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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.
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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.
On 2 June 2025, Germany's former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock was elected to the position of President of the General Assembly.
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:
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.
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.
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