The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) began on Tuesday.
This year’s session is the first in-person gathering since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It will run from Sept. 13 through to Sept. 27 while the high-level week of the gathering will be from Sept. 20 to 27.
At the opening session, Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi took over from Abdulla Shahid as the UNGA’s president, and he is to lead the assembly for the next twelve months.
The general debate remains the UN’s most prominent event with world leaders and heads of government converging on the organization’s New York City headquarters for nine days of speeches and meetings.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to address the high-level general debate of the session next week Wednesday.
Heads of state and governments from 193 Member States will speak on the theme “A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges” centering on COVID-19 and the interconnected crisis to Climate Change and Global Goals.
