Iran to Take Part in UNGA 74 Next Week

As the 74th General Debate of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 74) will take place on September 24, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif is flying to New York on Friday. 

The United States issued visas allowing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and FM Zarif to travel to New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the UNGA next week, Reuters quoted Iran’s UN mission spokesman Alireza Miryousefi on Thursday. 

The 74th UNGA opened on September 17, 2019. 

Accordingly, Zarif will leave for New York on Friday to attend the U.N. General Assembly, the ministry spokesman tweeted on Thursday.

”Foreign Minister Zarif is leaving for New York early on Friday morning to attend the 74th session of the UNGA," spokesman Abbas Mousavi tweeted.

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Earlier on Thursday, Zarif said that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was trying to delay issuing visas for the Iranian delegation to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly.

UNGA 74 High-Level Events 

During the week of the debate, several other high-level events also will convene (as of November 27, 2018):

• September 23: UN Secretary-General will convene a Climate Summit and the UNGA will hold a one-day high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC);

• September 24: following the opening of the 74th General Debate, the UNGA will convene a meeting of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which will take place on the afternoon of September 24 and all day on September 25.

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• September 26: the UNGA will hold a high-level dialogue on financing for development (FfD), as well as a high-level meeting on the elimination of nuclear weapons.

• September 27: the UNGA will hold the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States (SIDS) through the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.