What to expect from this year's UN General Assembly

World leaders are gathering for the United Nations General Assembly, with attention focused on a series of meetings involving US President Donald Trump and his counterparts from around the world, according to a preview report.

The report outlines which foreign leaders are expected to meet with Trump on the sidelines of the gathering, as heads of state and government use the annual assembly to hold bilateral talks alongside the formal sessions at UN headquarters.

Beyond the individual meetings, the preview also points to the key topics expected to dominate discussions during this year's assembly, though specific details on each agenda item were not elaborated on in the available summary.

The UN General Assembly traditionally brings together representatives from the organization's member states each September, providing a forum for both formal addresses from the General Assembly floor and a dense schedule of side meetings between leaders on pressing international issues.

Further details on the specific outcomes of any meetings, or on positions taken by individual leaders, were not available at the time of this report.