The General Debate of the 69th session of the General Assembly was held on 24 -30 September 2014. During the debate, the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, the President of the General Assembly, Sam Kutesa, representatives from 193 Member States, and two Observer delegations put forth their concerns, positions and priorities under the theme "Delivering on and Implementing a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda"

The General Debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly was held on 24 September – 2 October 2013. During the General Debate, the General- Secretary Ban Ki-moon, the President of the General Assembly, John W. Ashe, and representatives from 195 member states and observers put forth their concerns, positions and priorities to the Assembly under the theme “Post-2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage”.

The General Debate of the 67th session of the General Assembly was held on 25 September – 1 October 2012.

The General Debate of the 66th session of the General Assembly was held on 21–27 September 2011, under the theme of “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution”.

The General Debate of the 65th session of the General Assembly was held on was held on 23–30 September 2010, under the theme of “Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in global governance.”

The General Debate of the 64th session of the General Assembly was held on 23–30 September 2009.

The General Debate of the 63th session of the General Assembly was held on 23–30 September 2008.

The General Debate of the 62nd session of the General Assembly was held on 25 September–3 October 2007.

The General Debate of the 61st session of the General Assembly was held on 19-27 September 2006 under the theme of "Implementing a global partnership for development.” The 61st debate marked the second time that the general debate was held with a theme proposed to Member States by the incoming President, as envisaged by Assembly resolution 58/126.

The General Debate of the 60th session of the General Assembly was held on 17-28 September 2005.