Another day of the UN General Assembly debate starts with a ministerial meeting between the five signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) and Iran. Speaking during the opening session on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said it was high time for negotiations between Iran, the US, the signatories of the JCPOA and regional powers to be resumed. Last year, the US unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed economic sanctions on the country.
After that, a UN Security Council meeting is scheduled, focusing on anti-terror cooperation between the UN and regional organisations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation.
Other meetings include the 11th Conference to support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear tests, for both civilian and military purposes. Adopted by the UNGA in 1996, it has not yet come into force, as eight states have yet to ratify it.
