… To be broadcasted on UNWebTV, list of leaders to take podium revealed
BY PHUMELELE MKHONTA
MBABANE- The King is expected to take the international podium today!
His Majesty King Mswati III is expected to address the United Nations General Assembly Session 77th (UNGA77) today at United Nations Headquarters at New York in the United States today.
The Eswatini King will be taking the podium today, which will mark the second day of the assembly.
The assembly commenced yesterday, where the His Majesty King Mswati III, together with Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Thuli Dladla and Eswatini Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Thamie Dlamini were seen in attendance.
The King arrived in New York on Monday for the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which officially opens tomorrow. His Majesty is accompanied by Inkhosikati LaNgangaza.
The King’s address was confirmed on United Nations Eswatini (UNEswatini) social media pages, where nationals were encouraged to see broadcast on (Day 2) General Debate – General Assembly, 77th session | UN Web TV.
According to the United Nations website, the general debate of the seventy-seventh session of the General Assembly will held from Tuesday, September, 2022 to Saturday, 24 September, 2022 and on Monday, September 26, 2022, pursuant to resolution 57/301. World leaders will discuss global issues.
“The theme for this year is ‘A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges’ and has been proposed for the general debate at the seventy-seventh session, pursuant to resolution 58/126 (annex).
“Held at the beginning of each session of the General Assembly, the General Debate provides an opportunity for world leaders to deliver a statement on global issues,” stated the website.
It was also revealed that the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, would introduce the annual report (A/77/1) on the activities of the organisation at the opening of the general debate.
The general debate website is https://gadebate.un.org/.
Today scheduled Speakers:
- His Majesty King Mswati III, Head of State of the Kingdom of Eswatini
- His Excellency Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
- His Excellency Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- His Excellency Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, President of Mongolia
- His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda
- His Excellency Šefik Džaferović, Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname
- His Excellency Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States of America
- His Excellency Egils Levits, President of the Republic of Latvia
- His Excellency Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador
- His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia
- His Excellency Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of the Republic of Madagascar
- His Excellency Mohamed Younis Menfi, President of the Presidential Council of the State of Libya
- Her Excellency Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova
- His Excellency Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia
- His Excellency Borut Pahor, President of the Republic of Slovenia
- His Excellency William Samoei Ruto, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya
- His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Gabonese Republic
- His Excellency Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
- Her Excellency Katalin Novák, President of Hungary
- His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
- His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone
- His Excellency Alar Karis, President of the Republic of Estonia
- His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana
- His Excellency José Maria Pereira Neves, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde
- His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine
- His Excellency Aleksandar Vučić, President of the Republic of Serbia
- His Serene Highness Prince Albert Two of Monaco, Sovereign Prince of the Principality of Monaco
- His Excellency Charles Angelo Savarin, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica
- Her Excellency Elizabeth Truss, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- His Excellency Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati, President of the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese Republic
- His Excellency Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cuba
- His Excellency Jan Lipavský, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Czechia
- Her Excellency Naledi Pandor, Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa
- His Excellency Roberto Álvarez Gil, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dominican Republic
- His Excellency Arnoldo André-Tinoco, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Worship, Costa Rica
- His Excellency Gustav Aitaro, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Palau
