[1] The theme for the 67th Session was chosen by General Assembly President Vuk Jeremić as: "Bringing about adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations by peaceful means."
Iran then responded to claims of sovereignty over the islands by the UAE, and in Arab solidarity over the issue, as well as the Persian Gulf naming controversy.
[12] During the events around the General Debate, the Contact Group for Syria was scheduled to meet, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr, whose country recently invited Iran to join the group,[23] who was speaking alongside Turkey's Ahmet Davutoğlu and Iran's Ali Akbar Salehi.
The UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said he would make his next report to the Security Council and Arab ministers who will be attending for the General Debate.
The previous day, though Qatar's Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani told the General Debate of an Arab intervention, Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said he did not interpret this as a "fighting force" and added that he told the UNSC it must support Brahimi by enforcing its resolutions on Syria as "binding on all parties.
"[25] In regards to the Senkaku Islands dispute and the recent purchase by Japan of three uninhabited islands from a private Japanese citizen which also led to anti-Japanese protests in China, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told his Japanese counterpart Kōichirō Genba on 25 September that Japan had "severe[ly] infringement" its sovereignty.
"[26] The same day, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said after the UNGA meeting: "So far as the Senkaku islands are concerned, they are an integral part of our territory in the light of history and of international law.
At the same time, on the first day of the General Debate, discussion involved the recently passed controversy over Innocence of Muslims and the violent protests that followed.
[28] Similarly, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan added during his speech that religious denigration and incitement should not occur.
[34] The sentiment was echoed by Guatemala's Otto Pérez Molina,[35] Latvia's Andris Bērziņš,[36] Belgium's Elio Di Rupo,[37] Niger's Mohamed Bazoum,[38] Romania's Titus Corlățean,[39] Bosnia and Herzegovina's Bakir Izetbegović,[40] Comoros' Ikililou Dhoinine,[41] Brunei Darussalam's Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah,[42] Maldives' Mohammed Waheed Hassan,[43] Albania's Bujar Nishani,[44] Antigua and Barbuda's Winston Baldwin Spencer,[45] Lebanon's Najib Mikati,[46] Greece's Dimitris Avramopoulos,[47] Bahrain's Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa,[48] Saint Lucia's Kenny Davis Anthony,[49] Turkey's Ahmet Davutoğlu São Tomé and Príncipe's Patrice Emery Trovoada,[50] Morocco's Moulay Rachid,[51] Saudi Arabia's Saud Al-Faisal,[52] UAE's Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[53] Azerbaijan's Elmar Mammadyarov,[54] Oman's Yousef Bin Al-Alawi Bin Abdulla,[55] India's S. M. Krishna,[56] Djibouti's Mahamoud Ali Youssouf,[57] Costa Rica's Enrique Castillo,[58] Botswana's Phandu T. C. Skelemani[59] and Sierra Leone's J.
[60] While some said violence is never recourse to the right to free speech; and other said religious should not be abused; yet others called for the inviobility of diplomatic missions to be respected in line with the Vienna Convention.
She announced the lifting of some sanctions against his country, namely the allowing of imports from the former to the latter after support for the move from the government and the opposition in Myanmar.
[61] Under the behest of Saudi Arabia, a "Friends of Yemen" summit was held to support new Yememi President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's call for a national dialogue in his country amidst the 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising.
A joint statement was signed by all members for promoting the equitable representation of women in decision-making; and a General Assembly resolution is expected during this session.