General Assembly
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SDGs
‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President
To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the…
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UN Affairs
UN Assembly President calls for global unity as high-level debate concludes
The President of the General Assembly on Monday reminded UN Member States that the Organization’s strength “lies in our diversity”…
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Climate Change
Island nations unite at UN: ‘Empty pledges’ will not save future generations
As wars and crises dominate global headlines, leaders from small island developing States used the UN General Assembly platform to…
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SDGs
The week the world comes to Manhattan: Looking back at UNGA79
Every September when UN Headquarters in New York is swamped – massive motorcades, intense security, snipers on rooftops and world…
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UN Affairs
Terrorists and their foreign sponsors, though ‘weakened’ still pose a threat, Mali minister warns
The Deputy Prime Minister of Mali outlined on Saturday the steps the Government has taken to rebuild trust among the…
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UN Affairs
Saudi Arabia promotes ‘appeasement and development’ in the Middle East and beyond
The Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia highlighted the country’s work to support peace efforts in the region and beyond in…
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UN Affairs
As challenges mount across the globe, ‘the world needs the UN’, Egypt says
Egypt’s Foreign Affairs Minister Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty said it is time to “ring the alarm bells” as the international…
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UN Affairs
Indian minister says ‘we can change the world for the better’
India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the world stands fractious, polarized and frustrated amid war, unfair trade practices, climate…
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Europe
Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian civilians, Zelenskyy tells UN
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot defeat his people on the battlefield,…
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Middle East
Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Bassam Sabbagh, on Monday said the world was at a critical juncture, marked…
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