The Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 9 September 2025 to 8 September 2026. The president of the General Assembly was from the Western European and Others Group.

Organisation for the session President On 2 June 2025, Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected to the position of President of the General Assembly. +Results Candidates Home state Votes % Annalena Baerbock Germany 167 88.830 Helga Schmid Germany 7 3.723 Total 174 92.553 Abstentions 147.447 Valid Votes 188 100.00 Blank and Invalid Votes 0 0.00 Registered / participation 19397.409

Vice-presidents The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 80th session:

The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

As well as the following nations:

Committees +First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) Name Country Position Maurizio Massari Chairperson Amr Essam Eldin Sadek Ahmed Vice-chair Pawinrat Mahaguna Vice-chair Jakub Jaros Vice-chair Ana Maricela Ávila Becerril Rapporteur

+ Second Committee (Economic and Financial) Name Country Position Lamin B. Dibba Chairperson Weronika Garbacz Vice-chair Andrés Napuri Pita Vice-chair Jenni Mikkola Vice-chair Javid Momeni Rapporteur

+Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) Name Country Position Cherdchai Chaivaivid Chairperson Glentis Thomas Vice-chair Katarina Andrić Vice-chair Ginevra Oliva Vice-chair Edna Stephanie Williams Rapporteur

+Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) Name Country Position José Alberto Bríz Gutiérrez Chairperson Josélyne Kwishaka Vice-chair Noel Novicio Vice-chair Raphael Ruppacher Vice-chair Dávid Nagy Rapporteur

+Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) Name Country Position Zsuzsanna Horváth Chairperson Badreldeen Bakhit Vice-chair Mohammad Taghi Amrollahi Vice-chair Erik Björk Vice-chair Vadim Belloni Rapporteur

+Sixth Committee (Legal) Name Country Position Enrique A. Manalo Chairperson Estela Mercedes Nze Mansogo Vice-chair Marek Zukal Vice-chair Lucía Teresa Solano Ramírez Vice-chair Wieteke Theeuwen Rapporteur

General debate

Each member of the General Assembly will have a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA will do. This is an opportunity for the member states to opine on international issues of their concern.

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 one 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 350 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium.

Resolutions and texts adopted

On 25 March 2026, the General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity.

On 4 September 2026, the General Assembly adopted the resolution "Correct the map": rebalancing global cartographic representation and promoting equitable representation of the world's regions, particularly Africa to promote the Equal Earth projection.

See also List of UN General Assembly sessions List of General debates of the United Nations General Assembly Equal Earth projection

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