Tasnim - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will address the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

The annual gathering of world leaders has been relegated to a largely virtual format by the novel coronavirus pandemic and will feature few of the sideline meetings that have made the assembly a signature event for the world�s diplomats.

It will also occur as the world is looking toward the November presidential election to see if Trump�s policies will continue for another four years or if Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, will take over and redirect American foreign policy.

The General Assembly�s annual general debate, which provides Member States the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to multilateralism, opens on Tuesday, September 22, at 9 a.m. in New York. It will take place through Saturday, September 26 and on Tuesday, September 29.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, speeches this year will be mostly pre-recorded, with some delegates delivering live statements in the General Assembly Hall on behalf of their head of State or Government.