President to address UNGA on Sep 25

President Alexander Stubb and First Lady Suzanne Innes-Stubb will travel to New York, where the President will lead the Finnish delegation during the High-level Week of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly on 22–26 September 2024, said the President Office in a press release on Monday.

Stubb will deliver Finland's National Statement at the Assembly’s General Debate on September 25.

The President will also address the UN Summit of the Future, which aims to strengthen multilateral cooperation and the international rules-based system, and deliver a joint Nordic statement at the UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on Leadership for Peace.

He will attend the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) leaders’ meeting on tackling climate change and biodiversity loss, a luncheon discussion on geopolitics organised by the World Economic Forum, and a reception hosted by the President of the United States President Joe Biden and his spouse Jill Biden.

Stubb will also have several bilateral meetings during his visit.

The Finnish delegation led by the President will include Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio and Minister of Social Security Sanni Grahn-Laasonen.

Suzanne Innes-Stubb will speak at a Summit dedicated to securing the future for children.

The event is part of a separate programme for the spouses of the UN General Assembly meeting participants.