General debate of the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly

The General debate of the seventy-first session of the United Nations General Assembly commenced on 20 September and ended on 28 September 2016. Leaders from a number of member states addressed the UNGA.

Organisation and subjects The order of speakers is given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observers entities will have a chance to speak at the end of the debate, if they so choose. Speakers will be put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators. Each speaker is requested to provide 20 copies of their statements in advance to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. Though there is no time limit for speeches, a voluntary guideline of 15 minutes is requested. The chosen theme for the debate is "The Sustainable Development Goals: a universal push to transform our world."

Speaking schedule

20 September Morning schedule – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon – 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Peter Thomson (Opening statement) – President Michel Temer – President Idriss Déby – President Barack Obama – President Idriss Déby (Scheduled) – President Andrej Kiska – President François Hollande (Scheduled) – President David Arthur Granger – Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani – President Mauricio Macri – President Andrej Kiska (Scheduled) – President Arthur Peter Mutharika – President Tabaré Vázquez – King Abdullah II Ibn al-Hussein – President Johann Schneider-Ammann – President Pedro Pablo Kuzcynski Godard – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama – Prime Minister Theresa May – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Afternoon schedule – King Mohammed VI (Scheduled) – President Beji Caid Essebsi – President Andrzej Duda – President Jacob Zuma – King Don Felipe VI (Scheduled) – President Borut Pahor – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi – President Muhammadu Buhari – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa – President Enrique Peña Nieto – President Borut Pahor (Scheduled) – King Don Felipe VI – President Edgar Chagwa Lungu – President Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez – President Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera – President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj – President Macky Sall – President Beji Caid Essebsi (Scheduled) – Prime Minister John Key – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi

21 September Morning schedule – President Sauli Niinistö – President Robert Mugabe – President Michelle Bachelet Jeria – President Hage Geingob – Premier Li Keqiang – President Hage Geingob (Scheduled) – President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon – President John Dramani Mahama – Vice President Sarwar Danesh – President Petro Poroshenko (Scheduled) – President Donald Tusk – President Petro Poroshenko – Vice President William Ruto – Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud – Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif – Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi – Vice President William Ruto (Scheduled) – Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe – Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Milo Ðukanović (Scheduled)

Afternoon schedule – President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé (Scheduled) – President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović – President Danilo Medina Sánchez – President Maithripala Sirisena – President Peter Christian – President Raimonds Vējonis – Chairman of the Presidency Bakir Izetbegović – President José Mário Vaz – President Miloš Zeman – President Evo Morales Ayma – President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves – President Baron Divavesi Waqa – President Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado – Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy – Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn – Prime Minister Dacian Julien Cioloș – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull – Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha – Prime Minister Milo Đukanović (Scheduled) – Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz

Right of Reply Member states have the option to reply to comments on the day (or even to the days prior), but are limited to 10 minutes for the first response and five minutes for the second response. All speeches are made from the floor, as opposed to the podium for the General Debate.

India used its right against the speech by Pakistan.

22 September Morning schedule – President Paul Biya – President Nicos Anastasiades – President Ernest Bai Koroma – President Dalia Grybauskaité – President Salvador Sánchez Cerén – President Hassan Rouhani – President Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana – President Taneti Maamau – President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon – President Alassane Ouattara – President Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoarimanana (Scheduled) – President Mahmoud Abbas – Prime Minister Erna Solberg – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – Head of Government Serge Telle – President of the Council of MinistersTammam Salam – Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi – Foreign Minister Albert Koenders – Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin

Afternoon schedule – President Rosen Plevneliev – President Paul Kagame – President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré – President Gjorge Ivanov – President Hilda Heine – President Faiez Mustafa Serraj (Scheduled) – Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente – President Jimmy Morales – Vice President Manuel Domingos Vicente (Scheduled) – President Jimmy Morales (Scheduled) – President Faiez Mustafa Serraj – Foreign Minister Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (Scheduled) – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (Scheduled) – Deputy Prime Minister Ramtane Lamamra – Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov – Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras – Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov – Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla – Prime Minister Joseph Muscat – Foreign Minister Albert Koenders (Scheduled) – Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (Scheduled) – Foreign Minister Agapito Mba Mokuy – Foreign Minister Eladio Ramón Loizaga Lezcano – Minister of State Puka Temu – Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se

23 September Morning schedule – President Bujar Nishani – President Alpha Condé – President Mahamadou Issoufou – President Faustin Archange Touadera – President Azali Assoumani – President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour – Acting Head of State Jocelerme Privert – Prime Minister Xavier Bettel – Prime Minister Pavel Filip – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi – Prime Minister Charles Michel – Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth – Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov – Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandyan – Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier – Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho – Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó – Foreign Minister Margot Wallström – Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar

Afternoon schedule – President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita – Vice-President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi – Vice-President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla – Vice-President Taban Deng Gai – Vice-President Moises Omar Halleslevens Acevedo – Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith – Prime Minister Andrew Holness – Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare – Prime Minister Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili – Prime Minister Antoni Martí Petit – Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas – Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves – Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga – Prime Minister Patrice Emery Trovoada – Foreign Minister Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez – Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov – Foreign Minister Guillaume Long – Foreign Minister Elmar Maharram oglu Mammadyarov – Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda N'tungamulongo – Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar (Scheduled)

24 September Morning schedule – Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araújo – Prime Minister Allen Michael Chastanet – Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne – Prime Minister Timothy Harris – Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini – Prime Minister Samiuela ‘Akilisi Pohiva – Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh – Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Moualem – Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – Foreign Minister Pasquale Valentini – Foreign Minister Aurelia Frick – Foreign Minister Charles Flanagan – Foreign Minister Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir – Foreign Minister Sirodjidin Aslov – Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat – Foreign Minister Jean-Claude Gakosso – Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldayev – Foreign Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet – Foreign Minister Francine Baron

Afternoon schedule – Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay – Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ahmed Abd al-Aziz Ghandour – Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn – Foreign Minister Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean – Foreign Minister Alain Aimé Nyamitwe – Foreign Minister Abdusalam Hadliyeh Omer – Foreign Minister Mohamed Asim – Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji – Foreign Minister Elvin Nimrod – Foreign Minister Isselkou Ould Ahmed Izid Bih

26 September Morning schedule – Foreign Minister Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah – Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa – Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj – Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan – Foreign Minister Luis Filipe Lopes Tavares – Foreign Minister Frederick Mitchell – Foreign Minister Osman Mohammed Saleh – Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington – Foreign Minister Denis Moses (Scheduled) – Foreign Minister Niermala Badrising – Foreign Minister Denis Moses – Foreign Minister Augustine Phillip Mahiga – Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (Scheduled) – Deputy Foreign Minister Valentin Rybakov – Permanent Representative Caleb Otto – Permanent Representative Marie-Louise Potter – Permanent Representative Ib Petersen – Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (Scheduled) – Permanent Representative Kokou Kpayedo – Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (Scheduled) – 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly - President Peter Thomson (Closing statement)

Closing remarks