Russian President Vladimir Putin will head the Russian delegation at the 70th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York that will open in September, the official portal of legal
information said on Friday.

The document confirms the delegation consisting of 10 people and led by the president, Russia's TASS news agency reported.

Among other delegates are Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his deputy Gennady Gatilov, presidential aide Yury Ushakov, Federation Council’s International Affairs Committee chairman Konstantin Kosachev, State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs chairman Alexey Pushkov.

Russia’s Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s envoy to UN Vitaly Churkin, Foreign Ministry’s department of international organisations head Alexander Pankin and Foreign Ministry’s department on non-proliferation and arms control director Mikhail Ulyanov are also part of the delegation.

The 70th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York on Sept 15.

In the framework of the session, a summit will take place on Sept 25-27 where it is planned to adopt a resolution on development agenda after 2015.

The session will finish its work on Oct 6.