General debate of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly  The General Debate of the sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the first debate of the 65th Session of the General Assembly that ran from 23 – 29 September 2010. Leaders from Member States addressed the General Assembly. The speaking order of the General Debate is different from the speaking order of other General Assembly debates. For the General Debate, Secretary-General speaks first delivering their "Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, " they are then followed by: the President of the General Assembly who opens the General Debate, the delegate from Brazil and the Delegate from the United States of America. After this, the order is first given to Member States, then Observer States and supranational bodies. For all other Member States, the speaking order is based on their level of representation at the General Debate, order preference and other criteria such as geographic balance. According to the rules in place for the General Debate, statements should be made in one of the United Nations' official languages of Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish, and are translated by United Nations translators. Additionally, speakers are usually limited to a 15-minute time limit in order to comply with the schedule set up by the General Committee. Member States are also advised to provide 350 paper copies of their statements in order for them to be distributed to other Member States, as well as to translation services. The theme for the 64th Session was chosen by President Joseph Deiss as: "Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in global governance." After their election, the newly elected President of the General Assembly advises all Member States of the debate of the upcoming Session, and invites them to focus their speeches on the proposed theme. Morning Session   Afternoon Session  Right of Reply  Islamic Republic of Iran  The Islamic Republic of Iran used its Right of Reply to respond to statements made by Belgium in its General Debate speech before the Assembly. Belgium, in its speech, stated that non-acceptance for the provisions of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) by countries like North Korea and Iran threatened the international nonproliferation regime. Iran responded by stating that Iran's had always been for peaceful purposes, which had been confirmed numerous times by the International Atomic Energy Agency. It continued by stating it was the right of every sovereign nation to develop peaceful nuclear energy under the NPT, and that Iran was not an exception in this regard.