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77th Session of the UN General Assembly

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making body of the United Nations (UN), composed of representatives from each of the 193 UN Member States. It serves as a platform for discussion of specific issues that lead to voting on and adoption of resolutions.

Every year, the UNGA meets in regular sessions, which run from September to December. This year marks the 77th session of the UNGA (UNGA77). It will officially open on Tuesday, 13 September, and the first day of the high-level General Debate will begin on Tuesday, 20 September. The General Debate provides a space for Member States to deliver statements and raise any topic of importance in front of a world audience.

UNGA77 will present an opportunity for world leaders to come together to discuss how we can collectively create a more sustainable and just future for all.

UNGA77 DETAILS

WHEN:
13-26 September 2022

WHERE:
Online and at the United Nations Headquarters in New York

WATCH:
You can join in online to follow the proceedings of the UNGA at webtv.un.org (streamed in multiple languages)

PROGRAMME:
Click here to access the provisional schedule.
13 September: Opening of the General Assembly
16-17, 19 September: Transforming Education Summit
16-25 September: Global Goals Week
19 September: SDG Moment
20-24, 26 September: General Debate
21 September: High-level meeting marking the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Minorities
26 September: High-level meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

GENERAL INFORMATION:
Visit the UNGA77 website

Links to live and on-demand coverage of the high-level meetings of the General Assembly can be accessed here: http://gadebate.un.org.

REINFORCING COOPERATION IN A DISRUPTED WORLD: A STRATEGIC PREVIEW OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
15 September 2022, 9:00am-11:00am (New York Time)
Ahead of the 2022 United Nations General Assembly, political, business, and civil society leaders will join the Financial Times, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, to host this strategic preview of the UN General Assembly which will explore how important international cooperation can be utilized to overcome the myriad of geopolitical crises including climate, food, energy, and war; while also asking how multilateralism can be redesigned to be more resilient and effective in the modern day.
Click here to view the event agenda
REGISTER (for either an in-person or digital pass): https://bit.ly/3RD1gau
Watch live on webtv.un.org

TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SUMMIT
16-17, 19 September 2022
The UN Secretary-General is convening the Transforming Education Summit during the UNGA77, on September 16 (Mobilization Day), 17 (Solutions Day) and 19 (Leaders Day).The Summit is being held in response to a global crisis in education – one of equity and inclusion, quality and relevance. Often slow and unseen, this crisis is having a devastating impact on the futures of children and youth worldwide. The Summit seeks to generate greater political commitment to education as a public good and to set out a new vision for the education of the future. It will also serve to mobilize solutions and solidarity to turn that vision into reality, with a view to recovering pandemic-related learning losses and rescuing the education-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.
Watch live on webtv.un.org
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: Learn more by visiting the Summit Website
YOUTUBE VIDEO: Watch an introductory video about the Summit
PROGRAM: Read the program for more details on the Summit schedule

SDG MOMENT
19 September 2022, 8:30am-10:00am (New York Time)
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a blueprint for fighting poverty and hunger, confronting the climate crisis, achieving gender equality and much more by 2030. At a time of great uncertainty, the SDGs are the way forward to a strong recovery from multiple global crises and a better future for all on a safe and healthy planet. This event will bring together representatives of governments, civil society and international organizations, along with other relevant stakeholders, with a view to highlighting partnerships that are scaling up solutions to keep the promise of the SDGs for people and the planet.
Watch live on webtv.un.org

Call to Action

“Make sure you hold your governments, your elected leaders accountable...Make sure you vote. Make sure that you get your priorities heard by those who have the power to make decisions and make sure that you are actively participating in civic and political life in your countries...create this change yourself...Don’t wait for the UN or don’t wait for your governments to deliver on these solutions...It is our future. We have to take matters into our own hands.”

Jayathma Wickramanayake, Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, UNGA76