Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly
| Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly | |
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| Host country |
 United Nations
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| Dates | 12 September 2017 – September 2018 |
| Venue(s) | United Nations Headquarters |
| Cities | New York City |
The seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly will open on 12 September 2017. The President of the United Nations General Assembly is from the Eastern European Group.
The Eastern European Group president of the session will be chosen in summer 2017.
As is tradition during each session of the General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will draw lots to see which member state would take the helm at the first seat in the General Assembly Chamber, with the other member states following according to the English translation of their name, the same order would be followed in the six main committees.
The Chairmen and officers of the six Main Committees will also be elected: First Committee (Disarmament and International Security Committee) ;Second Committee (Economic and Financial Committee) ; Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee) ; Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee) ; Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) ; and the Sixth Committee (Legal Committee).
There will also be nineteen vice-presidents of the UNGA. Nepal was one of them from the Asia-Pacific Group.
Most states 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 General Debate will occur from 19-25 September 2017, with the exception of the intervening Sunday.
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 20 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium. Speeches are requested to be limited to five minutes, with seven minutes for supranational bodies. President Peter Thomson chose the theme of the debate as "The Sustainable Development Goals: a [sic] universal push to transform our world."
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