On 6 June 2024, the former Prime Minister of Cameroon, Philémon Yang, was elected by acclamation to the position of President of the General Assembly.

[1] The General Assembly elected the following countries as the vice-presidents of the 79th session: The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: As well as the following nations:[2] Each member of the General Assembly will have a representative speaking about issues concerning their country and the hopes for the coming year as to what the UNGA will do.

Speakers will be put on the list in the order of their request, with special consideration for ministers and other government officials of similar or higher rank.

According to the rules in place for the General Debate, the statements should be in of the United Nations official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and will be translated by the United Nations translators.

Each speaker is requested to provide 350 advance copies of their statements to the conference officers to facilitate translation and to be presented at the podium.