UN Affairs
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Guterres highlights ‘maximum impact’ reform agenda
The Secretary-General on Wednesday outlined a set of proposals to strengthen the UN’s effectiveness and improve coordination across its three…
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‘Hot debates about hot topics’, a strength not a weakness, says UNGA80 president
Over 190 world leaders spoke from the General Assembly podium during high-level week – underscoring the UN’s enduring relevance as…
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‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform
The United Nations remains “the house of diplomacy and dialogue” in a divided world, General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock said…
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Full coverage of the General Debate, as it happened
Follow our full live coverage of six days of the General Debate in New York, as it happened. UN News app…
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Current world order ‘reflects a bygone era,’ says Cuban Foreign Minister
Bruno Rodríguez Parilla, in his address to the General Assembly on Saturday, said that there can be no effective global…
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‘The UN is in a state of crisis’ warns Indian senior government minister
In his address to the General Assembly, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s Minister for External Affairs outlined the failings of a “gridlocked”…
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Russia’s Lavrov says UN as relevant as ever in ‘age of multipolarity’
Widespread violations of the principle of the equality of states are the cause of crises and conflicts, Russian Minister for…
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‘The extraordinary power of ordinary people’: World leaders spotlight youth as agents of progress
Young people are at the heart of the world’s most urgent challenges, and on Friday, their role in shaping solutions…
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