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To all Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers · 17 September 2026<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Referring to General Assembly resolution 76\/262 on the standing mandate for a General Assembly debate when a veto is cast in the Security Council, the President informs Member States that, following the vetoes cast by two permanent members at the 10,224th meeting of the Security Council on 17 September 2026 under the agenda item “Non-proliferation”, he will convene a formal meeting of the General Assembly to hold a debate on the situation on Thursday, 1 October 2026 in the General Assembly Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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