India, Sept. 6 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will address the annual high-level UN General Assembly session on September 26. The 81st session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will kick-off on September 8, and world leaders will address the 193-member organisation at the General Debate, which will run from September 22 to 28.

Jaishankar is scheduled to address the General Debate in the afternoon session on September 26, according to a revised provisional list of speakers for the high-level session released here. He addressed world leaders from the UN lectern last year.

Brazil will be the traditional first speaker at the General Debate that opens on September 22, followed by the US. The year-long 81st session of the UN Genera...