UNGA 2020: UN General Assembly schedule


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The 75th United Nationals General Assembly kicked off on September 15 under unprecedented circumstances.

This year’s event will be marked by a number of new Covid-19 protocols, including video addresses, silent voting, face masks and social distancing.

The highlight of the assembly is the week-long general debate, which provides all 193 member states with a platform to address the United Nations body.

Each day of the General Assembly general debate runs in two parts. The morning session starts at 9am (Coordinated Universal Time-5), and runs until 2.45pm. The afternoon sessions start at 3pm and run until 9pm.

Ahead of the general debate, The National has compiled the provisional schedule of speakers:

Tuesday, September 29

Morning 

1. Iceland

2. San Marino

3. UAE

4. Germany

5. Belize

6. Romania

7. Eritrea

8. Myanmar

9. Maldives

10. Montenegro

11. Mauritania

12. Oman

13. Israel

14. Benin

15. Nicaragua

16. Guatemala

17. Dominica

18. Tunisia

Afternoon

1. El Salvador

2. Grenada

3. Barbados

4. Cameroon

5. New Zealand

6. North Korea

7. Uganda

8. Togo

9. Tanzania

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Already spoken

Tuesday, September 22:

Morning

1. Brazil

2. United States

3. Turkey

4. China

5. Chile

6. South Africa

7. Cuba

8. Russia

9. Jordan

10. South Korea

11. Qatar

12. Philippines

13. Iran

14. France

Afternoon

1. Colombia

2. Turkmenistan

3. Egypt

4. Tajikistan

5. Mexico

6. Uruguay

7. Seychelles

8. Rwanda

9. Angola

10. Argentina

11. Latvia

12. Lithuania

13. Nigeria

14. Costa Rica

15. Guatemala

16. Sri Lanka

17. Indonesia

18. Peru

19. Congo

Wednesday, September 23

Morning

1. Bosnia And Herzegovina

2. Uzbekistan

3. Hungary

4. Kazakhstan

5. Saudi Arabia

6. North Macedonia

7. Ghana

8. Benin

9. Mozambique

10. Iraq

11. Finland

12. Kyrgyzstan

13. Palau

14. Moldova

15. Algeria

16. Honduras

17. Lebanon

18. Slovakia

19. Kenya

20. Zambia

Afternoon

1. Ecuador

2. Bolivia

3. Ukraine

4. Nicaragua

5. Suriname

6. Switzerland

7. Serbia

8. Guyana

9. Paraguay

10. Afghanistan

11. Poland

12. Dominican Republic

13. Venezuela

14. Panama

15. Mongolia

16. Togo

17. Chad

18. Liberia

Thursday, September 24

Morning

1. Niger

2. Cote D'Ivoire

3. Albania

4. Cyprus

5. Slovenia

6. Monaco

7. Yemen

8. Burkina Faso

9. Estonia

10. Malawi

11. Congo

12. Dominica

13. Bahrain

14. Botswana

16. Guinea

16. Gambia

17. Gabon

18. Libya

Afternoon

1. Sierra Leone

2. Azerbaijan

3. Namibia

4. Equatorial Guinea

5. Haiti

6. Brunei

7. Zimbabwe

8. El Salvador

9. Timor Leste

10. Mali

11. Sao Tome and Principe

12. Comoros

13. Tanzania

14. Nauru

15. Guinea-Bissau

16. Somalia

17. Central African Republic

18. Marshall Islands

Friday, September 25

Morning

1. Micronesia

2. Holy See

3. Palestine

4. European Union

5. Netherlands

6. Nepal

7. Georgia

8. Czech Republic

9. Greece

10. Croatia

11. Italy

12. Armenia

13. Pakistan

14. Kuwait

15. Tuvalu

16. Spain

Afternoon

1. Portugal

2. Bulgaria

3. Ethiopia

4. Denmark

5. Luxembourg

6. Thailand

7. Canada

8. Antigua and Barbuda

9. Australia

10. Bhutan

11. Japan

12. Malta

13. Papua New Guinea

14. Eswatini

15.Tonga

16. Chad

Saturday, September 26

Morning

1. India

2. Mauritius

3. Andorra

4. United Kingdom

5. Bangladesh

6. Fiji

7. Malaysia

8. Cambodia

9. Norway

10. Solomon Islands

11. Jamaica

12. Samoa

13. Lesotho

14. Sweden

15. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

16. Lao

17. Belgium

18. Ireland

19. Morocco

Afternoon

1. Saint Kitts and Nevis

2. Saint Lucia

3. Trinidad and Tobago

4. Bahamas

5. Sudan

6. Vanuatu

7. Cabo Verde

8. Madagascar

9. Syria

10. Singapore

11. Senegal

12. Liechtenstein

13. Austria

14. Belarus

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  • Go online and look for details on job specifications for your target position. Make a list of skills required and set yourself some learning goals to tick off all the necessary skills one by one.
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  • Prepare for online interviews using mock interview tools. Even before landing interviews, it can be useful to start practising.
  • Be professional and patient. Always be professional with whoever you are interacting with throughout your search process, this will be remembered. You need to be patient, dedicated and not give up on your search. Candidates need to make sure they are following up appropriately for roles they have applied.

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