity" for Sustainable Development". International Institute for Sustainable Development. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "General Assembly Elects Annalena Baerbock of Germany President of Eightieth Session, Selects Main Committee Bureaus". United Nations. 2 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Ruder, Nicole; Nakano, Kenji; Aeschlimann, Johann (2017). Aeschlimann, Johann; Regan, Mary (eds.). The GA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly (PDF) (2nd ed.). New York: Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. pp. 17, 86–88. ISBN   978-0-615-49660-3.
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