PM Modi cancels address at UNGA General Debate in the US

US President Donald Trump will appeal to the world leaders from the iconic UNGA podium on September 23, the first address of the UN session in the White House.
The 8th session of the UN General Assembly will be opened on 9 September. High-level general discussion between September 23-29, Brazil’s traditional first speaker of the session, and then the United States will follow.
India will be represented by a ‘minister’, according to a temporary speaker list for the high -level general debate of the 80th session of the General Assembly published on Friday.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will discuss the session on September 27th.
According to a previous temporary speaker list published in July, Modi was planned to address the general debate on September 26th. The presidents of the government of Israel, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh went to the United States with Trump for a two -sided meeting at the White House in Washington. Trump brought a total of 50 percent tariffs to India, 25 percent for Delhi’s Russian oil purchases.
The list of UNGA speakers for the general discussion is temporary and there is always a possibility of changes in programs and speakers before the start of the high -level week.
The list will continue to be updated accordingly.
The senior session, which is accepted as the “most intense diplomatic season of the year at the United Nations Headquarters, opens in September.
This year’s session comes in the midst of the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war as well as Ukrainian conflict. 80. The theme of the session is better: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights’.
The session will be opened on September 22 with a meeting to ‘commemorate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations’.
The UN General Assembly, which marked the 30th anniversary of the Fourth International Women’s Conference, will organize a high -level meeting focusing on the theme of the implementation and acceleration of the Beijing Platform and acceleration of the Beijing platform to ensure gender equality and strengthening of women and girls.
The UN, meeting, Beijing in Beijing, will reflect progress since the Landmark 1995 conference, and the best practices, gaps and ongoing challenges in advancement of gender equality in the world.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will gather a climate summit on September 24th to serve as a platform for world leaders to offer new national climatic action plans and seize the benefits of the new clean energy period.
Summit for a sustainable, inclusive and flexible global economy among other senior meetings to be held during the week; Non -contagious diseases, mental health and welfare; The 30th anniversary of the Action program for the World Youth; Initiation of global dialogue on AI management; The international day for the completely elimination of nuclear weapons; And the situation of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar.
With inputs from PTI



