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President of the eighty-first session of the General Assembly<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The public record of the eighty-first session: the President’s statements as delivered, his letters to Member States, and the readouts of his meetings. Everything issued by the Office is posted here, with a permanent link, a downloadable original and the date it was issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speech on multilateral AI governance at the Ambassadorial Lunch<\/div>\n
Ambassadorial Lunch · New York · 10 September 2026<\/div>\n

“The question is whether all of us will have a voice in how that transformation unfolds.” His speech to a cross-regional group of Permanent Representatives, published in full as prepared for delivery.<\/p>\n

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Browse the Record<\/h2>\n
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Three listings, each ordered most recent first. A typical session produces some two hundred speeches and around two hundred and fifty letters, so the listings fill steadily from the opening of the session onwards.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

\n \n 5<\/span>\n Speeches and Statements →<\/span>\n Remarks in the General Assembly Hall and elsewhere — high-level meetings, thematic debates, commemorations and briefings — published as delivered.<\/span>\n Updated 10 September 2026<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n 0<\/span>\n Letters to Member States →<\/span>\n Convening notices, programmes of work, appointments of co-facilitators and transmittals of reports, addressed to all permanent representatives.<\/span>\n Opens with the session<\/span>\n <\/a>\n \n 0<\/span>\n Readouts →<\/span>\n Short accounts of the President’s bilateral meetings with Heads of State and Government, ministers and heads of United Nations entities.<\/span>\n Opens with the session<\/span>\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Foundational Documents<\/h2>\n
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Three documents set the ground on which the eighty-first session is conducted. Each is reproduced in full on this site and available as a PDF.<\/p><\/div>\n\n

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\n 01<\/span>\n \n Vision statement · May 2026 · Seven languages<\/span>\n Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All →<\/a>\n The programme for the session, circulated to Member States ahead of the election. Published in the six official languages and Portuguese.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n PDF<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 02<\/span>\n \n Statement · 2 June 2026 · General Assembly Hall<\/span>\n Acceptance statement on election as President of the eighty-first session →<\/a>\n His statement to the Assembly immediately after his election, as issued.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n PDF<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 03<\/span>\n \n Statement · 8 September 2026 · General Assembly Hall<\/span>\n Remarks at the opening of the eighty-first session →<\/a>\n His first statement to the Assembly after taking the Chair, as delivered.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n PDF<\/a><\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Full-text search across every page and document of the eighty-first session. Search by subject, by meeting or by the name of an initiative.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n