UN Chief: Virtual edition of General Assembly to see record attendance

virtual edition of United Nations General Assembly will see a record number of Hes of State and Government dress high-level week through pre-recorded video statements, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said This year, for first time in UN's 75-year history, Hes of State and Government will t be travelling to New York for General Assembly session due to COVID-19 pandemic and have submitted pre-recorded video statements for various summits and sessions that will be played in iconic General Assembly hall.

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Hes of State to participate

General Debate, that runs from September 22 to 29, will see 119 Hes of State and 54 Hes of Government speak through pre-recorded video statements in this year's virtual format compared to previous in-person sessions when typically between 70 and 80 Hes of State participated in-person in General Debate. UN Secretary-General Guterres said General Debate will have largest number of Hes of State and Government ever who will make ir national statements recorded in ir own countries and n brocast in General Assembly room with presence of permanent representatives but without delegations coming from capitals.

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"Virtual participation may mean that a record number of Hes of States and Government take part in high-level week, but going online will undoubtedly create new challenges. We will need to learn as we go, and continue to demonstrate greatest flexibility," Guterres said

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will next week dress high-level meeting to mark 75th anniversary of United Nations and General Debate. annual session of UN General Assembly begins on September 21 with High-Level Meeting to Commemorate 75th anniversary of United Nations. On occasion, 193 UN Member States will opt a forward-looking political declaration, negotiated through an intergovernmental process on me of ' future we want, United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism'. 

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Modi will dress this special event through a pre-recorded video statement. General Debate will commence on September 22 and run through September 29. prime minister Modi will deliver national statement on September 26 through a pre-recorded video statement vision Modi outlines at se two high-level meetings will be closely watched as it comes on eve of India taking a seat at powerful UN Security Council as an elected n-permanent member for a two-year term beginning January 1, 2021

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is listed as first speaker for General Debate. US is tritionally second speaker on opening day of General Debate and if Trump travels to New York, he would be deliver in-person final dress of his presidency's first term. According to provisional list of speakers, President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vlimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to dress virtual General Debate on opening day. Last year, Modi h travelled to New York to attend high-level annual General Assembly session after dressing a mega diaspora event 'Howdy Modi' in Houston

A high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons will be held on October 2. landmark 75th anniversary of UN comes amid raging COVID-19 pandemic across world that has in over six months infected more than 30 million people and will soon reach a grim milestone of over a million deaths. UN has said that in accordance with existing practice at General Debate, a voluntary 15-minute time limit should be observed and list of speakers has been prepared on basis of a 15-minute statement by each delegation.

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