The UN Secretariat has accredited almost 9 thousand delegates at the beginning of the 70th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in the General political process weeks you will have more than 1000 bilateral meetings, said the press service of the UN.

As said on Thursday the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric, for the period from August 31 to September were fifteen accredited 8915 delegates." Expected that with the beginning of the General discussion of this figure will grow by 2 thousand people ", - He said. About 3 thousand accreditations will be given to the correspondents.

At this time, According to Dujarric, was expected at the Summit on sustainable development, which will be held in the framework of the UN GA will arrive 154 of the head of States and governments, and 30 Ministers. At the General debates of the UN General Assembly is expected the arrival of 144 leaders and government, 46 Ministers.

"During the political discussions we have planned 485 meetings, this event on the sidelines and official meetings. How often, world leaders used the stay in new York For a series of bilateral meetings. For this purpose, we prepared 40 meeting rooms indoors, " said Dujarric.

He said that as long as it is unknown the exact number of planned bilateral meetings. In the past year, for example, during the week of the big level of HA 1321 passed a bilateral meeting." This year we Expect more, " said Dujarric.

He also said that Secretary General ban Ki-moon will take part in 230 different events during the week at a high level, including press conferences, bilateral meetings.

Session of the high level of the General Assembly (of heads of state and government and the foreign Minister) will be held from September 28 to October 3, and October 5-6. According to the UN published a preliminary list of speakers for the General policy debate at the level of heads of the countries will be represented Russia, USA, China, Brazil, Ukraine, Yemen, Iran, Libya, Palestine, Israel, the Netherlands, France, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Belarus, Latvia, Serbia, Cuba.

Summit on sustainable development goals (sdgs) - the global work programme up to 2030 - will be held on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 25-27. According to the UN the list of participants, the Russian Federation will present foreign Minister, who will perform on September 27.

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