The eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly is the current session of the United Nations General Assembly, which began on 8 September 2026. The president of the General Assembly is Khalilur Rahman from the Asia-Pacific Group.UN News, "'This is not 1945': General Assembly president gavels open new session aimed at restoring global trust ", 8 September 2026. Retrieved 8 September 2026.

Organisation for the session President On 2 June 2026, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman was elected to the position of President of the General Assembly, defeating Cyprus's Special Envoy for Multilateralism, Ambassador Andreas Kakouris.UN News, "UN General Assembly elects Bangladesh’s Rahman as next president", 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026. The election was conducted under Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The result was announced by outgoing President Annalena Baerbock in the presence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. With his election, Bangladesh holds the UNGA presidency for the second time, the first being in 1986–87 when Humayun Rashid Choudhury served as President of the 41st session.

+Results Candidates Home state Votes % Khalilur Rahman Bangladesh 99 52.11 Andreas Kakouris Cyprus 91 47.89 Total 190 100.00 Valid Votes 190 100.00 Blank and Invalid Votes 0 0.00 Registered / participation 193 98.45

Vice-presidents The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 81st session:

The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council:

As well as the following nations:

Committees First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) Name Country Position Lok Bahadur Thapa Chairperson Faisal Abdelazim Salim Mohamed Vice-chair Arsen Kotanjyan Vice-chair Kim Van der Sluis Rapporteur

Second Committee (Economic and Financial) Name Country Position Suela Janina Chairperson Hussain Azhaan Mohamed Hussain Vice-chair Walter José Mira Ramírez Vice-chair Robert Bunbury Vice-chair Ivo Miguel Rubio Rapporteur

Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)

Name Country Position James Martin Larsen Chairperson Flavia Umulisa Vice-chair Jovana Bubanja Vice-chair Abosede Hazlewood Vice-chair Safaa Hijab Yaseen Rapporteur

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)

Name Country Position Coly Seck Chairperson Fahad Mohammad Alajmi Vice-chair Deborah Maria Borg Vice-chair Andrei Nicolenco Vice-chair Matthew Moxey Rapporteur

Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)

Name Country Position Ibrahim Folorunsho Jimoh Chairperson Pablo Rodríguez Vice-chair Costantino Tarducci Vice-chair Noelle Tam Vice-chair Corina Moroi Rapporteur

Sixth Committee (Legal) Name Country Position Trishala Simantini Persaud Chairperson Andrii Melnyk Vice-chair Mantsho Annastacia Motsepe Vice-chair Elisa Johanna S. De Raes Vice-chair Abdulaziz Fadala M. A. Al-Sulaiti Rapporteur

General debate

The high-level week of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly began in New York on 22 September 2026, continuing through Saturday, 26 September, and concluding on Monday, 28 September 2026. The programme included the general debate as well as high-level meetings on climate action, sea-level rise, pandemic prevention and preparedness, and development issues. Discussions focused on international conflicts, artificial intelligence, humanitarian crises and reform of the international system.

Each member of the General Assembly had a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA will do. This was an opportunity for the member states to opine on international issues of their concern.

The order of speakers was given first to member states, then observer states and supranational bodies. Any other observer entities had a chance to speak at the end of the debate, if they chose so . Speakers were 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 had to 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 was requested to provide 350 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium.

See also List of UN General Assembly sessions List of General debates of the United Nations General Assembly

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