PM Modi unlikely to attend UNGA session in September

United Nations, July 26 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unlikely to attend the annual UN General Assembly session here in September and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will address the high-level session, according to the provisional agenda released by the UN. According to the first provisional list of speakers for the General Debate of the 72nd session of the General Assembly, Swaraj will address the high-level session on the morning of September 23. She had addressed the General Debate last year as well. The General Debate will open on September 19 and run through September 25. All eyes will be on US President Donald Trump, who will deliver his first address to global leaders from the General Assembly hall’s iconic green podium on September 19. The US is traditionally the second speaker on the opening day of the General Debate, after Brazil. According to the list of speakers, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to address global leaders on September 21.