New York (dpa -Afx) – On the second day of the general debate at the United Nations, a speech by Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj is expected this Wednesday. In addition, the representatives of Iran and Syria are on the list of speakers of the 80th general debate in New York (from 3 p.m. CEST). In addition, the UN Security Council deal with the topic of artificial intelligence.
Up to and including Monday – with a break on Sunday – a total of around 150 heads of state and government as well as other state representatives should speak at the event. The focus is likely to be the Middle East conflict, the war of aggression in Russia against Ukraine as well as the financially difficult situation of the United Nations and the world political role of the United States. Germany is represented by Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul (CDU )./cah/dp/stw