General debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly  The General Debate of the sixty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly was the first debate of the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly that ran from 23 – 29 September 2009. Leaders from a number of 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, the 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 Ali Abdussalam Treki as: "Effective responses to global crises: strengthening multilateralism and dialogue among civilizations for international peace, security and development." Morning session    Afternoon session    Morning session    Afternoon session    Morning session    Afternoon session    Morning session    Afternoon session   Rights of Reply  Islamic Republic of Iran  The delegation of Iran used its right of reply to place on record their position on two issues. First, it responded to claims by various delegations, in particular the delegations of the Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria and Canada, in regards to its nuclear program. Iran stated its nuclear activities have always been for peaceful purposes, and that they have always observed their legal obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It further stated that more attention should be paid to "un-safeguarded and secretive nuclear weapons installations of the Zionist regime."