The President of Brazil addressed the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, followed by the President of the United States, Trump. The question is how the two leaders were chosen? Because in the address of the two leaders, neither the alphabet nor any criteria of geographical or political power was taken into account.

The system of priorities for addressing the United Nations General Assembly is extremely complex. According to the United Nations office, Brazil has been the first to speak since 1955 simply because in the early days no country was willing to speak first. In such a case, Brazil voluntarily took the responsibility of the first address.

After that, since America is the host country, the second place has always been the address of the American President. So far so good, but after that the matter gets more complicated.

Several factors go into determining the order of speakers, such as which representative a country is sending. It is also seen on which date they applied for the title. Then after that it is also seen how to maintain the geographical balance between the speeches of the speakers.

It is also taken care that the Heads of State address first, followed by the Heads of Government and then the number of Vice Presidents, while determining the actual order. While the turn of the Crown Prince, Foreign Ministers and other Deputy Ministers comes next.