Modi and Sharif listed to address UN General Assembly session
A preliminary United Nations General Assembly schedule shows Brazil will open the general debate on September 22, followed by the US, while Chinese and Russian presidents are not listed to speak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are provisionally placed in the same afternoon session on September 25, with Modi slated in the 3 pm-to-9 pm block (12:30 am to 6:30 am India time), though times can change when the programme is finalised. Other scheduled speakers include Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The 81st session will be presided over by Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman, whose chosen theme is restoring trust and managing transformation.
Modi and Sharif are provisionally listed for September 25.
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The United Nations holds an annual high-level week that begins on September 22. A preliminary speaking programme was published and may be changed before the final schedule. The final order will affect when leaders speak and when they can…
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