Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly

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Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly
←  78th 10 September 2024 – 9 September 2025 80th  →
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Host countryFlag of the United Nations.svg United Nations
Cities New York City, United States
Venues General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters
Participants United Nations Member States
PresidentFlag of Cameroon.svg Philémon Yang
Website www.un.org/en/ga/

The Seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 10 September 2024 to 9 September 2025. The president of the General Assembly was from the African Group.

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Organisation for the session

President

On 6 June 2024, the former Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philémon Yang, was elected by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly. [1]

Vice-Presidents

The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 79th session:

The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

As well as the following nations: [2]

Committees

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Maritza Chan Valverde Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Chairperson
El Hadj Lehbib MohamedouFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania Vice-Chair
Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-ThaniFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Vice-Chair
Vivica MunknerFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Vice-Chair
Pēteris FilipsonsFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Rapporteur
Second Committee (Economic and Financial) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Muhammad Abdul MuhithFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Chairperson
David AnyaegbuFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Vice-Chair
Ivana VejicFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Vice-Chair
Gudrun ThorbjoernsdottirFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Vice-Chair
Stefany Romero VeigaFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Rapporteur
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Zéphyrin ManiratangaFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi Chairperson
Nur Azura Abd KarimFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Vice-Chair
Ekaterine LortkipanidzeFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Vice-Chair
Mayra Lisseth Sorto RosalesFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Vice-Chair
Mark ReichweinFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rapporteur
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Sanita Pavļuta-DeslandesFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Chairperson
Sheikh Jassim Abdulaziz J. A. Al-ThaniFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Vice-Chair
Carmen Rosa RiosFlag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Vice-Chair
Hussein HirjiFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Vice-Chair
Makarabo MoloeliFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho Rapporteur
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Egriselda Aracely González López Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Chairperson
Surat SuwannikkhaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Vice-Chair
Szymon Mateusz PekalaFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Vice-Chair
Johanna BischofFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Vice-Chair
Elaye-Djibril Yacin AbdillahiFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Rapporteur
Sixth Committee (Legal) [3]
NameCountryPosition
Rui VinhasFlag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal Chairperson
Ammar Mohammed Mahmoud MohammedFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Vice-Chair
Matúš KošuthFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Vice-Chair
Ligia Lorena Flores SotoFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Vice-Chair
Yong-Ern Nathaniel KhngFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Rapporteur

General debate

Each member of the General Assembly had a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA would 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 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 of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and is 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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Philemon Yang of Cameroon elected President of upcoming General Assembly session". United Nations. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "UNGA 79 President to Foster "Unity in Diversity" for Sustainable Development". International Institute for Sustainable Development. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "General Assembly Elects Philémon Yang of Cameroon President of Seventy-Ninth Session, Selects Main Committee Bureaus". United Nations. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. ↑ 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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