Seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly
{{Short description|Session of UNGA which runs from 2022 to 2023}}
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|date=13 September 2022 – 5 September 2023
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|president={{flagicon|HUN}} Csaba Kőrösi
|precedes=78th
|venues=General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters
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The Seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly was the session of the United Nations General Assembly which opened on 13 September 2022, and closed on 5 September 2023. The President of the UN General Assembly was from Eastern European Group.
Organisation for the session
=President=
On 7 June 2022, Hungarian diplomat and Director of Environmental Sustainability in the Office of the President of Hungary, Csaba Kőrösi was elected to the position of President of the General Assembly.{{cite web|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/06/1119892|title=Solidarity, sustainability, science, will guide new General Assembly President's agenda|website=United Nations|date=7 June 2022|accessdate=7 September 2022}}
In his statement, Kőrösi highlighted the United Nations role on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other armed conflicts and stay firm on the UN principles of the UN Charter.
=Vice Presidents=
The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 77th session:
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:
- {{flagcountry|China}}
- {{flagcountry|France}}
- {{flagcountry|Russia}}
- {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
- {{flagcountry|United States|name=United States of America}}
As well as the following nations:{{cite web|url=https://sdg.iisd.org/news/solidarity-sustainability-and-science-to-guide-unga-77-president/|title="Solidarity, Sustainability, and Science" to Guide UNGA 77 President|website=International Institute for Sustainable Development|date=16 June 2022|accessdate=7 September 2022}}
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- {{flagcountry|Australia}}
- {{flagcountry|Benin}}
- {{flagcountry|Burundi}}
- {{flagcountry|Chile}}
- {{flagcountry|El Salvador}}
- {{flagcountry|Israel}}
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- {{flagcountry|Jamaica}}
- {{flagcountry|Kenya}}
- {{flagcountry|Malaysia}}
- {{flagcountry|Mauritania}}
- {{flagcountry|Nepal}}
- {{flagcountry|Niger}}
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- {{flagcountry|Tajikistan}}
- {{flagcountry|Turkmenistan}}
- {{flagcountry|Viet Nam}}
- {{flagcountry|Zimbabwe}}
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= General debate =
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{{Main|General debate of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly}}
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 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.{{cite book |last1=Ruder |first1=Nicole |last2=Nakano |first2=Kenji |last3=Aeschlimann |first3=Johann |editor1-last=Aeschlimann |editor1-first=Johann |editor2-last=Regan |editor2-first=Mary |title=The GA Handbook: A Practical Guide to the United Nations General Assembly |url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/mission-new-york/en/documents/UN_GA__Final.pdf |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations |date=2017 |pages=17, 86–88 |isbn=978-0-615-49660-3}}