The President convenes and presides over meetings of the General Assembly throughout the session, including the high-level meetings mandated by the Assembly. The calendar below is the authoritative listing for the eighty-first session and can be subscribed to from any calendar application.
The general debate and five high-level meetings over which the President presides, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Every meeting is webcast live on .
Heads of State and Government and other high-level representatives address the Assembly. The President presides throughout.
High-level segment
Forty years since the General Assembly proclaimed that the right to development is an inalienable human right.
High-level plenary meeting
To support, encourage and help sustained momentum towards practical, coordinated and adequately financed action on sea-level rise.
High-level meeting
¡°Fostering a multilateral and intergenerational approach to prevent, prepare for and respond to pandemics and public health emergencies, through the principles of equity and solidarity¡±
High-level meeting
¡°Mobilizing global public support for the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action¡±
High-level plenary meeting
To ¡°raise awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.¡±
The President’s Engagements
Meetings and engagements of the President, latest date first.
The Calendar
What Appears Here
High-Level Week and the general debate
The general debate opens shortly after the session begins, when Heads of State and Government address the Assembly. The President presides throughout.
Mandated high-level meetings
Meetings the Assembly has mandated by resolution, convened by the President over the course of the session.
Informal consultations
The consultations through which Member States reach agreement, convened and facilitated by the Office of the President.
Commemorative and observance meetings
Meetings marking anniversaries and international days observed by the General Assembly.