Venezuela's Acting President Listing at the U.N. and the Planned Trump Meeting

Venezuela is listed to speak in the United Nations General Debate under Her Excellency Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez, identified with the title Acting President.

The listing appeared on the U.N. General Debate website for Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) on 21 September 2026. A United Nations Security Council record also identifies Ms. Delcy Rodríguez as Acting President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Security Council record.

The General Debate belongs to the Eighty-First Session. Plenary meetings are scheduled for 22-26 September and 28 September 2026, according to the U.N. e-Delegate programme U.N. e-Delegate schedule. The U.N. General Debate programme provides daily schedules for 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 28 September. Sessions run morning and afternoon.

The roster extends beyond Venezuela. The same website lists Honduras under President Nasry Juan Asfura Zablah, Montenegro under President Jakov Milatović, and Eswatini under Head of State King Mswati III.

Attention in New York is on a planned encounter. A senior U.S. official said U.S. President Donald Trump would meet Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday Reuters. The planned meeting was described as a face-to-face pull-aside meeting ABC News. A pull-aside is an informal bilateral talk held on the margins of a larger meeting, without the full protocol of a formal bilateral.

Rodriguez served as Venezuela's vice president under Maduro Reuters. A Venezuelan delegation led by Rodriguez was in New York to discuss debt and energy, according to U.S. sources. Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez had taken part in a meeting with the U.S. in Caracas, Venezuela, on 2 September 2026 Associated Press.

Venezuela's Foreign Ministry website states that Presidenta Delcy Rodríguez was present at the opening of the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly. On 23 September 2026, the ministry stated that Venezuela reiterated to the United States its willingness to continue deepening dialogue Venezuelan Foreign Ministry. The ministry also published an article titled "La obsesión venezolana de Donald Trump y su patético discurso".

The broader context here is procedural as well as political. A speaker listing under the title Acting President defines how Venezuela is seated, announced and recorded in the General Debate. Credentials, nameplate and speaking order all follow from that designation. For delegations and U.N. officials, the title answers the practical question of who speaks for the state.

Looking at what this means for the week, two tracks will run in parallel. One is public, the set speeches in the General Assembly Hall where positions are entered into the record. The other is private, the pull-asides and delegation meetings where debt, energy and dialogue are discussed. Whether the New York contacts produce working arrangements will depend on follow-up after the scheduled debate days conclude on 28 September.