General Assembly
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Women
High-level week opens with celebration of women’s empowerment
Only the fifth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly in its 80-year history has praised the courage of…
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Women
30 years of advancing gender equality: Achievements, setbacks, and the road ahead
In the three decades since the groundbreaking Beijing Declaration on women’s rights was adopted by the nations of the world,…
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SDGs
UNGA hosts first ever development finance summit to boost SDGs
The words inclusivity, resilience, reforms – and many more coloured in green and blue – provided a bold, digital backdrop…
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SDGs
UN’s Guterres to world leaders: Choose peace and cooperation over chaos
The UN Secretary-General opened the General Assembly high-level debate with a stark message: the world is awash with overlapping crises…
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SDGs
Guterres pushes leaders to ‘turn the tide’ on global crises during high-stakes UNGA week
Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly’s…
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Europe
‘Do not submit to a world ruled by brute force,’ Denmark urges world leaders at UN
Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Monday, Danish Ambassador Christina Markus Lassen warned that the “collective inability” of the…
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Europe
We have no choice but to fight, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy tells world leaders
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday warned world leaders that international institutions are “too weak” to stop wars, urging more countries…
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Europe
Guterres calls for ceasefire as European leaders affirm Ukraine’s rights at UN
The Security Council on Tuesday heard a warning from Secretary-General António Guterres on the war in Ukraine, while in the…
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Asia Pacific
Denuclearization ‘tantamount’ to surrendering sovereignty: DPR Korea minister
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Monday, the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
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Asia Pacific
Nepal highlights youth-driven change, and calls for global action
Nepal’s UN Ambassador Lok Bahadur Thapa delivered a comprehensive address to the General Assembly’s high-level debate on Monday, emphasising both…
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