General Debate: 28 September - 3 October 2015
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The theme of the general debate of the 70th session is “The United Nations at 70 – a new commitment to action".
The 70th session of the general debate concluded on 3 October 2015.
28 September 2015
Morning Session
- 1.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moonSecretary-General - 2.
President of the General Assembly (opening)
H.E. Mr. Mogens LykketoftPresident of the 70th session of the General Assembly - 3.
Brazil
H.E. Mrs. Dilma RousseffPresident - 4.
United States of America
H.E. Mr. Barack ObamaPresident - 5.
Poland
H.E. Mr. Andrzej DudaPresident - 6.
China
H.E. Mr. XI JinpingPresident - 7.
Jordan
H.M. Mr. Abdullah II Ibn Al HusseinKing - 8.
Russian Federation
H.E. Mr. Vladimir PutinPresident - 9.
Republic of Korea
H.E. Ms. Park Geun-hyePresident - 10.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
H.E. Mr. Hassan RouhaniPresident - 11.
Qatar
H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-ThaniAmir - 12.
France
H.E. Mr. François HollandePresident - 13.
Mozambique
H.E. Mr. Filipe Jacinto NyusiPresident - 14.
Netherlands
H.M. Mr. Willem-AlexanderKing - 15.
Kazakhstan
H.E. Mr. Nursultan NazarbayevPresident - 16.
Mexico
H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña NietoPresident - 17.
Portugal
H.E. Mr. Aníbal António Cavaco SilvaPresident - 18.
Denmark
H.E. Mr. Lars Løkke RasmussenPrime Minister - 19.
Ethiopia
H.E. Mr. Hailemariam DessalegnPrime Minister
Afternoon Session
- 20.
Uganda
H.E. Mr. Yoweri Kaguta MuseveniPresident - 21.
Chile
H.E. Mrs. Michelle Bachelet JeriaPresident - 22.
Cuba
H.E. Mr. Raúl Castro RuzPresident - 23.
South Africa
H.E. Mr. Jacob ZumaPresident - 24.
Egypt
H.E. Mr. Abdel Fattah Al SisiPresident - 25.
Switzerland
H.E. Mrs. Simonetta SommarugaPresident - 26.
Zimbabwe
H.E. Mr. Robert MugabePresident - 27.
Argentina
H.E. Mrs. Cristina Fernández de KirchnerPresident - 28.
Belarus
H.E. Mr. Alexander LukashenkoPresident - 29.
Nigeria
H.E. Mr. Muhammadu BuhariPresident - 30.
Gabon
H.E. Mr. Ali Bongo OndimbaPresident - 31.
Paraguay
H.E. Mr. Horacio Manuel Cartes JaraPresident - 32.
Kenya
H.E. Mr. Uhuru KenyattaPresident - 33.
Senegal
H.E. Mr. Macky SallPresident - 34.
Mali
H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Boubacar KeitaPresident - 35.
Ecuador
H.E. Mr. Rafael Correa DelgadoPresident - 36.
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
H.E. Mr. Evo Morales AymaPresident - 37.
Afghanistan
H.E. Mr. Dr Abdullah AbdullahChief Executive