Schedule of General Assembly Plenary and Related Meetings

75th Session

LAST UPDATE: 14 September 2021

The agenda of the 75th session is contained in A/75/251 and the allocation of items for the session is contained in A/75/252. The annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the 75th session has been issued as document A/75/100. The annotated draft agenda of the 75th session has been issued as document A/75/100/Add.1.

The programme of work of the plenary for the seventy-fifth session is provided below.

Delegations wishing to be inscribed on the list of speakers of plenary meetings of the General Assembly are kindly requested to do so through the e-deleGATE portal available at https://edelegate.un.int/

75th session
Date Topic
PAST MEETINGS (75th session)
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
Following the adjournment of 66th plenary meeting of seventy-fourth sessio
General Assembly Hall

1st plenary meeting

1. Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly

2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation

3. Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee

[The General Assembly will also take note of the letter from the Secretary-General concerning 4 Member States in arrears in the payment of financial contributions to the United Nations within the terms of Article 19 of the Charter (A/75/344)]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 September 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 September 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

1st meeting of the General Committee

Organization of the seventy-fifth regular session of the General Assembly, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: memorandum by the Secretary-General (A/BUR/75/1)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 September 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 18 Septembr 2020
11:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

2nd plenary meeting

Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: reports of the General Committee [item 7] (A/75/250)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 21 September 2020
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

3rd plenary meeting: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a)]: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/299 and decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75)

Opening segment
Action on draft resolution A/75/L.1
Plenary segment

Statements delivered:

1. UNITED STATES (Host Country)
2. GUYANA (HS) (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China)
3. MALAWI (HS) (on behalf of the Least Developed Countries)
4. EUROPEAN UNION (HL)
5. REPUBLIC OF KOREA (HS) (on behalf of MIKTA Group)
6. AZERBAIJAN (HS) (on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement)
7. QATAR (HS)
8. SWEDEN (HG)
9. KYRGYZSTAN (HS)
10. CHINA (HS)
11. TURKEY (HS)
12. NETHERLANDS (HS)
13. MEXICO (HS)
14. MOZAMBIQUE (HS)
15. PERU (HS)
16. TAJIKISTAN (HS)
17. NIGERIA (HS)
18. FRANCE (HS)
19. HONDURAS (HS)
20. KAZAKHSTAN (HS)
21. FINLAND (HS)
22. SRI LANKA (HS)
23. COSTA RICA (HS)
24. COLOMBIA (HS)
25. URUGUAY (HS)
26. KENYA (HS)
27. POLAND (HS)
28. CHILE (HS)
29. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (HS)
30. MONACO (HS)
31. REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (HS)
32. VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) (HS)
33. GEORGIA (HS)
34. LATVIA (HS)
35. SERBIA (HS)
36. TUNISIA (HS)
37. SPAIN (HS)
38. NORTH MACEDONIA (HS)
39. SEYCHELLES (HS)
40. SOUTH AFRICA (HS)
41. SAN MARINO (HS)
42. CYPRUS (HS)
43. DJIBOUTI (HS)
44. BOTSWANA (HS)
45. PALAU (HS)
46. NAURU (HS)
47. LEBANON (HS)
48. UKRAINE (HS)
49. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (HS)
50. AFGHANISTAN (HS)
51. GHANA (HS)
52. ALBANIA (HS)
53. LIBERIA (HS)
54. EQUATORIAL GUINEA (HS)
55. MALDIVES (HS)
56. BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF) (HS)
57. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (HS)
58. GAMBIA (HS)
59. MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF) (HS)
60. KIRIBATI (HS)
61. LIECHTENSTEIN (HS)
62. MARSHALL ISLANDS (HS)
63. GABON (HS)
64. SLOVENIA (HS)
65. ITALY (HS)
66. IRELAND (HS)
67. SOUTH SUDAN (HS)
68. SIERRA LEONE (VP)
69. TUVALU (HG) (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum)
70. LUXEMBOURG (HG)
71. THAILAND (HG)
72. SINGAPORE (HG)
73. FIJI (HG)
74. ANDORRA (HG)
75. GREECE (HG)
76. PAPUA NEW GUINEA (HG)
77. BARBADOS (HG)
78. ETHIOPIA (HG)
79. DENMARK (HG)
80. MALTA (HG)
81. AUSTRALIA (HG)
82. INDIA (HG)
83. ARMENIA (HG)
84. HAITI (HS)
85. ESWATINI (HG)
86. BANGLADESH (HG)
87. SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (HG)
88. GERMANY (HG)
89. BHUTAN (HG)
90. PORTUGAL (HG)
91. ICELAND (HG)
92. NEPAL (HG)
93. MAURITIUS (HG)
94. BELGIUM (HG)
95. CAMBODIA (HG)
96. SAMOA (HG)
97. CANADA (HG)
98. AUSTRIA (HG)
99. LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (HG)
100. LESOTHO (HG)
101. TONGA (HG)
102. ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (HG)
103. VIET NAM (HG)
104. CABO VERDE (HG)
105. CROATIA (HG)
106. MALAYSIA (HG)
107. SOMALIA (AHG)
108. OMAN (CSC)
109. BULGARIA (DPM)
110. RUSSIAN FEDERATION (M) (on behalf of the CSTO members)
111. BELIZE (M) (on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States)
112. EGYPT (M)
113. INDONESIA (M)
114. CUBA (M)
115. MYANMAR (M)
116. JORDAN (M)
117. PAKISTAN (M)
118. SENEGAL (M)
119. ROMANIA (M)
120. PHILIPPINES (M)
121. NORWAY (M)
122. SWITZERLAND (M)

The programme was circulated in a letter dated 17 September 2020. The time limits for statements will be 3 minutes for individual delegations and 5 minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 August 2020, 17 September 2020, and 20 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 22 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

4th plenary meeting

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization [item 115] (A/75/1)

Opening of the general debate [item 8]

Address(es) by:

 His Excellency Jair Messias Bolsonaro, President, Federative Republic of Brazil

 His Excellency Donald Trump, President, United States of America

 His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President, Republic of Turkey

 His Excellency Xi Jinping, President, People’s Republic of China

 His Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique, President, Republic of Chile

 His Excellency Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President, Republic of South Africa

 His Excellency Miguel Díaz Canel Bermúdez, President, Republic of Cuba

 His Excellency Vladimir Putin, President, Russian Federation

 His Majesty King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

 His Excellency Moon Jae-in, President, Republic of Korea

 His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Emir, State of Qatar

 His Excellency Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President, Republic of the Philippines

 His Excellency Hassan Rouhani, President, Islamic Republic of Iran

 His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President, French Republic

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 22 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

5th plenary meeting

Address(es) by:

 His Excellency Iván Duque Márquez, President, Republic of Colombia

 His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President, Turkmenistan

 His Excellency Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President, Arab Republic of Egypt

 His Excellency Emomali Rahmon, President, Republic of Tajikistan

 His Excellency Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President, United Mexican States

 His Excellency Luis Lacalle Pou, President, Eastern Republic of Uruguay

 His Excellency Danny Faure, President, Republic of Seychelles

 His Excellency Paul Kagame, President, Republic of Rwanda

 His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President, Republic of Angola

 His Excellency Alberto Fernández, President, Argentine Republic

 His Excellency Egils Levits, President, Republic of Latvia

 His Excellency Gitanas Nausėda, President, Republic of Lithuania

 His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria

 His Excellency Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President, Republic of Costa Rica

 His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

 His Excellency Joko Widodo, President, Republic of Indonesia

 His Excellency Martín Vizcarra Cornejo, President, Republic of Peru

 His Excellency Félix Antoine Tshilombo Tshisekedi, President, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 23 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

6th plenary meeting

Addresses by:

His Excellency Šefik Džaferović, Chairman of the Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina

His Excellency Shavkat Mirziyoyev, President, Republic of Uzbekistan

His Excellency János Áder, President, Hungary

His Excellency Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, President of the Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

His Excellency Stevo Pendarovski, President, Republic of North Macedonia

His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President, Republic of Ghana

His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President, Republic of Mozambique

His Excellency Barham Salih, President, Republic of Iraq

His Excellency Sauli Niinistö, President, Republic of Finland

His Excellency Sooronbai Zheenbekov, President, Kyrgyz Republic

His Excellency Tommy Esang Remengesau Jr., President, Republic of Palau

His Excellency Igor Dodon, President, Republic of Moldova

His Excellency Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President, People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

His Excellency Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, President, Republic of Honduras

His Excellency Michel Aoun, President, Lebanese Republic

Her Excellency Zuzana Čaputová, President, Slovak Republic

His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, Republic of Kenya

His Excellency Hage Geingob, President, Republic of Namibia

His Excellency George Manneh Weah, President, Republic of Liberia

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 23 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

7th plenary meeting

Addresses by:

His Excellency Lenin Moreno Garcés, Constitutional President, Republic of Ecuador

Her Excellency Jeanine Añez Chávez, Constitutional President, Plurinational State of Bolivia

His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President, Ukraine

His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President, Republic of Suriname

Her Excellency Simonetta Sommaruga, President, Swiss Confederation

His Excellency Aleksandar Vučić, President, Republic of Serbia

His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President, Co-operative Republic of Guyana

His Excellency Mario Abdo Benítez, President, Republic of Paraguay

His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

His Excellency Andrzej Duda, President, Republic of Poland

His Excellency Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, President, Dominican Republic

His Excellency Nicolás Maduro Moros, President, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

His Excellency Laurentino Cortizo Cohen, President, Republic of Panama

His Excellency Battulga Khaltmaa, President, Mongolia

His Excellency David Kabua, President, Republic of the Marshall Islands

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 24 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

8th plenary meeting

Address(es) by:

 His Excellency Mahamadou Issoufou, President, Republic of the Niger

 His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, President, Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

 His Excellency Ilir Meta, President, Republic of Albania

  His Excellency Borut Pahor, President, Republic of Slovenia

 His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco

 His Excellency Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, President, Republic of Yemen

 His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of Faso, President of the Council of Ministers, Burkina Faso

 Her Excellency Kersti Kaljulaid, President, Republic of Estonia

 His Excellency Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President and Minister for Defense, Republic of Malawi

 His Excellency Denis Sassou Nguesso, President, Republic of the Congo

 His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King, Kingdom of Bahrain

 His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, President, Republic of Botswana

 His Excellency Alpha Condé, President, Republic of Guinea

 His Excellency Adama Barrow, President, Republic of The Gambia

 His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President, Gabonese Republic

 His Excellency Faiez Mustafa Serraj, President of the Presidency Council of the Government of National Accord, State of Libya

His Excellency Nicos Anastasiades, President, Republic of Cyprus

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 24 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

9th plenary meeting

Address(es) by:

 His Excellency Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, President, Republic of Azerbaijan

 His Excellency Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President, Republic of Zambia

 His Excellency Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President and Head of State, Republic of Equatorial Guinea

 His Excellency Jovenel Moïse, President, Republic of Haiti

 His Excellency Nguyen Phu Trong, President, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam

 His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President, Republic of Zimbabwe

 His Excellency Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo, President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

 His Excellency Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho, President, Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe

 His Excellency Azali Assoumani, President, Union of the Comoros

 His Excellency Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, President, Republic of Nauru

 His Excellency Úmaro Sissoco Embaló, President, Republic of Guinea-Bissau

 His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, President, Federal Republic of Somalia

 His Excellency Faustin Archange Touadera, Head of State, Central African Republic

 His Excellency Ismaël Omar Guelleh, President and Head of Government, Republic of Djibouti

 His Excellency Evariste Ndayishimiye, President, Republic of Burundi

Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Addresses by His Excellency Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, Vice President, Republic of Sierra Leone

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 25 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

10th plenary meeting

Addresses by:

His Excellency David Panuelo, President and Head of Government, Federated States of Micronesia

His Holiness Pope Francis, Holy See

His Excellency Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine

Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Addresses by:

His Excellency Charles Michel, President of the European Council, European Union

His Excellency Mark Rutte, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

His Excellency K. P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

His Excellency Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister, Georgia

His Excellency Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister, Czech Republic

His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic

His Excellency Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister, Republic of Croatia

His Excellency Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers, Republic of Italy

His Excellency Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister, Republic of Armenia

His Excellency Imran Khan, Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister, State of Kuwait

His Excellency Kausea Natano, Prime Minister, Tuvalu

His Excellency Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón, President of the Government, Spain

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 25 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

11th plenary meeting

Address by:

His Excellency Taneti Maamau, President, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Republic of Kiribati

Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Addresses by:

His Excellency António Costa, Prime Minister, Portuguese Republic

His Excellency Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister, Republic of Bulgaria

His Excellency Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Her Excellency Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister, Denmark

His Excellency Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister for Communications and Media and Minister for Religious Affairs, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

His Excellency General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Thailand

His Excellency Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister, Canada

His Excellency Gaston Alphonso Browne, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Corporate Governance, Antigua and Barbuda

His Excellency Scott Morrison, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of Australia

His Excellency Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Bhutan

His Excellency Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister, Japan

His Excellency Robert Abela, Prime Minister, Republic of Malta

His Excellency James Marape, Prime Minister, Independent State of Papua New Guinea

His Excellency Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Eswatini

His Excellency Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa, Prime Minister and Minister for Public Enterprises, Kingdom of Tonga

His Excellency Amine Abba Sidick, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Integration and Chadians Abroad

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Saturday, 26 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

12th plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Addresses by:

His Excellency Narendra Modi, Prime Minister, Republic of India

His Excellency Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister for Rodrigues, Outer Islands and Territorial Integrity, Republic of Mauritius

His Excellency Xavier Espot Zamora, Head of Government, Principality of Andorra

His Excellency Boris Johnson, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh

His Excellency Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Sugar Industry, and Foreign Affairs, Republic of Fiji

His Excellency Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin, Prime Minister, Malaysia

His Excellency Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Cambodia

Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister, Norway

His Excellency Manasseh Sogavare, Prime Minister, Solomon Islands

His Excellency Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Economic Growth and Job Creation, Jamaica

His Excellency Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Independent State of Samoa

His Excellency Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister, Kingdom of Lesotho

His Excellency Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister, Sweden

His Excellency Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, the Public Service, National Security, Legal Affairs and Grenadines Affairs, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

His Excellency Thongloun Sisoulith, Prime Minister, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Her Excellency Sophie Wilmes, Prime Minister, in charge of Beliris and Federal Cultural Institutions, Kingdom of Belgium

His Excellency Micheál Martin, Taoiseach, Ireland

His Excellency Saad-Eddine El Othmani, Head of Government, Kingdom of Morocco

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Saturday, 26 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

13th plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Address(es) by:

His Excellency Timothy Harris, Prime Minister, Minister for Sustainable Development, National Security, People Empowerment and Constituency Empowerment, Saint Kitts and Nevis

His Excellency Allen Michael Chastanet, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service, Saint Lucia

His Excellency Keith Rowley, Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

His Excellency Hubert Alexander Minnis, Prime Minister, Commonwealth of the Bahamas

His Excellency Abdalla Adam Hamdok, Prime Minister, Republic of the Sudan

His Excellency Bob Loughman, Prime Minister, Republic of Vanuatu

His Excellency José Ulisses Correia e Silva, Prime Minister and Minister of Reform, Republic of Cabo Verde

His Excellency Christian Ntsay, Prime Minister and Head of Government, Republic of Madagascar

Syrian Arab Republic

Singapore

Senegal

Liechtenstein

Austria

Belarus

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 28 September 2020 Yom Kippur (resolution 69/250)
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

14th plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate - Item 8

Iceland

San Marino

United Arab Emirates

Germany

Belize

Romania

Eritrea

Myanmar

Maldives

Montenegro

Mauritania

Oman

Benin

Nicaragua

Address by His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister, State of Israel

Guatemala

Dominica

Tunisia

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020 and 21 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 29 September 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

15th plenary meeting

1. Address by His Excellency Nayib Armando Bukele, President, Republic of El Salvador

2. Continuation of the general debate [item 8]

Grenada

Barbados

Cameroon

New Zealand (in person)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (in person)

Uganda (in person)

Togo (in person)

United Republic of Tanzania (in person)

Pursuant to decision 74/562, statements in the general debate are made in pre-recorded statements, unless otherwise indicated.

In accordance with decision 74/562 and without setting a precedent for mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, in addition to the verbatim records, the President of the General Assembly will circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation of the pre-recorded statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries, submitted to the President no later than the day on which such statements are played in the Assembly Hall. Submissions in this regard should be made to estatements@un.org.

The LIVE online coverage of the General Debate website, available in all officiallanguages, offers the ‘Speaking Now’ feature which enables users to know which Member States/Observer has the floor (is delivering a video statement).  The portal also includes links to other related valuable multimedia assets (audio, photos, etc.): Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish

3. Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a)]: draft decision (A/75/L.2

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 September 2020, 21 September 2020 and 25 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 30 September 2020
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
3:00 - 6:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Summit on biodiversity convened by the President of the General Assembly, held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/269 and decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75)

10:00 a.m. - Opening segment
10:50 a.m. - Plenary segment
3:00 p.m. - Leaders dialogue 1
4:15 p.m. - Leaders dialogue 2
5:30 p.m. - Closing segment

Live list of speakers

Website

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 September 2020 and 22 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 1 October 2020
9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held pursuant to General Assembly resolutions 73/294 and 73/340 and decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75)

9:00 a.m. - Opening segment
10:00 a.m. - Plenary segment
6:30 p.m. - Closing segment

List of speakers (Live)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 August 2020, 22 September 2020, 24 September 2020, 29 September 2020 and 30 September 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 2 October 2020
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, held in accordance with General Assembly resolution 74/54 and decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75)

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers are requested to do so through the e-deleGATE portal. The time limits for statements will be 3 minutes for individual delegations and 5 minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States.

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 August 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 7 October 2020
10:00 a.m. - VIRTUAL MEETING

Informal consultations on the modalities for the organization of the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 10 October 2020
10:00 a.m. - VIRTUAL MEETING

Informal consultations on the modalities for the organization of the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 13 October 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

16th plenary meeting

1. Tribute to the memory of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait

2. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations [item 145]: Report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/382)

3. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: draft decision (A/75/L.3)

4. Election of members of the Human Rights Council [item 119 (c)]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 October 2020, October 2020, and 12 October 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 15 October 2020
10:00 a.m. - VIRTUAL MEETING

Informal consultations on the modalities for the organization of the thirty-first special session of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 5 October 2020 and 13 October 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 19 October 2020
3:00 p.m. - VIRTUAL MEETING

Informal consultations on the 2020 review of the peacebuilding architecture (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council, dated 13 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

17th plenary meeting

International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals [item 132]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/276) - debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 26 October 2020
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Observance ceremony in commemoration of the United Nations (purusant to General Assembly resolution 73/299)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 October 2020 and 23 October 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 26 October 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

3rd resumed plenary meeting: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a)]: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/299, decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75) and decision 75/505 (A/75/L.2) - continuation and conclusion of the list of speakers

1. BRAZIL (M)
2. IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) (M)
3. EL SALVADOR (M)
4. CZECH REPUBLIC (M) |
5. MAURITANIA (M)
6. SLOVAKIA (M)
7. SUDAN (M)
8. ECUADOR (M)
9. SAUDI ARABIA (M)
10. TIMOR-LESTE (M)
11. PANAMA (M)
12. CONGO (M)
13. ESTONIA (M)
14. BURKINA FASO (M)
15. KUWAIT (M)
16. SURINAME (M)
17. RWANDA (M)
18. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (M)
19. MONTENEGRO (M)
20. MOROCCO (M)
21. PARAGUAY (M)
22. COTE D'IVOIRE (M)
23. MADAGASCAR (M)
24. UNITED KINGDOM (M)
25. JAPAN (M)
26. NICARAGUA (M)
27. BAHRAIN (M)
28. CHAD (M)
29. GUATEMALA (M)
30. UZBEKISTAN (M)
31. ANGOLA (M)
32. YEMEN (M)
33. JAMAICA (M)
34. LITHUANIA (M)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

 

Monday, 26 October 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

3rd resumed plenary meeting: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations

Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a)]: High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, held pursuant to General Assembly resolution 73/299, decision 74/562 (A/74/L.75) and decision 75/505 (A/75/L.2) - continuation and conclusion of the list of speakers


1. ALGERIA (M)
2. CAMEROON (M)
3. LIBYA (M)
4. ARGENTINA (M)
5. MONGOLIA (VM)
6. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
7. HUNGARY
8. ERITREA
9. NEW ZEALAND
10. MALI
11. TURKMENISTAN
12. ISRAEL
13. IRAQ
14. NAMIBIA
15. BAHAMAS
16. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
17. TOGO
18. ZIMBABWE
19. STATE OF PALESTINE (HS)
20. HOLY SEE (HG)
21. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
22. LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES
23. FUND FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
24. ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION
25. COMMONWEALTH
26. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
27. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION
28. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE
29. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION
30. CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
31. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

The time limit for interventions is 3 minutes.

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Monday, 2 November 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

18th plenary meeting

Report of the International Criminal Court [item 75]:

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/321 and A/75/323)
(b) Note by the Secretary-General (A/75/324 and A/75/324/Corr.1)
(c) Draft resolution (A/75/L.5)

Debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 2 November 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

19th plenary meeting

1. Report of the International Criminal Court [item 75]:

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/321 and A/75/323)
(b) Note by the Secretary-General (A/75/324 and A/75/324/Corr.1)
(c) Draft resolution (A/75/L.5)

Debate and action on the draft resolution

2. Report of the International Court of Justice [item 74] (A/75/4) and report of the Secretary-General (A/75/313) - debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 3 November 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

20th plenary meeting

Report of the International Court of Justice [item 74] (A/75/4) and report of the Secretary-General (A/75/313) - debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 October 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 5 November 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

21st plenary meeting

1. Report of the Economic and Social Council [item 9] (A/75/3 (Part I)) and (A/75/3 (Part II)) and note by the Secretariat (A/75/575); Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14] - debate

2. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit [item 122]: specific meeting focused on development (resolution 60/265)

3. Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128]:

(a) Draft resolution (A/75/L.8)
(b) Draft amendments (A/75/L.12 and A/75/L.13)

4. Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War [item 137]:

(a) Draft resolution (A/75/L.4)
(b) Draft amendments (A/75/L.6 and A/75/L.10)

Debate and action on the draft resolution

5. Report of the Human Rights Council [item 67] (A/75/53 and A/75/53/Add.1) - debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 October 2020 and 3 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 5 November 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

22nd plenary meeting

Report of the Human Rights Council [item 67] (A/75/53 and A/75/53/Add.1) - debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 October 2020 and 3 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

23rd plenary meeting

Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency [item 93]:

(a) Note by the Secretary-General (A/75/303)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.9)

Debate and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
2:00 p.m. - Virtual meeting

Informal informal consultations on the 2020 review of the peacebuilding architecture (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

24th plenary meeting

Election of members of the International Court of Justice [item 118 (c)]: memorandum by the Secretary-General (A/75/130) and notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/129 and A/75/131)

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council, dated 4 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 12 November 2020
11:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

24th plenary meeting (resumed)

Election of members of the International Court of Justice [item 118 (c)]: memorandum by the Secretary-General (A/75/130) and notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/129 and A/75/131)

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council, dated 4 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, was circulated to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. A letter from the President of the Security Council, dated 11 November 2020, was circulated to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 12 November 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

25th plenary meeting

Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations [item 125]; Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: draft decision (A/75/L.7/Rev.1) and draft amendment (A/75/L.15) [item 126]

Joint debate on items 125 and 126
A
ction on the draft amendment (A/75/L.15) and the draft decision (A/75/L.7/Rev.1) [item 126]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020 and 12 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 13 November 2020
10:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

26th plenary meeting

Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations [item 125]

Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: draft decision (A/75/L.7/Rev.1) and draft amendment (A/75/L.15) [item 126]

Action on the draft amendment (A/75/L.15) and the draft decision (A/75/L.7/Rev.1) [item 126]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020 and 12 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 13 November 2020 Diwali (resolution 69/250)
Monday, 16 November 2020
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

27th and 28th plenary meetings

Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council [item 127] - debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 17 November 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

29th plenary meeting

Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council [item 127] - debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 23 November 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

30th plenary meeting

1. Reports of the Fifth Committee:

Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/75/579) [item 120 (a)]

Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions (A/75/580) [item 120 (b)]

Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee (A/75/581) [item 120 (c)]

Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission (A/75/582) [item 120 (d)]

Appointment of members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (A/75/583) [item 120 (e)]

Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee (A/75/584) [item 120 (f)]

2. Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination [item 119 (a)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/248)

3. Election of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [item 119 (d)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/338)

4. Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences [item 120 (g)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/88)

5. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Operational activities for development [item 25]: draft decision (A/75/L.26)

Action on the draft decision

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

6. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations [item 130 (a) to (aa)]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/345); notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/128 and A/75/153); draft resolutions (A/75/L.16, A/75/L.17, A/75/L.19, A/75/L.20, A/75/L.21, A/75/L.22, A/75/L.23, A/75/L.24, A/75/L.25 and A/75/L.27)

Debate
Action on the draft resolutions

7. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [item 120 (h)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/603)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 November 2020, was sent to all permannet representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 23 November 2020
3:00 - 4:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on business continuity

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 November 2020 and 20 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 23 November 2020
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

31st plenary meeting

Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations [item 130 (a) to (aa)]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/345); notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/128 and A/75/153); draft resolutions (A/75/L.16, A/75/L.17, A/75/L.19, A/75/L.20, A/75/L.21, A/75/L.22, A/75/L.23, A/75/L.24, A/75/L.25 and A/75/L.27)

Explanation of vote after the vote

Thursday, 26 November 2020 Official United Nations holiday (Thanksgiving)
Monday, 30 November 2020 Gurpurab (resolution 69/250)
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

32nd plenary meeting

1. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/188 and A/75/542) and note by the Secretary-General (A/75/229); Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit [item 122]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/542); Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a) and (b)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.37):

Joint debate on the items
Action on draft resolution
(A/75/L.37) [item 128 (a)]

2. Sport for development and peace [item 11 (a) and (b)]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/155/Rev.1) [item 11 (a)]
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.30) [item 11]

Debate on the item as a whole and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Joint informal high-level meeting of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development

[Joint letters from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, dated 19 November 2020 and 30 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 1 December 2020
3:00p.m. - General Assembly Hall

33rd plenary meeting

1. Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War [item 137]: special solemn meeting in commemoration of all victims of the Second World War (resolution 75/5)

2. Report of the Credentials Committee [item 3 (b)] (A/75/606)

3. Culture of peace [item 15]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/233)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.28)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 November 2020 and 25 November 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

34th plenary meeting

1. Question of Palestine [item 38]:

(a) Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (A/75/35)
(b) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/195)
(c) Note by the Secretary-General (A/75/310)
(d) Draft resolutions (A/75/L.32, A/75/L.33, A/75/L.34 and A/75/L.35)

Debate on the item

2. The situation in the Middle East [item 37]:

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/195 and A/75/297)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.29)

Debate on the item

Wednesday, 2 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

35th plenary meeting

1. The situation in the Middle East [item 37]:

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/195 and A/75/297)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.29)

Continuation of the debate on the item

2. Question of Palestine [item 38]: draft resolutions (A/75/L.32, A/75/L.33, A/75/L.34 and A/75/L.35)

Action on the draft resolutions

3. The situation in the Middle East [item 37]: draft resolution (A/75/L.29)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Culture of peace [item 15]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/233)
(b) Draft resolutions (A/75/L.28 and A/75/L.36/Rev.1)

Continuation of the debate on the item and action on the draft resolutions

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 November 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 3 December 2020
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (resolution 75/4) Website

2nd plenary meeting

09:00 - 10:00: Opening segment

President of the General Assembly
Secretary-General
President of the Economic and Social Council
Chair of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries

10:00 - 21:00: General debate [item 7]

Statements delivered

1. His Excellency Charles MICHEL, President of the European Council of the European Union
2. His Excellency Lazarus McCarthy CHAKWERA, President of the Republic of Malawi (on behalf of the Least Developed Countries)
3. His Excellency Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, President of the Republic of Turkey
4. Her Excellency Simonetta SOMMARUGA, President of the Swiss Confederation
5. His Excellency Juan Orlando HERNÁNDEZ ALVARADO, President of the Republic of Honduras
6. His Excellency Ilham Heydar oglu ALIYEV, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
7. His Excellency Kais SAIED, President of the Repubic of Tunisia
8. His Excellency Miguel Díaz-Canel BERMÚDEZ, President of the Republic of Cuba
9. His Excellency Francisco Rafael SAGASTI HOCHHAUSLER, President of the Republic of Peru
10. His Excellency Luis Alberto ARCE CATACORA, Constituional President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
11. His Excellency Lenin MORENO GARCÉS, Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador
12. His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe MASISI, President of the Republic of Botswana
13. His Serene Highness Prince ALBERT Two of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of Monaco
14. His Excellency Barham SALIH, President of the Republic of Iraq
15. His Excellency David KABUA, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
16. His Excellency Uhuru KENYATTA, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya
17. His Excellency Milorad DODIK, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
18. His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves LOURENÇO, President of the Republic of Angola
19. His Excellency Milo ĐUKANOVIĆ, President of Montenegro
20. His Excellency Mohammad Ashraf GHANI, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
21. His Excellency Felix Antonine TSHILOMBO TSHISEKEDI, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
22. His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan ALI, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
23. His Excellency Chandrikapersad SANTOKHI, President of the Republic of Suriname
24. His Excellency Iván DUQUE MÁRQUEZ, President of the Republic of Colombia
25. His Excellency Stevo PENDAROVSKI, President of the Republic of North Macedonia
26. His Excellency Egils LEVITS, President of the Republic of Latvia
27. Her Excellency Kersti KALJULAID, President of the Republic of Estonia
28. His Excellency Aleksandar VUČIĆ, President of the Republic of Serbia
29. His Excellency Emmanuel MACRON, President of the French Republic
30. His Excellency Nicolás MADURO MOROS, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
31. His Excellency Rodrigo Roa DUTERTE, President of the Republic of the Philippines
32. His Excellency Lionel Rouwen AINGIMEA, President of the Republic of Nauru
33. Her Excellency Raquel PEÑA, Vice-President of the Dominican Republic
34. His Excellency Xavier BETTEL, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister for Communications and Media and Minister for Religious Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (on behalf of the Group of Friends on Children and Sustainable Development Goals)
35. His Excellency Kausea NATANO, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum)
36. His Excellency Ismaël Omar GUELLEH, President and Head of Government of the Republic of Djibouti
37. His Excellency John BRICEÑO, Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment of Belize (on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States)
38. His Excellency Justin TRUDEAU, Prime Minister of Canada
39. His Excellency Emmerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe
40. His Excellency Giuseppe Conte, President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Italy
41. His Excellency CHUNG Sye-kyun, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
42. His Excellency XAVIER ESPOT ZAMORA, Head of Government of the Principality of Andorra
43. His Excellency Andrej PLENKOVIĆ, Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia
44. His Excellency Sharma OLI, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
45. Her Excellency Katrin JAKOBSDOTTIR, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iceland
46. Her Excellency Jacinda ARDERN, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, and National Security and Intelligence of New Zealand
47. His Excellency Prayut CHAN-O-CHA, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand
48. His Excellency Imran KHAN, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
49. Her Excellency Erna SOLBERG, Prime Minister of Norway
50. Her Excellency Sheikh HASINA, Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
51. His Excellency Allen Michael CHASTANET, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Growth, Job Creation, External Affairs and the Public Service of Saint Lucia
52. His Excellency Alexander DE CROO, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
53. His Excellency Pravind Kumar JUGNAUTH, Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs, External Communications and National Development Unit, Minister for Finance and Economic Development of the Republic of Mauritius
54. Her Excellency Mette FREDERIKSEN, Prime Minister of Denmark
55. Her Excellency Sanna MARIN, Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland
56. Her Excellency Angela MERKEL, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
57. His Excellency Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia
58. His Excellency NGUYEN XUAN PHUC, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
59. His Excellency Stefan LÖFVEN, Prime Minister of Sweden
60. His Excellency Thongloun SISOULITH, Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
61. His Excellency Pedro SANCHEZ PEREZ-CASTEJON, President of the Government of Spain
63. His Excellency SUGA Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan
64. His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad AL-SABAH, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait
65. His Excellency Keith ROWLEY, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
66. His Excellency Ion CHICU, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova
67. His Excellency Hassan DIAB, President of the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese Republic
68. His Excellency Ralph GONSALVES, Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, the Public Service, National Security, Legal Affairs and Grenadines Affairs of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
69. His Excellency Josaia Voreque BAINIMARAMA, Prime Minister and Minister for iTaukei Affairs, Sugar Industry, and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Fiji
70. His Excellency Edi RAMA, Prime Minister and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania
71. His Excellency Clément MOUAMBA, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo
72. His excellency Abdelaziz DJERAD, Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
73. Her Excellency Sidémého TOMEGAH-DOGBE, Prime Minister, Head of Government of the Togolese Republic
74. His Excellency WANG Yi, State Councilor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of China
75. His Excellency Ayman SAFADI, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Jordan
76. His Excellency Chris FEARNE, Deputy Prime Minister of Malta
77. Her Excellency Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA, Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria
78. His Excellency Themba MASUKU, Deputy Prime Minister of Eswatini
79. His Excellency Demeke MEKONNEN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
80. His Excellency Marcelo Ebrard CASAUBÓN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico (on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States)
81. His Excellency Péter SZIJJÁRTÓ, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
82. His Excellency Alexey TSOY, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan
83. His Excellency Ivan KORČOK, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia
84. His Excellency Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
85. Her Excellency Retno Lestari Priansari MARSUDI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
86. Her Excellency Marise PAYNE, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia
87. His Excellency Vivian BALAKRISHNAN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Singapore
88. His Excellency Myint HTWE, Union Minister, Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar
89. His Excellency Nikolaos-Georgios DENDIAS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
90. His Excellency Jan BLATNÝ, Minister of Health of the Czech Republic
91. His Excellency Saeed NAMAKI, Minister of Health and Medical Education of the Islamic Republic of Iran
92. His Excellency Abdulla SHAHID, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives
93. His Excellency Nurmuhammet AMANNEPESOV, Minister of Health Care and Medical Industry of Turkmenistan
94. His Excellency Luca BECCARI, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications of San Marino
95. His Excellency Ahmed AL Saidi, Minister of Health of Oman
96. His Excellency Aouélé Eugène AKA, Minister of Health and Public Hygiene of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
97. His Excellency Ernesto Henrique Fraga ARAÚJO, Minister for External Relations of Brazil
98. Her Excellency Aïssata TALL SALL, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Senegalese abroad of Senegal
99. Her Excellency Katrin EGGENBERGER, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture of Liechtenstein
100. His Excellency Sameh Hassan Shokry SELIM, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt
101. His Excellency Daniel NGAMIJE, Minister of Health of Rwanda
102. His Excellency Linas Antanas LINKEVIČIUS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
103. His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan AL-SAUD, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
104. His Excellency Mikhail MURASHKO, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation
105. His Excellency Alexander SCHALLENBERG, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, 17 November 2020, 20 November 2020 and 2 December 2020 (risk assessment) and 2 December 2020 (updated programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 4 December 2020
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (resolution 75/4) Website

Informal meeting

Interactive dialogues, followed by a closing segment

 Panel 1: The United Nations System Response to COVID-19

 Panel 2: The Road to a COVID-19 Vaccine – a Global Public Good

 Panel 3: Resilience and Recovering Better from COVID-19

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, 17 November 2020, 20 November 2020 and 2 December 2020 (risk assessment) and 2 December 2020 (updated programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 4 December 2020
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (resolution 75/4) Website

2nd plenary meeting (resumed)

1. General debate continued [item 7]

Statements delivered

1. His Excellency Filipe Jacinto NYUSI, President of the Republic of Mozambique (on behalf of the Southern African Development Community)
2. His Excellency Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister for Foreign Affairs II of Brunei Darussalam
3. His Excellency Anže LOGAR, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia
4. His Excellency Alex AZAR, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States
5. His Excellency Nasser BOURITA, Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of Morocco
6. His Excellency Christopher TUFTON, Minister of Health and Wellness of Jamaica
7. His Excellency Tandi DORJI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bhutan
8. His Excellency Simon COVENEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defense of Ireland
9. His Excellency Zbigniew RAU, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland
10. His Excellency Dmytro KULEBA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
11. His Excellency Paul OQUIST KELLEY, Private Secretary for National Policies of the President of Nicaragua
12. Her Excellency Marta TEMIDO, Minister of Health of Portugal
13. His Excellency Bogdan Lucian AURESCU, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania
14. His Excellency Mohamed SIALA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Libya
15. His Excellency Djacoba Oliva TEHINDRAZANARIVELO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Madagascar
16. His Excellency Dinesh GUNAWARDENA, Minister for Foreign Relations, Skills Development, Employment and Labour Relations of Sri Lanka
17. His Excellency Federico Alberto GONZALEZ FRANCO, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Paraguay
18. His Excellency Matthew John DAVID HANCOCK, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care of the United Kingdom
19. His Excellency Ginés GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA, Minister of Health of Argentina
20. Her Excellency Sigrid KAAG, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands
21. His Excellency David ZALKALIANI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Georgia
22. Her Excellency Shirley Ayorkor BOTCHWEY, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana
23. Her Excellency Wilhelmina JALLAH, Minister of Health of Liberia
24. His Excellency Geoffrey ONYEAMA, Mininster for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria

2. Report of the Credentials Committee [item 3 (b)]

3. Closing segment

Statement by the President of the Security Council for the month of December 2020
Statement by the President of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 November 2020, 17 November 2020, 20 November 2020 and 2 December 2020 (risk assessment), 2 December 2020 (updated programme) and 3 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 7 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

36th plenary meeting

1. Global health and foreign policy [item 131]

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/236 and A/75/577)

(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.18)

Debate and action on the draft resolution

2. Prevention of armed conflict [item 34 (a)]: draft resolutions (A/75/L.31 and A/75/L.38/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolutions

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 7 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

37th plenary meeting - Reports of the First Committee

1. Reduction of military budgets: report of the First Committee (A/75/390) [item 94]

2. African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/75/391) [item 95]

3. Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/75/392) [item 96]

4. Maintenance of international security – good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe: report of the First Committee (A/75/393) [item 97]

5. Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security: report of the First Committee (A/75/394) [item 98]

6. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/75/395) [item 99]

7. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons: report of the First Committee (A/75/396) [item 100]

8. Prevention of an arms race in outer space: report of the First Committee (A/75/397) [item 101]

9. Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/75/398) [item 102]

10. General and complete disarmament: report of the First Committee (A/75/399) [item 103]

11. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/75/400) [item 104]

12. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session: report of the First Committee (A/75/401) [item 105]

13. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East: report of the First Committee (A/75/402) [item 106]

14. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: report of the First Committee (A/75/403) [item 107]

15. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region: report of the First Committee (A/75/404) [item 108]

16. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: report of the First Committee (A/75/405) [item 109]

17. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction: report of the First Committee (A/75/406) [item 110]

18. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: report of the First Committee (A/75/407) [item 126]

19. Programme planning: report of the First Committee (A/75/408) [item 142]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 November 2020 and 2 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 8 December 2020
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

38th and 39th plenary meetings

Oceans and the law of the sea [item 76 (a) and (b)]:

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/70, A/75/157 and A/75/340);
(b) Reports of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process (A/75/362 and A/75/614);
(c) Letter from the Co-Chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process (A/75/232/Rev.1);
(d) Draft resolutions (A/75/L.39 and A/75/L.40)

Debate on the item as a whole and action on draft resolution A/75/L.40

* Action on draft resolution A/75/L.39 has been postponed to a later date to allow time for the review of its programme budget implications by the Fifth Committee

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

40th plenary meeting

The situation in Afghanistan [item 39]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/378)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.45)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

41st plenary meeting - Reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

1. Effects of atomic radiation: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/409) [item 50]

2. International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/410) [item 51]

3. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/411) [item 52]

4. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/412) [item 53]

5. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/413) [item 54]

6. Comprehensive review of special political missions: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/414) [item 55]

7. Questions relating to information: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/415) [item 56]

8. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/416) [item 57]

9. Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/417) [item 58]

10. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/418) [item 59]

11. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/419) [item 60]

12. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/420) [item 61]

13. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/422) [item 126]

14. Programme planning: report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/421) [item 142]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 November 2020 and 2 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 11 December 2020
10:00 a.m. and 3:00p.m. - General Assembly Hall

42nd and 43rd plenary meetings

Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance [item 73 (a) to (d)]

(a) Reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/75, A/75/84, A/75/238, A/75/246 and A/75/317)

(b) Draft resolutions (A/75/L.11, A/75/L.42, A/75/L.43 and A/75/L.44)

Debate and action on the draft resolutions

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 2 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 14 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

44th plenary meeting

1. Report of the Economic and Social Council [item 9]: draft resolution (A/75/L.14/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolution

2. Report of the International Court of Justice [item 74]: draft resolution (A/75/L.48)

Action on the draft resolution

3. Global health and foreign policy [item 131]: draft resolutions (A/75/L.41 and A/75/L.47)

Action on the draft resolutions

4. Election of members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission [item 119 (b)]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 December 2020 and 10 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 14 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (resolution 75/4) Website

2nd plenary meeting (resumed)

1. General debate continued [item 7]

List of speakers

1. Her Excellency Patricia Leonor COMANDARI ZANOTTI, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Integration and Economic Promotion of El Salvador
2. His Excellency Osama Ahmed ABDELRAHIM ELKHIDIR, Acting Minister of Health of the Sudan
3. His Excellency Vikas SWARUP, Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of India
4. Her Excellency Carolina VALDIVIA TORRES, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of Chile
5. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
6. BELARUS
7. TAJIKISTAN
8. MONGOLIA
9. KYRGYZSTAN
10. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
11. YEMEN
12. PANAMA
13. NAMIBIA
14. BAHRAIN
15. EQUATORIAL GUINEA
16. URUGUAY
17. COSTA RICA
18. GAMBIA
19. UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
20. GUATEMALA
21. His Eminence Cardinal Pietro PAROLIN, Secretary of State of the Holy See
22. His Excellency Mohammad SHTAYEH, Prime Minister, Minister for the Interior and Minister for Waqf of the State of Palestine

Time permitting, in accordance with resolution 75/4

1. International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc.
2. United Cities and Local Governments
3. Commonwealth Medical Trust

2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2]

3. Conclusion of the special session

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 December 2020 and 10 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 15 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall [closed]

Informal meeting of the plenary on the follow-up to the declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations (closed meeting)

There will be no pre-established list of speakers. Delegations are encouraged to observe the time limits of 3 minutes for statements by individual delegations and 5 minutes for delegations speaking on behalf of a group of States.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 December 2020, 10 December 2020 and 14 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 15 December 2020
3:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall (virtual meeting)

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on a COVID-19 epidemiology update for the United States of America (to be held remotely without phyical presence)

[A joint letter from the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, dated 11 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 15 December 2020
4:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

45th plenary meeting - Reports of the Sixth Committee

1. Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission [item 77]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/423)

2. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-third session [item 78]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/424)

3. United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law [item 79]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/425)

4. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session [item 80]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/426)

5. Crimes against humanity [item 81]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/427)

6. Expulsion of aliens [item 82]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/428)

7. Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts [item 83]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/429)

8. Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives [item 84]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/430)

9. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization [item 85]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/431)

10. The rule of law at the national and international levels [item 86]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/432)

11. The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction [item 87]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/433)

12. Responsibility of international organizations [item 88]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/434)

13. Protection of persons in the event of disasters [item 89]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/435)

14. Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework [item 90]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/436)

15. Measures to eliminate international terrorism [item 114]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/437)

16. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 126]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/453)

17. Programme planning [item 142]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/452)

18. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country [item 171]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/439)

19. Observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the General Assembly [item 172]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/440)

20. Observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the General Assembly [item 173]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/441)

21. Observer status for the Community of Democracies in the General Assembly [item 174]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/442)

22. Observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the General Assembly [item 175]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/443)

23. Observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the General Assembly [item 176]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/444)

24. Observer status for the International Organization of Employers in the General Assembly [item 177]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/445)

25. Observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the General Assembly [item 178]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/446)

26. Observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the General Assembly [item 179]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/447)

27. Observer status for the Small Island Developing States Dock (SIDS DOCK) in the General Assembly [item 180]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/448)

28. Observer status for the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute in the General Assembly [item 181]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/449)

29. Observer status for the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization in the General Assembly [item 182]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/450)

30. Observer status for the Global Dryland Alliance in the General Assembly [item 183]: report of the Sixth Committee (A/75/451)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 November 2020, 10 December 2020 (revised start time) and 10 December 2020 (risk assessment), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

46th plenary meeting - Reports of the Third Committee

1. Social development [item 27]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/470)

2. Advancement of women [item 28]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/471)

3. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions [item 63]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/472)

4. Report of the Human Rights Council [item 67]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/473)

5. Promotion and protection of the rights of children [item 68]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/474)

6. Rights of Indigenous peoples [item 69]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/475)

7. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance [item 70]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/476)

8. Rights of peoples to self-determination [item 71]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/477)

9. Promotion and protection of human rights [item 72]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/478)

10. Implementation of human rights instruments [item 72 (a)]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.1)

11. Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms [item 72 (b)]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.2)

12. Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives [item 72 (c)]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.3)

13. Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action [item 72 (d)]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.4)

14. Crime prevention and criminal justice [item 111]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/479)

15. Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes [item 112]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/480)

16. International drug control [item 113]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/481)

17. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 126]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/482)

18. Programme Planning [item 142]: report of the Third Committee (A/75/483)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 November 2020 and 10 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall - CANCELLED

Plenary meeting cancelled

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 18 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - WebEx

Informal consultations on the organization of the high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS (to be held remotely without phyical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 21 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

47th plenary meeting

1. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – residual functions [item 92]

Debate on the item

2. Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him [item 133]: draft decision (A/75/L.49)

Debate on the item and action on the draft decision

3. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: draft resolution (A/75/L.46/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Culture of peace [item 15]: draft resolution (A/75/L.52)

Action on the draft resolution

5. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace [item 64]: draft resolution (A/75/L.53)

Action on the draft resolution
[A joint letter from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council, dated 17 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 December 2020, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 21 December 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

48th plenary meeting

Reports of the Second Committee

1. Information and communications technologies for sustainable development [item 16]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/454)

2. Macroeconomic policy questions [item 17]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455)

3. International trade and development [item 17 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455/Add.1)

4. International financial system and development [item 17 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455/Add.2)

5. External debt sustainability and development [item 17 (c)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455/Add.3)

6. Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development [item 17 (d)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455/Add.4)

7. Promoting investments for sustainable development [item 17 (e)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/455/Add.5)

8. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development [item 18]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/456)

9. Sustainable development [item 19]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457)

10. Towards the achievement of sustainable development: implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including through sustainable consumption and production, building on Agenda 21 [item 19 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.1)

11. Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States [item 19 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.2)

12. Disaster risk reduction [item 19 (c)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.3)

13. Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind [item 19 (d)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.4)

14. Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa [item 19 (e)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.5)

15. Convention on Biological Diversity [item 19 (f)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.6)

16. Harmony with Nature [item 19 (g)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.7)

17. Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all [item 19 (h)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.8)

18. Combating sand and dust storms [item 19 (i)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/457/Add.9)

19. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism [item 20]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/458)

20. Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) [item 21]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/459)

21. Globalization and interdependence [item 22]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/460)

22. Globalization and interdependence [item 22 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/460/Add.1)

23. International migration and development [item 22 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/460/Add.2)

24. Groups of countries in special situations [item 23]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/461)

25. Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [item 23 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/461/Add.1)

26. Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries [item 23 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/461/Add.2)

27. Eradication of poverty and other development issues [item 24]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/462)

28. Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027) [item 24 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/462/Add.1)

29. Industrial development cooperation [item 24 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/462/Add.2)

30. Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [item 24 (c)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/462/Add.3)

31. Operational activities for development [item 25]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/463)

32. Operational activities for development of the United Nations system [item 25 (a)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/463/Add.1)

33. South-South cooperation for development [item 25 (b)]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/463/Add.2)

34. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition [item 26]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/464)

35. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources [item 62]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/465)

36. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 126]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/467)

37. Programme planning [item 142]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/466)

38. Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination [item 119 (a)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/248/Add.1)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 December 2020, 16 December 2020 and 18 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 31 December 2020
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

48th plenary meeting (resumed)

1. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance [item 70]

Report of the Third Committee (A/75/476, draft resolution II)
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/678)

Action on the draft resolution

2. Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives [item 72 (c)]

Report of the Third Committee (A/75/478/Add.3, draft resolution IV)
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/677)

Action on the draft resolution

3. Oceans and the law of the sea [item 76 (a)]

Draft resolution (A/75/L.39)
Report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/679)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security [item 98]

Report of the First Committee (A/75/394, draft resolution II and draft decisions I and II)
Reports of the Fifth Committee (A/75/674, A/75/675 and A/75/676)

Action on the draft resolution and the draft decisions

5. General and complete disarmament [item 103]

Report of the First Committee (A/75/399, draft resolution XXV and draft decision IV)
Reports of the Fifth Committee (A/75/672 and A/75/673)

Action on the draft resolution and the draft decision

6. Reports of the Fifth Committee

7. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – residual functions [item 92]: draft resolution (A/75/L.51)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 December 2020 and 30 December 2020, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 15 January 2020
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

49th plenary meeting

1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7];Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes [item 112]: draft decision (A/75/L.55) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 112) 

Action on the draft decision

2. Appointment of members of the Board of the 10‑Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns [item 120 (i)]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 21 January 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the President of the General Assembly on his priorities for 2021

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 January 2021 and 13 January 2021, were sent to all permanent represenatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 21 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

50th plenary meeting

Culture of peace [item 15]: draft resolution (A/75/L.54)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 21 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - WebEx

Informal consultations (closed) on the organization of the high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]
Friday, 22 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - WebEx RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY, 29 JANUARY 2021, 3:00 p.m., General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations (closed) aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole  (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 25 January 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting on Monday, 25 January, are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs (e-mail galindo@un.org).

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 December 2020, 13 January 2021 and 23 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 25 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - WebEx

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 26 January 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

The remaining speakers on the list of speakers from 25 January will be heard first before the interactive exchange, which will not have a prepared list of speakers.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 December 2020, 13 January 2021 and 23 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 27 January 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall - POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on the G20 Summit

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 22 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 27 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Joint briefing by the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 January 2021 and 13 Janauary 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. A joint letter from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, dated 15 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 28 January 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

51st plenary meeting

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/75/1) [item 115]

Briefing by the Secretary-General on his priorities for 2021

Informal meeting for comments and questions

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 January 2021, 13 January 2021 and 22 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 28 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting for comments and questions

51st plenary meeting resumed

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/75/1) [item 115]

Debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 January 2021, 13 January 2021 and 22 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 29 January 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

52nd plenary meeting

Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/75/1) [item 115]

Continuation of the debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 January 2021, 13 January 2021 and 22 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 29 January 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations (closed) aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole  

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 13 January 2021, 15 January 2021 and 21 January 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 5 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - WebEx

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 29 January 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 10 February 2021
11:30 a.m. to 1:00p.m. - WebEx

Informal meeting of the plenary on COVID-19 related business continuity issues (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 11 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

53rd plenary meeting

Report of the Economic and Social Council [item 9]: draft resolution (A/75/L.57)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 11 February 2021
10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

General Debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021 and  3 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 16 February 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting on Tuesday, 16 February, are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs (e-mail galindo@un.org).

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021, 9 February 2021 and 15 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 17 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

This will be interactive in nature and will not have a prepared list of speakers.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021, 9 February 2021 and 15 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 19 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - Virtual

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 23 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

54th plenary meeting

The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine [item 65]

Debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 23 February 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

55th plenary meeting

1. The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine [item 65]

Continuation of the debate

2. Report of the Economic and Social Council [item 9]: draft decision (A/75/L.58)

Action on the draft decision

3. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: draft resolution (A/75/L.59) and draft amendments (A/75/L.60 and A/75/L.61)

Action on the draft amendments and the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021 and 18 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 24 February 2021
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on the Call to Action for Human Rights

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021 and 16 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 25 February 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12 noon - virtual
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (if needed) - virtual

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

Thematic debate on the role and authority of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 February 2021 and 23 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 26 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar (resolution 75/238)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 February 2021 and 19 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 26 February 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 29 January 2021 and 23 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 2 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level panel discussion to brief on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (resolution 74/169)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 February 2021 and 26 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 3 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

56th plenary meeting

1. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict [item 33]: draft resolution (A/75/L.65)

Debate and action on the draft resolution

2. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: draft resolutions (A/75/L.62 and A/75/L.63)

Action on the draft resolutions

3. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe [item 130 (l)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.64)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons [item 130 (n)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.56)

Action on the draft resolution

5. Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea [item 130 (z)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.66)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 4 March 2021
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on COVID-19 related business continuity issues [closed]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 February 2021 and 26 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 5 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs Branch [email: galindo@un.org]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 February 2021 and 26 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 5 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual (RESCHEDULED TO 12 MARCH)
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/303 (at expert level) (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Thursday, 11 March 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12 noon - virtual
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. - virtual

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

Thematic debate on the Office of the President of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 February 2021, 23 February 2021 and 9 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]
Friday, 12 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021 and 11 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 12 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/303 (at expert level) (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Friday, 12 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall - CANCELLED

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 February 2021, 26 February 2021, 9 March 2021 and 12 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 16 March 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 pm. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting on Tuesday, 16 February, are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs (e-mail galindo@un.org).

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 February 2021, 26 February 2021 and 15 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

This will be interactive in nature and will not have a prepared list of speakers.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 February 2021, 26 February 2021 and 15 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 18 March 2021
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on the "Implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda" (resolution 73/226)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment
11:00 a.m. High-level plenary segment

3:00 p.m. Panel 1: Data and information and governance
4:30 p.m. Panel 2: Financing, innovation and capacity building

6:00 p.m. High-level plenary segment (continued)
8:00 p.m. Closing segment (once the list of speakers has been exhausted)

List of speakers

Delegations are requested to submit their statements by email to eStatements [email: estatements@un.org] in both PDF and Word at least 1 hour before they are scheduled to speak, clearly indicating the name of the meeting, speaker, delegation and date.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 January 2021, 15 February 2021, 26 February 2021 and 17 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Friday, 19 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

57th plenary meeting

1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: draft decision (A/75/L.67)

Action on the draft decision

2. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance [item 70]: annual commemorative meeting during the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (resolution 75/237)

3. Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination [item 119 (a)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/248/Add.2)

4. Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit [item 120 (h)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/758)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021, 3 March 2021 and 16 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 19 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/303 (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Friday, 19 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 22 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on the "Implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda" (resolution 73/226)

10:00 a.m. High-level plenary segment (continued)

Delegations are requested to submit their statements by email to eStatements [email: estatements@un.org] in both PDF and Word at least 1 hour before they are scheduled to speak, clearly indicating the name of the meeting, speaker, delegation and date.

Monday, 22 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on the "Implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda" (resolution 73/226)

3:00 p.m. High-level plenary segment (continued and concluded)
Closing segment (once the list of speakers has been exhausted)

Delegations are requested to submit their statements by email to eStatements [email: estatements@un.org] in both PDF and Word at least 1 hour before they are scheduled to speak, clearly indicating the name of the meeting, speaker, delegation and date.

Tuesday, 23 March 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021 and 18 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 24 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021 and 18 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 25 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

58th plenary meeting

1. Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade [item 124]: commemorative meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (resolution 73/345)

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Questions relating to information [item 56]: draft resolution (A/75/L.68) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 56) 

Action on the draft resolution

3. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Report of the Disarmament Commission [105 (b)]: draft decision (A/75/L.71) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate sub-item (b) of agenda item 105)

Action on the draft decision

4. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [item 130 (s)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.69)

Action on the draft resolution

5. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [130 (aa)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.70)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021, 3 March 2021 and 24 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 25 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Interactive dialogue between permanent missions and the Secretariat and briefing on the Secretary-General's analysis on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 February 2021, 23 February 2021, 26 February 2021 and 23 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 26 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on the "Political Declaration on Equitable Global Access to COVID-19 Vaccines"

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly dated 26 February 2021 and 23 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 29 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Rooms 1-2-3

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021 and 26 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 30 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the developments on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2254 (2015) on the humanitarian situation and on human rights (resolution 75/193)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 February 2021 and 11 March 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 30 March 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 March 2021, was sent to all permament representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 31 March 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 31 March 2021
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the General Committee

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 1 April 2021
11:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing on the G20 Summit

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 6 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021 and 1 April 2021 (risk assessment), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 9 April 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultation on the modalities, format and the substantive and procedural aspects of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (to be held remotely without physical presence)

With civil society organizations

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 March 2021 and 6 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers]

Monday, 12 April 2021
10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 12 April 2021
11:30 a.m. - virtual

Informal briefing convened by the co-facilitators for the preparations of the 2021 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 April 2021, was sent to all permament representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 13 April 2021
10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12 noon - virtual
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (if needed) - virtual

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

Thematic debate on working methods

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 February 2021, 23 February 2021 and 13 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 15 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 16 April 2020
10:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

59th plenary meeting

1. Tribute to the memory of His Excellency John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, the late President of the United Republic of Tanzania

2. Joint Inspection Unit [item 147]: report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/830)

3. United Nations common system [item 148]: report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/670/Add.1)

4. Proposed progamme budget for 2021 [item 141]: report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/682/Add.1)

5. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations [item 139]: report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/683/Add.1)

6. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission [item 120 (d)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/104/Add.1) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate sub-item (d) of agenda item 120)

7. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Sustainable development [item 19]: draft resolution (A/75/L.73) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 19)

Action on the draft resolution

8. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Rights of indigenous peoples [item 69]: draft decision (A/75/L.77) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate agenda item 69)

Action on the draft decision

9. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Crime prevention and criminal justice [item 111]: draft decision (A/75/L.75) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 111)

Action on the draft decision

10. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: draft decision (A/75/L.74)

Action on the draft decision

11. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace [item 64]: draft resolution (A/75/L.72)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021, 12 April 2021, 12 April 2021 (item 111), 12 April 2021 (item 10) and 15 April 2021 (item 69), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 16 April 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual (RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY, 20 APRIL, AT 3:00 P.M.)

Informal dialogue to explore possible alternatives for the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities (rescheduled to Tuesday, 20 April, at 3:00 p.m.)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021, was sent to all permanet representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 16 April 2021
3:30 to 6:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 March 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 16 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the progress achieved in the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 April 2021, was sent to all permanet representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 19 April 2021 and Tuesday, 20 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

Delegations wishing to inscribe on the list of speakers for the meeting on Tuesday, 16 February, are invited to contact the General Assembly Affairs (e-mail galindo@un.org).

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 February 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 19 April 2021
3:00 to 6:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations to define the modalities, format and the substantive and procedural aspects of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 March 2021 and 16 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers]

Monday, 19 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultation related to resolution 74/298 on the review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 20 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

This will be interactive in nature and will not have a prepared list of speakers.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 February 2021 and 1 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 20 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal dialogue to explore possible alternatives for the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assmebly, dated 7 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Wednesday, 21 April 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

60th plenary meeting

1. Prevention of armed conflict [item 34 (a)]: Notes by the Secretary-General (A/75/311 and A/75/743) (resolution 73/182)

Debate

2. Confirmation of the appointment of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme [item 120 (j)]: Note by the Secretary-General (A/75/855)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 22 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level debate on "Urban safety, security and good governance: making crime prevention a priority for all" (resolution 75/196)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment
10:30 a.m. General debate (list of speakers)

3:00 p.m. Interactive panel discussion - Addressing risks and challenges to city safety, security and good governance: the role of innovative practices and crime prevention strategies in building resilience in the urban environment
4:50 p.m. Closing segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 March 2021, 1 April 2021, 14 April 2021 and 20 April 2021 were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 22 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - CRs 1+2+3
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Friday, 23 April 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12 noon - virtual

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

Thematic debate on the selection process of the Secretary-General

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 February 2021 and 23 February 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 23 April 2021
9:00 a.m. to 12 noon - virtual
3:00 to 6:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing as part of the preparatory process for the 2021 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 9 April 2021, 21 April 2021, and 21 April 2021, were sent to all permament representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 23 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - CRs 1+2+3
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 26 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 26 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

61st plenary meeting

Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster [item 73 (d)] : special commemorative meeting of the Assembly in observance of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe (resolution 74/114)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021 and 16 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 26 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultation on the preparations of the 2021 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 27 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level thematic debate on digital cooperation and connectivity (resolution 72/313)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment
10:25 a.m. Video presentation: Global Assessment of Digital Cooperation and Connectivity by the United Nations Regional Commissions
10:30 a.m. Multi-stakeholder spotlight 1
10:40 a.m. Panel 1: Ending the Digital Divide by 2030: COVID-19 Recoveries To Accelerate the Decade of Action for the SDGs
11:30 a.m. High-level plenary segment (provisional list of speakers)

3:00 p.m. Multi-stakeholder spotlight 2
3:10 p.m. Panel 2: Equitable Access and Digital Empowerment: Securing a Safe, Inclusive, Free and Open Digital Future For All
4:00 p.m. Multi-staeholder spotlight 3
4:10 p.m. Pane 3: Greening The Digital Future: Local, Regional and Multilateral Partnership
5:00 p.m. High-level plenary segment (continued) (provisional list of speakers)
6:55 p.m. Closing segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 10 March 2021, 1 April 2021, 19 April 2021 and 23 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 27 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

62nd plenary meeting

1. Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets [item 136]

Debate

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Eradication of poverty and other development issues [item 24]: draft resolution (A/75/L.76) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate agenda item 24)

Action on the draft resolution

3. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security [item 98]: draft decision (A/75/L.79) (item 7 to reallocate agenda item 98)

Action on the draft decision

4. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: draft resolution (A/75/L.81)

Action on the draft resolution

5. Strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations [item 73 (a)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.80)

Action on the draft resolution

6. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization [item 130 (t)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.78)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 1 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 28 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Thursday, 29 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level interactive dialogue on antimicrobial resistance

10:00 a.m. Opening segment
10:45 a.m. Panel 1: Antimicrobial resistance in the context of COVID-19
11:45 a.m Panel 2: Overview of global progress on antimicrobial resistance and vision of the Global Leaders Group

3:00 p.m Panel 3: Tackling antimicrobial resistance at country level
4:15 p.m Panel 4: Ensuring sufficient and sustainable antimicrobial resistance financing
5:30 p.m. Call to Action

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 15 March 2021, 29 March 2021, 1 April 2021, 26 April 2021, 28 April 2021 (Call to Action) and 28 April 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 29 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Friday, 30 April 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 73/303

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 30 April 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations to define the modalities, format and the substantive and procedural aspects of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 March 2021, 1 April 2021 and 28 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers]

Friday, 30 April 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 3 May 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on COVID-19 related business continuity issues 

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 16 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 3 May 2021
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. - General Assembly
Hall

63rd plenary meeting

Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Idriss Déby Itno, the late President of the Republic of Chad, Head of State

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 3 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the modalities and political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 23 April 2021 and 28 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 4 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly
Hall

Informal meeting (closed) of the plenary on the intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the memebership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council

This will be interactive in nature and will not have a prepared list of speakers.

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 29 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 4 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 28 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 5 May 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Interactive dialogue to commemorate and promote the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace (resolution 73/127)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment
10:15 a.m. Interactive dialogue
11:55 a.m. Closing segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 April 2021, 22 April 2021 and 4 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 5 May 2021
3:00 p.m.

Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 28 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 5 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 28 April 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 6 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly
Hall

Informal interactive dialogue with the candidates for the position of President of the General Assembly for the seventy-sixth session, held in accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/323

Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, Afghanistan

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 31 March 2021 and 30 April 2021 (vision statements), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 6 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly
Hall

Informal interactive dialogue with the candidates for the position of President of the General Assembly for the seventy-sixth session, held in accordance with General Assembly resolution 71/323

Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Maldives

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 31 March 2021 and 30 April 2021 (vision statements), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 7 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal dialogue with a candidate for the position of the Secretary-General

Mr. António Guterres, Portugal

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 March 2021 (vision statement) and 26 April 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 7 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations to define the modalities, format and the substantive and procedural aspects of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 7 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (at expert level) (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Monday, 10 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, 18 March 2021 and 6 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 11 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 18 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 11 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 28 April 2021 (zero draft), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 12 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the modalities and political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 4 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 12 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 18 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 14 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 17 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

64th plenary meeting

The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity [item 135]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/863);
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.82)

Debate on the item

Monday, 17 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

65th plenary meeting

The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity [item 135]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/863);
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.82)

Continuation of the debate on the item

Monday, 17 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 17 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 17 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - POSTPONED TO 20 MAY AT 3:00 PM

Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (at expert level) (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 May 2021, will be sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

66th plenary meeting

1. The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity [item 135]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/863);
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.82)

Continuation of the debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

2. Sustainable development [item 19]: draft resolution (A/75/L.83)

Action on the draft resolution

3. Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets [item 136]: draft resolution (A/75/L.84)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur [item 169]: report of the Fifth Committee (A/75/681/Add.1)

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Plenary meeting

Prevention of armed conflict [item 34]: draft resolution (A/75/L.85)

Action on the draft resolution

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 19 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on COVID-19 related business continuity issues to consider a paper prepared by the Secretariat outlining safe options for the reopening of the United Nations and the transition to normalcy, including increasing occupancy at upcoming in person meetings during the seventy-fifth session

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 May 2021 and 18 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 19 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Thursday, 20 May 2021
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall
Overflow room - Conference Room 4

67th plenary meeting

The situation in the Middle East [item 37]; Question of Palestine [item 38]: joint debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 May 2021 and 19 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 20 May 2021
3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall
Overflow room - Conference Room 4

68th plenary meeting

The situation in the Middle East [item 37]; Question of Palestine [item 38]: joint debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 17 May 2021 and 19 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 20 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (at expert level) (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 May 2021, will be sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 21 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level Event on “Culture and Sustainable Development” (resolution 74/320)

 10:00: Opening segment

 10:25: Multi-stakeholder spotlight

 10:35: Panel 1: Mainstreaming culture into sustainable development through partnerships

 11:20: Plenary segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 28 April 2021 and 20 May 2021 (final programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 21 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level Event on “Culture and Sustainable Development” (resolution 74/320)

15:00: Multi-stakeholder spotlight

 15:10: Panel 2: The Status of Artists, Cultural Professionals and Organisations: Equitable Digital Transformation to Support COVID-19 Recovery

 15:55: Multi-stakeholder spotlight

 16:05: Panel 3: Achieving Culture’s Transformative Potential to Accelerate the Decade of Action

 16:50: Plenary segment

 17:55: Call to Action

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 28 April 2021 and 20 May 2021 (final programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 21 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 24 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

69th plenary meeting

1. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]:

(a) Draft decision (A/75/L.86)
(b) Draft amendment (A/75/L.89)

Action on the draft amendment and the draft decision

2. Sustainable development [item 19]: draft resolution (A/75/L.88)

Action on the draft resolution

3. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects [item 54]: Report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/75/413/Add.1)

Monday, 24 May 2021
Immediately following the adjournment of the 69th plenary meeting - General Assembly Hall

High-level thematic debate on digital cooperation and connectivity

Plenary segment (continuation of the list of speakers)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 14 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 25 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

70th plenary meeting

The situation in the Middle East [item 37]; Question of Palestine [item 38]: continuation of the joint debate

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

71st plenary meeting

Countering the use of information and communication technologies for criminal purposes [item 112]:

(a) Draft resolution (A/75/L.87/Rev.1)
(b) Draft amendments (A/75/L.90, A/75/L.91 and A/75/L.92)

Action on the draft amendments and the draft resolution

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations to define the modalities, format and the substantive and procedural aspects of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 20 May 2021 and 24 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 and 24 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
3:00 p.m. - CANCELLED
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (2nd reading) (to be held remotely without physical presence) CANCELLED
Thursday, 27 May 2021
10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 18 March 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 27 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 and 24 May 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 28 May 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual - POSTPONED
Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety (to be held remotely without physical presence) POSTPONED
Friday, 28 May 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the draft political declaration of the 2021 high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 1 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water

10:00 to 10:50: Opening segment

 10:50 to 11:50: Panel 1: Bringing together United Nations processes on the Ocean

 11:50 to 11:55: Video transition

 11:55 to 12:55: Panel 2: Towards a healthy, protected and climate-stable ocean

 12:55 to 13:00: Video transition

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 May 2021, 21 May 2021, 26 May 2021 (final programme), and 1 June 2021 (updated final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 1 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water

3:00 to 4:00: Panel 3: Fisheries and Aquaculture

4:00 to 4:05: Video transition

4:05 to 5:05: Panel 4: A Sustainable Blue Economy

5:05 to 5:10: Video transition

5:10 to 6:00: Call to Action

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 May 2021, 21 May 2021, 26 May 2021 (final programme) and 1 June 2021 (updated final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 1 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (2nd reading) [expert level] (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

1st plenary meeting

 1. Opening of the session by the Chair of the delegation of the President of the seventy-fifth regular session of the General Assembly [item 1]

 2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2]

3. Credentials of the representatives to the special session of the General Assembly

 Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee [item 3 (a)]

 4. Election of the President [item 4]

 5. Opening statements [item 1]

 6. Organization of the session [item 6]: Note by the Secretary-General (A/S-32/2 and A/S-32/2/Add.1)

 7. Adoption of the agenda [item 5] (A/S-32/1)

 8. Adoption of the political declaration [item 8]: draft resolution (A/S-32/L.1)

9. General debate [item 7]

10. Report of the Credentials Committee [item 3 (b)]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 2 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

2nd plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate [item 7]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 2 June 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Thursday, 3 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

3rd plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate [item 7]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 3 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

4th plenary meeting

Continuation of the general debate [item 7]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 3 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Room 1-2-3

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 27 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 3 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety (to be held remotely without physical presence) 
Thursday, 3 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Friday, 4 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - Trusteeship Council Chamber

2nd meeting of the General Committee

Organization of the seventy-fifth regular session of the General Assembly, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]

Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (A/75/902)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 3 June 2021, was sent to the members of the General Committee.]

Friday, 4 June 2021
10:45 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

5th plenary meeting

1. Continuation and conclusion of the general debate [item 7]

2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2]

3. Closure of the session

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 4 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Room 1-2-3

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 27 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 4 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall - CANCELLED

Special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation (resolution 74/276 and decision 74/568)

6th plenary meeting - CANCELLED

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 26 March 2021, 21 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 28 May 2021 (final programme) were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 4 June 2021
3:00 p.m. Conference Room 4
Informal informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Monday, 7 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

72nd plenary meeting

1. Election of the President of the General Assembly [item 4]

[Drawing of lots by the Secretary-General to determine the Member State which will occupy the first seat in the General Assembly Hall at the seventy-sixth session.]

2. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly [item 6]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 2 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Morning (following the suspension of the 72nd pleanry meeting)

Consecutive meetings of the Main Committees for the purpose of electing the Chairs and the Bureaux of the Main Committees at the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly
Election of the officers of the Main Committees [item 5]

First Committee

 16th meeting

Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the First Committee

 Morning (following the adjournment of the 16th meeting)

Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

 12th meeting

 Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Fourth Committee

 Morning (following the adjournment of the 12th meeting)

Second Committee

 9th meeting

 Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Second Committee

 Morning (following the adjournment of the 9th meeting)

Third Committee

 16th meeting

 Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Third Committee

 Morning (following the adjournment of the 16th meeting)

 Fifth Committee

 14th meeting

 Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Fifth Committee

 Morning (following the adjournment of the 14th meeting)

 Sixth Committee

 20th meeting

 Election of the officers of the Main Committees: election of the Chair and the Bureau of the Sixth Committee

Monday, 7 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

73rd plenary meeting

1. Election of members of the Economic and Social Council [item 118 (b)]

 (a) Election of 4 members of the Economic and Social Council: by-election (A/75/894)

(b) Election of 18 members of the Economic and Social Council  

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: Second report of the General Committee (A/75/250/Add.1)

3. Crime prevention and criminal justice [item 111]:

(a) Draft resolution (A/75/L.93)

(b) Draft amendment (A/75/L.94)

Action on the draft amendment and the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 2 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 7 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 1-2-3

Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, 27 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

74th plenary meeting

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836); draft resolution (A/75/L.95): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

10:00 to 11:00: Opening segment

 11:00 to 13:00: General debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme) and 7 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

75th plenary meeting

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

15:00 to 18:00: General debate (continued)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

 10:00 to 11:30: Thematic panel 1

 11:30 to 13:00: Thematic panel 2

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

15:00 to 16:30: Thematic panel 3

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations aimed at addressing gaps, overlaps and duplication where they are found to exist in the agenda of the Assembly as they relate to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as a whole, in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/RES/74/303 (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
4:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

76th plenary meeting

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

16:30 to 18:00: General debate (continued)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

 10:00 to 11:30: Thematic panel 4

 11:30 to 13:00: Thematic panel 5

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 June 2021
10:30 a.m. - virtual

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal meeting (closed) for a presentation of the zero draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 10 June 2021 
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

77th plenary meeting

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

15:00 to 17:00: General debate (continued)

 17:00 to 18:00: Closing segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 May 2021, 10 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 28 May 2021 (provisional list of speakers), 4 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 11 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

78th plenary meeting

1. Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council [item 118 (a)]

2. Confirmation of the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [item 120 (k)]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/909)

3. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations [item 117]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/300)

4. Report of the Security Council [item 30] (A/75/2)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 27 January 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 2 June 2021 and 3 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 11 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

79th plenary meeting

Report of the Security Council [item 30] (A/75/2)

Continuation and conclusion of the debate

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 11 June 2021
Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on agenda item 30 - General Assembly Hall

77th plenary meeting (resumed)

Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

General debate (continued)

Monday, 14 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought (resolution 75/218)

 10:00: Opening segment

 10:35: Setting the Stage

 10:45: Multi-stakeholder spotlight

 10:55: Panel 1: Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) to Accelerate COVID-19 Recoveries and the Decade of Action

 11:45: Plenary segment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), and 9 June 2021 (final programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 14 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought (resolution 75/218)

15:00: Multi-stakeholder spotlight

 15:10: Panel 2: Urgent Global Cooperation on Land to Deliver the Future We Want

 16:00: Plenary segment

 17:55: Call to Action

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project), and 9 June 2021 (final programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

80th plenary meeting

1. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council [item 127]: draft oral decision and oral amendment

Action on the draft oral decision and oral amendment

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 11 June 2021 (draft oral decision under item 127), 15 June 2021 (oral amendment under item 127) and 16 June 2021 (pertaining to item 127), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the modalities of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to discuss the planning, format and other arrangements of the high-level week and the general debate of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 10 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Immediately following the adjournment of the informal meeting of the plenary - General Assembly Hall

81st plenary meeting

1. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development [item 35]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/891)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.99)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

Thursday, 17 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Middle-Income Countries (resolution 74/231)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment

10:30 a.m. Stocking segment

11:00 a.m. Interactive Dialogue I: Tackling the structural gaps

12:00 p.m. Interactivie Dialogue II: The United Nations Development System – new needs, new tools, new mechanisms to recover better

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 March 2021, 5 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 10 June 2021 (draft programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 17 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Rooms 1-2-3

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations - first reading of the zero draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 17 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Middle-Income Countries (resolution 74/231)

Interactive Dialogue III

Financial ecosystem - trade and debt

Financial ecosystem - financing the 2030 Agenda

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 March 2021, 5 May 2021, 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 10 June 2021 (draft programme and the list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 17 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Rooms 1-2-3
Informal consultations on the seventh biennial review of the United Nations Global CounterTerrorism Strategy
Thursday, 17 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 May 2021 and 15 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]
Thursday, 17 June 2021
4:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the high-level meeting on universal health coverage (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 11 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 18 June 2021
9:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

82nd plenary meeting

Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations [item 184]:

(a) Letter from the President of the Security Council (A/75/912)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.100)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 8 June 2021 and 15 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 18 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Joint thematic event of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on Least Developed Countries (pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/232 B)

10:00 a.m. Opening segment

10:30 a.m. Fireside chat

11:00 a.m. Statements

[Joint letters from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, dated 19 May 2021 and 11 June 2021 (provisional programme) and 17 June 2021 (final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 19 May 2021 (Chairs of regional groups), 20 May 2021, and 21 May 2021 (pilot project), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 18 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

83rd plenary meeting

Prevention of armed conflict [item 34]: draft resolution (A/75/L.85/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolution

Friday, 18 June 2021
Immediately following the adjournment of the 83rd plenary meeting - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar (resolution 75/238)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 16 June 2021, were sent to all permanet representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 21 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Joint thematic event of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on Least Developed Countries (pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/232 B)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 18 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 21 June 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - POSTPONED

Plenary meeting - POSTPONED

The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy [item 123]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/729 and A/75/729/Corr.1)

Debate on the item

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 18 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 22 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

84th plenary meeting

1. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council [item 127]: draft oral decision and oral amendment

Action on the draft oral decision and oral amendment

2. Oceans and the law of the sea [item 76 (a)]: draft decision (A/75/L.96)

Action on the draft decision

3. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum [item 130 (p)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.98)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project), 11 June 2021 (draft oral decision under item 127), 15 June 2021 (oral amendment under item 127), 16 June 2021 (pertaining to item 127) and 17 June 2021 (pertaining to item 127), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 22 June 2021
3:00 to 4:30 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to launch the joint statement in support of the International Year of Health and Care Workers

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 17 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 23 June 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

85th and 86th plenary meetings

Necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba [item 42]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/81 and A/75/81/Add.1)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.97)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 24 June 2021
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. - virtual
Technical briefing on the funding for the Resident Coordinator system, convened by the co-facilitators of the informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Friday, 25 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

87th plenary meeting

1. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development [item 35]: Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/891)

Continuation and conclusion of the debate on the item

2. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]; Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit [item 122]:

(a) Draft resolutions (A/75/L.101 and A/75/L.102)
(b) Draft amendment (A/75/L.104) to draft resolution A/75/L.101

Action on the draft amendment and the draft resolutions

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 21 May 2021 (pilot project) and 17 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 25 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 May 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]
Monday, 28 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - Trusteeship Council Chamber

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Monday, 28 June 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the scope and modalities for the high-level meeting on global road safety (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Tuesday, 29 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Informal dialogue to explore possible alternatives for the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assmebly, dated 23 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Tuesday, 24 June 2021
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the high-level meeting on universal health coverage (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

88th plenary meeting

3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

1. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy [item 123]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/729 and A/75/729/Corr.1)
(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.105)

Action on the draft resolution to be followed by the debate on the item

5:00 p.m.

2. Reports of the Fifth Committee

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 1 July 2021 CANCELLED Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement - CANCELLED
Thursday, 1 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - Conference Room 4

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 1 July 2021
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the high-level meeting on universal health coverage (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Friday, 2 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Middle-Income Countries (resolution 74/231)

Plenary segment (revised list of speakers)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 12 March 20215 May 202125 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 29 June 2021 (revised list of speakers), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 2 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the international meeting entitled “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” (resolution 75/280) (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 2 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

High-level meeting of the General Assembly on Middle-Income Countries (resolution 74/231)

Plenary segment continued and concluded (revised list of speakers)

High-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought (resolution 75/218)

Plenary segment continued (list of speakers)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 30 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 6 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

89th plenary meeting

The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy [item 123]: Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/729 and A/75/729/Corr.1)

Continuation of the debate on the item

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021 and 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 6 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

90th plenary meeting

1. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy [item 123]: Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/729 and A/75/729/Corr.1)

Continuation and conclusion of the debate on the item

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Promotion and protection of human rights [item 72]: draft decision (A/75/L.106) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate agenda item 72) 

Action on the draft decision

3. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia [item 92]: draft resolution (A/75/L.107)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie [item 130 (j)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.103)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021, 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 29 June 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - virtual
Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 7 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - Trusteeship Council Chamber

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Thursday, 8 Juy 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on the follow-up to the declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations (closed meeting)

There will be no pre-established list of speakers. In order to allow for maximum participation of delegations, interventions should be limited to 3 minutes for individual delegations and 5 minutes for statements made on behalf of groups of states.

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 1 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 8 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

77th plenary meeting (resumed)

1. Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal [item 11 (b)]: Solemn appeal by the President of the General Assembly (A/75/956)

2. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS [item 10]: report of the Secretary-General (A/75/836): High-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (resolution 75/260)

Continuation of the debate

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 7 July 2021 (solemn appeal), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 8 July 2021
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - Conference Room 2

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 9 July 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the high-level meeting on universal health coverage (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 July 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 12 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 6 July 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 12 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Conference Room 2

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - virtual
3:00 to 5:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal interactive multi-stakeholder hearing as part of the prepartaory process for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Person (resolution 75/283) (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 24 June 2021 and 8 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

91st plenary meeting

1. Tribute to the memory of His Excellency Jovenel Moïse, the late President of the Republic of Haiti

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: draft decision (A/75/L.110)

Action on the draft decision

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 12 July 2021 (tribute) and 12 July 2021 (draft decision regarding the general debate), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 15 July 2021
2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Conference Room 1-2-3

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly

Informal consultations on the draft resolution on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 7 June 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 19 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the international meeting entitled “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” (resolution 75/280) (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Monday, 19 July 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 14 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 21 July 2021
10:0 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on the observance of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 29 June 2021, 15 July 2021 (final programme) and 19 July 2021 (revised final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 21 July 2021
11:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

92nd plenary meeting

1. Improving global road safety [item 12]: draft resolution (A/75/L.109) and draft amendment (A/75/L.114)

Debate on the item and action on the draft amendment and the draft resolution

2. Culture of peace [item 15]: draft resolution (A/75/L.115)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 7 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 22 July 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary on the midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent (resolution 69/16)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 30 June 2021, 16 July 2021 (final programme) and 22 July 2021 (revised final programme), were sent to all permanent representatives and permament observers.]

Thursday, 22 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual
Informal consultations to explore possible alternatives for the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the General Assmebly, dated 9 July 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 23 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

93rd plenary meeting

1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of item [item 7]; Eradication of poverty and other development issues [item 24]: draft resolution (A/75/L.108) (item 7 to reopen agenda item 24)

Action on the draft resolution

2. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: draft resolution (A/75/L.116)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 27 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 21 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 28 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

94th plenary meeting

2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa [item 13]: note by the Secretary-General (A/75/854); New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support [items 66 (a) and (b)]:  reports of the Secretary-General (A/75/917 and A/75/950); note by the Secretariat (A/75/964)

Joint debate on the items

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 28 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to brief on the findings and recommendations of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 7 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 29 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

95th plenary meeting

1. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission [item 31] (A/75/747); Peacebuilding and sustaining peace [item 64]; Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund [item 116] (A/75/735)

Joint debate on the items

Thursday, 29 July 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

96th plenary meeting

1. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission [item 31] (A/75/747); Peacebuilding and sustaining peace [item 64]; Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund [item 116] (A/75/735)

Continuation and conclusion of the joint debate on the items

2. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic [item 36]: draft resolution (A/75/L.113)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

3. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of item [item 7]; Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries [item 23 (a)]: draft decision (A/75/L.122) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (a) of agenda item 23)

Action on the draft decision

4. General and complete disarmament [item 103]: draft decision (A/75/L.118)

Action on the draft decision

5. Strengthening of the United Nations system [item 128 (a)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.117)

Action on the draft resolution

6. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly [item 126]: report of the Second Committee (A/75/467/Add.1)

7. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of item [item 7]; Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action [item 70 (b)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.119 and oral revisions) and draft amendment (A/75/L.121) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (b) of agenda item 70)

Action on the draft amendment and the draft resolution, as orally revised

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and dated 29 July 2021 (oral revisions to A/75/L.119), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 30 July 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the Genera Assembly, dated 23 July 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 2 August 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

97th plenary meeting

Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of item [item 7]; Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action [item 70 (b)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.119/Rev.1) and draft amendment (A/75/L.121/Rev.1) (item 7 to reallocate sub-item (b) of agenda item 70)

Action on the revised draft amendment and the revised draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and dated 29 July 2021 (revisions to A/75/L.119), were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 4 August 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Intergovernmental consultations on the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 26 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 16 August 2021
10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual

Intergovernmental consultations on the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 10 August 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 17 August 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

98th plenary meeting

1. Global health and foreign policy [item 131]: draft resolution (A/75/L.120) and draft amendment (A/75/L.124)

Action on the draft amendment and the draft resolution

2. Impact of rapid technological change on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets [item 136]: draft resolution (A/75/L.123)

Action on the draft resolution

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 28 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 26 August 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations on the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Monday, 30 August 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

99th plenary meeting

1. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields [item 14]: draft resolutions (A/75/L.125 and A/75/L.126/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolutions

2. Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations [item 73 (a)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.127)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 30 August 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations on the modalities for the international meeting entitled “Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” (resolution 75/280) (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
3:00 p.m. - virtual

Informal consultations to explore possible alternatives for the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[Letters from the President of the General Assmebly, dated 23 June 2021, 28 July 2021 and 30 July 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 2 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

100th plenary meeting

1. Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action [item 70 (b)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.128)

Action on the draft resolution

2. Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy [item 134]:

(a) Report of the Secretary-General (A/75/754)

(b) Draft resolution (A/75/L.129)

Debate on the item and action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 3 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - virtual

Informal consultations on the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (to be held remotely without physical presence)

[A letter from the President of the Genera Assembly, dated 31 August 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 7 Septeber 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall
3:00 p.m. - virtual

High-level Forum on Culture of Peace (resolution 75/25)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 22 July 2021, 25 August 2021, and 2 September 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

101st plenary meeting

General and complete disarmament [item 103]: High-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests (resolution 72/51)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 22 July 2021, 26 August 2021 and 2 September 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - Conference Room 1+2+3

Informal consultations on the functioning of the reinvigorated Resident Coordinator system, including its structure, performance and funding arrangement

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 30 July 2021, was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. - virtual
Intergovernmental consultations on the political declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (to be held remotely without physical presence)
Thursday, 9 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal commemorative meeting of the plenary to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the death of the former Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

10:00 a.m. Opening

10:30 a.m. Interactive Panel: Enabling an International Civil Service for the 21st Century

12:00 p.m. Closing

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 13 July 2021, 27 August 2021 and 7 September 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Thursday, 9 September 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

102nd plenary meeting

1. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]: draft decision (A/75/L.133) (PGA letter dated 4 September 2021)

Action on the draft decision

2. Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items [item 7]; Operational activities for development [item 25]: draft decision (A/75/L.134) (item 7 to reopen and reallocate agenda item 25) (PGA letter dated 7 September 2021)

Action on the draft decision

3. Sustainable development [item 19]; Oceans and the law of the sea [item 76 (a)]: draft decision (A/75/L.130) (PGA letter dated 1 September 2021)

Action on the draft decision

4. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support [item 66 (a)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.111/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolution

5. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community [item 130 (h)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.132)

Action on the draft resolution

6. Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization [item 130 (i)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.131)

Action on the draft resolution

7. Decisions to include the following items in the draft agenda of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly:

Space as a driver of sustainable development [item 29]

Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution [item 34 (b)]

Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte [item 41]

The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine [item 65] (A/75/974)

Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 [item 91]

Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations [item 125]

Multilingualism [item 129] (A/75/1009)

Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries [item 130 (r)]

Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor [item 160]

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), 1 September 2021, 4 September 2021 and 7 September 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 10 September 2021
10:00 to 11:30 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

Informal meeting of the plenary to hear a briefing by the Secretary-General on his recommendations to advance the common agenda and to respond to current and future challenges (A/75/982) (resolution 75/1)

[Letters from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project) and 3 September 2021, were sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Friday, 10 September 2021
Immediately following the adjournment of the informal meeting - General Assembly Hall

103rd plenary meeting

1. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly[item 126]: report of the Ad Hoc Working Group (A/75/973)

Action on the draft resolution

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Monday, 13 September 2021
10:00 a.m. - General Assembly Hall

104th plenary meeting

1. Sustainable development [item 19]: draft resolution (A/75/L.135) (PGA letter dated 8 September 2021)

Continuation of explanation of vote after the vote

2. Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa [item 66 (b)]: draft resolution (A/75/L.112/Rev.1)

Action on the draft resolution

3. 2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa [item 13]: draft resolution (A/75/L.136)

Action on the draft resolution

4. Closing of the following agenda items: 9, 14, 15, 23, 23 (a), 30, 32, 34, 34 (a), 37, 38, 40, 43 to 49, 70, 70 (b), 73, 73 (a) through (c), 105 (b), 111, 112, 118, 119, 119 (a), 120, 120 (g), 120 (i), 120 (k), 122, 127, 128, 128 (a), 128 (b), 130, 130 (a), 130 (c), 130 (f), 130 (g), 130 (m), 130 (x), 131, 138 to 159 and 161 to 171

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

Tuesday, 14 September 2021
3:00 p.m. - General Assembly Hall

105th plenary meeting

1. Statement by the Secretary-General

2. Statement by the President of the General Assembly

3. Minute of silent prayer or meditation [item 2]

4. Oath of office by the President-elect of the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly, in accordance with Assembly resolution 70/305

5. Closing of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly

[The General Assembly Hall will have the seating protocol for the seventy-sixth session of the General Assembly as of 3:00 p.m. Therefore, the delegation of Suriname will sit at the first desk at the right of the President.]

[A letter from the President of the General Assembly, dated 25 June 2021 (extension of the pilot project), was sent to all permanent representatives and permanent observers.]

 

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