Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the annual debate at the United Nations General Assembly session this month, opting instead to focus on a major community event and the UN’s ‘Summit of the Future’. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the General Debate, while Modi will attend a gathering of the Indian diaspora and participate in the ‘Summit of the Future’, which aims to forge a new global consensus on safeguarding the future.