  {"id":107053,"date":"2017-08-30T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T12:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/www-2\/?page_id=107053\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T19:52:36","slug":"letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/documents\/letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to Member States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a983e68f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:40px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:0px\">\n\n<div style=\"font-size:11px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1.6px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8a8a8a;margin-bottom:14px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/documents\/\" style=\"color:#8a8a8a;text-decoration:none\">Documents<\/a> &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Letters to Member States<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:18px;margin-bottom:8px\">\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2026\/08\/unga81-logo.png\" alt=\"Eighty-first session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ General Assembly\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" style=\"width:64px;height:64px;flex:0 0 auto\">\n  <div>\n    <div style=\"font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a1a;margin:0 0 5px;line-height:1.25\">H.E. Dr. Khalilur Rahman<\/div>\n    <div style=\"font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1.6px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6a6a6a\">President of the eighty-first session of the General Assembly<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"border:0;border-top:2px solid #DD1367;margin:22px 0 0\">\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:sticky;top:0;background-color:#f4f6f8;border-top:2px solid #DD1367;border-bottom:1px solid #d5dde3;padding:11px 0;margin-bottom:4px\">\n  <div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;gap:8px\">\n    <span style=\"font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:1.6px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6a6a6a;margin-right:4px\">Jump to<\/span>\n    <a href=\"#what-is-a-letter\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 12px;border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:12.5px;cursor:pointer\">What is published<\/a><a href=\"#listing\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 12px;border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:12.5px;cursor:pointer\">The listing<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/documents\/speeches\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 12px;border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:12.5px;cursor:pointer\">Speeches<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/documents\/readouts\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 12px;border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;color:#1a1a1a;font-size:12.5px;cursor:pointer\">Readouts<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-76cc59a9 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:34px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:46px;padding-left:0px\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#333333;font-size:16px;line-height:1.85\">Letters addressed by the President to all permanent representatives and permanent observers. They are how the Assembly is convened, how negotiations are organised and how the membership is kept informed between formal sittings, and for many delegations they are the most-used part of this site. Most recent first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"what-is-a-letter\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:2.4px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1a1a1a;margin:36px 0 12px\">What Is Published Here<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"border:0;border-top:2px solid #DD1367;margin:0 0 26px\">\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:16px\">\n  <div style=\"border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;padding:20px 22px\">\n    <div style=\"font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;margin-bottom:6px\">Convening notices<\/div>\n    <div style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:#333333;line-height:1.8\">Notice of plenary meetings, informal consultations and high-level meetings, with the date, the venue and the item under which they are convened.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;padding:20px 22px\">\n    <div style=\"font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;margin-bottom:6px\">Programmes of work<\/div>\n    <div style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:#333333;line-height:1.8\">The organisation of work for the session and for individual processes, including deadlines and the sequence of meetings.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;padding:20px 22px\">\n    <div style=\"font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;margin-bottom:6px\">Appointments<\/div>\n    <div style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:#333333;line-height:1.8\">Appointments of co-facilitators and co-chairs for intergovernmental processes, and of the President&rsquo;s special advisers where appointed.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div style=\"border:1px solid #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;padding:20px 22px\">\n    <div style=\"font-size:16px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;margin-bottom:6px\">Transmittals<\/div>\n    <div style=\"font-size:13.5px;color:#333333;line-height:1.8\">Reports, summaries and outcome documents transmitted by the President to the membership for information or for action.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c1ab0d0a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#f4f6f8;padding-top:46px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:52px;padding-left:0px\">\n\n<h2 id=\"listing\" style=\"font-size:15px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:2.4px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1a1a1a;margin:0 0 12px\">The Listing<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"border:0;border-top:2px solid #DD1367;margin:0 0 26px\">\n\n<div style=\"border:1px dashed #d5dde3;background-color:#ffffff;padding:34px 28px;text-align:left\">\n  <div style=\"font-family:Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:46px;font-weight:700;color:#d5dde3;line-height:1;margin-bottom:14px\">0<\/div>\n  <div style=\"font-size:18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;margin-bottom:10px\">No letters have been issued yet<\/div>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 16px;color:#333333;font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.85;max-width:78ch\">The eighty-first session opened on 8 September 2026. The first letters of the session follow within days of the opening, and a session normally produces around two hundred and fifty. Each is posted here with its date, its subject and a PDF of the signed original.<\/p>\n  <div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/documents\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#ffffff;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #d5dde3;padding:10px 18px;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:1.3px;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600\">All documents<\/a>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/81\/office-of-the-president\/contact\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#ffffff;color:#1a1a1a;border:1px solid #d5dde3;padding:10px 18px;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:1.3px;text-transform:uppercase;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600\">Contact the Office<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"margin:26px 0 0;padding:15px 22px;background-color:#eef6fb;border-left:4px solid #009edb;font-size:14px;color:#1a1a1a;line-height:1.8\">Letters of the eightieth session remain available on the site of the outgoing presidency. 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