Ukraine situation, Food & Energy Crisis expected to be main topics in UN's High-Level Week

situation in Ukraine and food and energy crisis are expected to be focus of upcoming high-level week of United Nations General Assembly session, Sputnik reported. General Debate of 77th session of United Nations General Assembly is set to take place from September 20 to 26 in New York.

According to experts, Ukraine conflict will be one of issues that will be raised during high-level week of UNGA. A meeting of Security Council on situation in Ukraine is expected to take place at ministerial level on September 22. meeting will be attended by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. Furrmore, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to participate in meeting. US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to attend high-level week of UNGA session.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will le Indian delegation for high-level week at 77th Session of UNGA. me of 77th UNGA is "A Watershed Moment Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges." According to UN, me has been selected as world is at a "critical moment in history of United Nations due to complex and interconnected crises", including COVID-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, humanitarian challenges of unprecedented nature, climate change and concerns regarding threats to global ecomy.

Lavrov to dress UN's general debate 

Moreover, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iranian leer Ebrahim Raisi are expected to attend UNGA meeting. Russian delegation to United Nations is led by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He is due to dress high-level week's general debate on September 24. Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that Lavrov will dress UNGA and participate in several bilateral meetings and multilateral events. 

Zakharova underscored that Russia will defend its "principled approaches" in upcoming session of UNGA. During his visit to New York, Lavrov will also hold a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Speaking to Sputnik, Guterres said that he intends to discuss grain agreement and export of Russian food and fertilizers to global market. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will dress General Assembly through a pre-recorded video speech.

' General Assembly is meeting at a time of great peril': Guterres

On September 14, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that " General Assembly is meeting at a time of great peril." He furr ded, "Geostrategic divides are widest y have been since at least Cold War. y are paralyzing global response to dramatic challenges we face."

Speaking to reporters, Guterres underscored that war in Ukraine is "devastating" a nation and affecting global ecomy. He warned that re is a "real risk of multiple famines this year" despite Black Sea Grain Initiative signed in Istanbul and UN's efforts to transport Russian food and fertilizers to global markets. 

Im: AP