The UN General Assembly High-Level Week in New York kicks off on Tuesday and the annual event attracts top world leaders.
The key event of the high week, as before, will be the “general debate” – the debates of world leaders (they will be held from September 24 to 28, as well as on September 30). The UN Secretary General will speak before them. Antonio Guterres and President of the 79th session of the General Assembly young Philemon. The Presidents of Brazil will open the debate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the United States Joe BidenA performance is scheduled for September 25. Vladimir Zelensky28 – the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov.
In parallel with the “general debate”, the key UN body, the Security Council, will continue to discuss current global issues. Several senior representatives of UN member states are expected to attend the meetings. A meeting on the topic “Maintaining peace and security in Ukraine” is scheduled for Tuesday, September 24. On Wednesday, there will be an open debate on the issue of maintaining international peace and security, and on Thursday, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry, there will be a meeting on sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. On Friday, members of the Security Council will discuss the situation in the Middle East.
One of the key topics of discussion between the leaders of the countries during the busy week will be the Ukrainian crisis. At the same time, not only its diplomatic settlement will probably be discussed, but also its further escalation: a number of media outlets believe that the United States and Great Britain in the Civil War may give the go-ahead for kyiv to strike deeply into Russia. . First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky In an interview with RIA Novosti, he called for waiting until the end of the week at a high level before drawing conclusions on whether the West had heeded the warnings of the Russian Federation against such measures.
Another important topic that the leaders of the countries are sure to touch on during the busy week is the escalation of the situation in the Middle East and, in particular, the war in the Gaza Strip, which has been going on for almost a year. The attempts of the Security Council to stop the fighting and facilitate the release of hostages have been unsuccessful. The explosion of pagers in Lebanon and Iran’s promises to respond to Israel for the assassination of the former head of the Hamas Politburo may also be a cause for discussion. Ismail Haniyeh.
