UN General Assembly will be virtual for the first time

This year's UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced Wednesday. The meeting is still scheduled for September 22-29 but will be carried out with previously recorded speeches by world leaders. Member states must send the UN an embargoed speech of up to 15 minutes by their president, prime minister, or UN ambassador at least five days before the assembly. And a diplomat from each mission can attend a real life session during which the speeches will be broadcast or read aloud from the podium of the UN assembly hall.

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