{"id":356636,"date":"2026-09-25T12:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356636\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:22:13","slug":"unga-2026-fridays-full-speaker-list-nyc-street-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/356636\/","title":{"rendered":"UNGA 2026: Friday&#8217;s full speaker list &#038; NYC street closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ev0r849bnlf2x8yy.jpg\" alt=\"Netanyahu slams NYC Mayor Mamdani, 100+ protesters arrested outside UN\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ev0r849bnlf2x8yy.jpg\" alt=\"Netanyahu slams NYC Mayor Mamdani, 100+ protesters arrested outside UN\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>     <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NEW YORK &#8211; The United Nations General Assembly continues Friday in New York, bringing another day of high-level meetings between world leaders and traffic gridlock in Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Here&#8217;s what to know about the UNGA today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> NYC Gridlock Alert: Friday street closures &amp; traffic advisories  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The NYC Department of Transportation declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/un-general-assembly-nyc-gridlock-road-closures-midtown-manhattan-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Gridlock Alert Day<\/a> for every day this week due to the UN General Assembly. Street closures are in effect on Manhattan&#8217;s East Side through Saturday, September 26. They are primarily active while the UNGA is in session, typically until about 9 p.m. each day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790338933_879_thp5rp97mmmrnqr3.jpg\" alt=\"NYC prepares massive security operation for UN General Assembly in Manhattan\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790338933_879_thp5rp97mmmrnqr3.jpg\" alt=\"NYC prepares massive security operation for UN General Assembly in Manhattan\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-a3924c54=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/video\/fmc-t1dhuv06asqebzui\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYC prepares massive security operation for UN General Assembly in Manhattan<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">New York City officials have launched a massive joint security operation ahead of the 81st UN General Assembly, locking down parts of Manhattan to protect nearly 200 visiting world dignitaries. Despite no specific credible threats, authorities maintain heightened security amid global tensions and high-profile arrivals.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Key street closures include:<\/p>\n<p> First Avenue: Closed from 41st Street to 48th Street.44th through 47th Streets: Closed between First Avenue and Second Avenue.42nd Street: Closed between First Avenue and Second Avenue.FDR Drive: The 42nd Street exit off the FDR Drive will be completely blocked. <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">NYPD may close additional side streets at their discretion throughout the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  UN week traffic in NYC <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Additional street closures may occur at any time across Manhattan as motorcades and foreign dignitaries move throughout the city. Commuters are strongly urged to take mass transit and avoid driving, if possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  UN General Assembly Friday speaker schedule <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Here is the full list of world leaders scheduled to address the UNGA on <a href=\"https:\/\/gadebate.un.org\/en\/homepage?field_release_date_value_1%5Bmin%5D=1790208000&amp;field_release_date_value_1%5Bmax%5D=1790294400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friday, Sept. 25<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p> Morning session Kiribati \u2013 President Taneti MaamauMaldives \u2013 Vice President Hussain Mohamed LatheefIraq \u2013 Prime Minister Ali Falih Al-ZaidiLebanon \u2013 President of the Council of Ministers Nawaf SalamMonaco \u2013 Minister of State Christophe MirmandMarshall Islands \u2013 President Hilda HeineMalta \u2013 Prime Minister Robert AbelaLesotho \u2013 Prime Minister Samuel Ntsokoane MatekaneTuvalu \u2013 Prime Minister Feleti TeoNorth Macedonia \u2013 President of the Government Hristijan MickoskiSolomon Islands \u2013 Prime Minister Mathew Cooper WaleSaint Lucia \u2013 Prime Minister Philip PierreAlbania \u2013 Prime Minister Edi RamaPakistan \u2013 Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz SharifPapua New Guinea \u2013 Prime Minister James MarapeNiger \u2013 Prime Minister of the Transition Government Lamine Zeine Ali MahamanBahamas \u2013 Prime Minister Philip Edward DavisHaiti \u2013 Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aim\u00e9 Afternoon session Guinea-Bissau \u2013 Prime Minister Il\u00eddio Vieira T\u00e9Egypt \u2013 Prime Minister Moustafa Kamal MadboulySaint Vincent and the Grenadines \u2013 Prime Minister Godwin FridayTonga \u2013 Prime Minister Lord FakafanuaSamoa \u2013 Deputy Prime Minister Mulipola Anarosa Ale MoliooSaint Kitts and Nevis \u2013 Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey HanleyBahrain \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Abdullatif bin Rashid Al ZayaniAzerbaijan \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Aziz oglu BayramovKazakhstan \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Mukhtar TileuberdiMauritania \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad Mohamed Salem MerzougMexico \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Roberto Velasco \u00c1lvarezMauritius \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Dhananjay RamfulChad \u2013 Minister of Public Health and Prevention Abdelmadjid Abdelrahim MahamatNorway \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Espen Barth EideGuatemala \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Carlos Ramiro Mart\u00ednez AlvaradoSweden \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer StenergardTogo \u2013 Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration, and Togolese Abroad Robert Komlan Edo Dussey <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article is based on the United Nations General Debate schedule for Friday, Sept. 25 and street closures provided by the NYC Department of Transportation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; The United Nations General Assembly continues Friday in New York, bringing another day of high-level&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,12,56,63,65,64,618],"class_list":["post-356636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}