The King will intervene in the name of Spain in the next UN General Assembly | Spain

Felipe VI and Pedro Sánchez will coincide in New York (USA) at the end of the month for the celebration of the UN General Assembly. As every September, the representatives of the 193 countries that make up the United Nations meet in the city of the skyscrapers, but this year there is a novelty for Spain: it will be the head of the State, Felipe VI, and not the chief of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, who goes up to the mythical lectern representing Spain and will pronounce the speech, according to El País Sources of the Government. Although it would be the fourth face -to -face intervention during the reign of Felipe VI in the largest international forum – he did in 2014, 2015, 2016 – is the first to do so under the mandate in the Moncloa de Pedro Sánchez.

There is the circumstance that this 2025 is celebrated the 80th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations Charter, an organism with a vocation to maintain peace and security at the international level after the end of World War II (1945). Before such an event – which also coincides with the 50th anniversary of the return of the monarchy to Spain next November – the head of the State has wanted to take the word of Spain to the 192 world leaders whose countries make up the UN. A gesture that Moncloa has given green light, since all the public acts of the king must be endorsed by the government, as established by the Constitution. It is unknown if other parliamentary monarchies have taken the same initiative.

Despite not taking the floor before the Assembly, Sánchez will maintain his agenda of bilateral meetings and meetings with other leaders on the margins, as usual, during the week that the meeting lasts (from September 23 to 26). Felipe VI’s visit, however, will be smaller, although neither of the two agendas are still closed.

Felipe VI also intervened in 2020 in the commemorative act of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the United Nations. This time, however, it was through a video recorded in his office at the Palacio de la Zarzuela. In it, he reiterated the “commitment and loyalty of Spain” towards the multilateral organization.