About the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the United Nations. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.
The 76th session of the UN General Assembly will take place from Tuesday, 14 September, to Thursday, 30 September 2021. This includes the High-level General Debate, due to take place from Tuesday, 21 September through Monday, 27 September.
High-level events and sessions
“Opening Ceremony of the UNGA 76"
Tuesday, 14 September | 3:00 PM
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“UN General Debate"
Tuesday, 21 September to Monday, 27 September 2021 (including Saturday, 25 September)
The opening of the General Debate will take place from Tuesday, 21 September
9:00 to 19:00 (GA Hall)
Event website
“Extraordinary G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting on Afghanistan"
Wednesday, 22 September | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Organized by the Permanent Representation of Italy to the United Nations.
*FAO Director-General to participate.
“Ministerial Meeting of Land-locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)"
Thursday, 23 September | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
*FAO Director-General video message.
High-level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE)
"Celebrating bold ambition: Energy Compacts [Energy Transition, Innovation & Finance]"
Thursday, 23 September | 8:40 AM
*FAO Director-General to participate.
Watch live | Agenda | Event website
High-level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE)
Leadership Dialogue 4: Scaling up action through Energy Compacts
"Accelerating action to achieve SDG 7 in support of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement"
Friday, 24 September | 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
*FAO Director-General to participate.
Watch live | Agenda | Event website
“UN Food Systems Summit"
Thursday, 23 September | 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
*FAO Director-General to participate.
Register | Event website
UNGA side events
UN Food Systems Summit side events
"Making food systems work for women and girls"
Tuesday, 21 September | 9:00 AM
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"Launch of the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge"
Tuesday, 21 September | 10:00 AM
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"De-risking agriculture supply chains – Including forests in due diligence processes"
Session 2 of the seminar series "Halting deforestation: approaches and tools for forest-positive commodity value chains"
Wednesday, 22 September | 9:00 AM
Register | Watch recording | Event website
"Integrating resilience in and aligning the NAPs, NDCs, DRR and SDGs to national policies and planning"
Wednesday, 22 September | 10:00 AM
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"Indigenous Knowledge Research Infrastructure (IKRI) to support the implementation of the UN Food Systems Summit"
Thursday, 23 September | 2:00 PM
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"Leaving no one behind in Dryland Regions: Deploying a humanitarian-development-peace nexus approach"
Friday, 24 September | 10:00 AM
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“Rigorous monitoring is necessary to guide food system transformation in the countdown to 2030 Global Goals and beyond"
Friday, 24 September | 11:00 AM
*Deputy-Director of the FAO Agrifood Economics Division, Marco Sánchez Cantillo, to participate.
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Parallel events
World Economic Forum
“World Economic Forum Stewardship Board for Food Systems"
Tuesday, 21 September | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
*FAO Director-General to participate.
Concept note and agenda| Event website
World Economic Forum
“Breaking silos to achieve food and climate security"
Thursday, 23 September | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
*FAO Director-General to participate.
Follow live | Event website
DEVEX @ UNGA 76 – Panel discussion
"A fighting chance: The intersection of climate change and food systems"
Tuesday, 21 September | 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
*FAO Deputy Director-General, Maria Helena Semedo, to participate.
Register | Event website
World Humanitarian Forum – Aid and Trade Roundtable
“The water-energy-food security nexus: practical planning and risk management"
Wednesday, 22 September | 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM
*Director of the FAO Land and Water Division, Lifeng Li, to participate.
Agenda | Concept note | Event website
NYC Climate Week – Food Climate Partnership and Columbia Climate School
“Raising ambitions for food systems and climate by uniting science and policy"
Tuesday, 21 September | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
*FAO Senior Statistician, Francesco Tubiello, to participate.
Register | Event website
NYC Climate Week – World Biodiversity Forum
“Nature-based solutions, finance and regenerative agriculture: How can we stimulate resilient food production and security?"
Thursday, 23 September | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
*Deputy-Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, Zitouni Ould-Dada, to participate.
Register | Event website
NYC Climate Week – The Hub Live: Food and Health session
“Peas, Trees and 1.5 Degrees: Nature and agriculture in the Climate Decade"
Thursday, 23 September | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
*Deputy-Director of the FAO Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, Zitouni Ould-Dada, to participate.
Register | Agenda | Event website
