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UNGA 2026

The latest news, dates, speeches and schedule from the 81st UN General Assembly. Follow The National's news coverage from New York below

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, addressed the UN General Assembly. Bloomberg

Country representatives walk out as Netanyahu delivers speech

USSeptember 24, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displays a Starlink device as he addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly. AFP

Abbas and Netanyahu offer UN starkly different visions of shared conflict

USSeptember 24, 2026

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih speaking to The National in New York. The National

‘So many lives wasted': UNHCR chief urges region's leaders to break cycle of war

MENASeptember 24, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi talks to media at the Park Lane Hotel in New York City, on September 23. Reuters

Japan's PM says talks on ending Hormuz crisis should include countries that depend on strait

NewsSeptember 24, 2026

Sam Altman, right, chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, watches as Dario Amodei, chief executive of Anthropic, delivers an online address at a UN Security Council meeting on September 23. Bloomberg

ChatGPT and Anthropic chiefs tell UN that humans must be at centre of AI decisions

TechnologySeptember 23, 2026

Destroyed buildings in Gaza city. The Board of Peace aims to oversee the postwar stabilisation and reconstruction of the entire Gaza Strip. Bloomberg

Board of Peace proposes six-month $2.4bn plan for Gaza reconstruction

USSeptember 23, 2026

Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara speaks during the 81st UN General Assembly in New York. Reuters

Al Shara says Israeli aggression is undermining ‘rising’ Syria

MENASeptember 23, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to supporters during a campaign rally at Expo Tel Aviv this month. Getty Images

Benjamin Netanyahu heads to UNGA with few friends

MENASeptember 23, 2026

Jarrod Agen, Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the NEDC, speaks during the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square. Getty Images

Trump's energy adviser says Gulf must build new oil routes to bypass Hormuz

EnergySeptember 23, 2026

President of Syria Ahmad Al Shara at the UN General Assembly in New York. Getty Images / AFP

Syria's Al Shara says he may run in future election to finish carrying out his plans

USSeptember 23, 2026

US President Donald Trump is flanked by King Abdullah II of Jordan, left, and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim during the meeting with Gulf and Middle East leaders on the sidelines of UNGA in New York on September 22. Reuters

Trump and Middle East leaders discussed Iran de-escalation at UN, says Tom Barrack

USSeptember 22, 2026

Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says the global impact of the Iran and Ukraine wars is 'a sign of the times'. Photo: Joshua Longmore / The National

'We're seeing the limitations of warfare,' says Norwegian Foreign Minister

MENASeptember 22, 2026

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres after his speech in New York. EPA

Guterres warns of possibility of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank

USSeptember 22, 2026

Sudanese Armed Forces chief General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan. EPA

Sudan’s Al Burhan not yet granted visa to travel to UNGA

USSeptember 22, 2026

Lana Nusseibeh, Minister of State, speaking to The National in New York. The National

UAE's message at UNGA is one of optimism and resilience, says Nusseibeh

MENASeptember 22, 2026

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi, right, met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. AFP

Rubio and Al Zaidi discuss importance of disarming militias as Iraq pushes deadline to June 2027

MENASeptember 22, 2026

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