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LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home LIVE COVERAGE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Manuel Elías The Secretariat building with flags of Member States in the foreground, at UN Headquarters, in New York. The world is on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York on Tuesday – but growing…

Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Lebanon escalation: Have we learned nothing from Gaza, UN humanitarians ask 24 September 2024 © UNICEF/Ibarra Sánchez A 5-year-old boy walks through destroyed buildings in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon. (file) As Lebanon mourns the victims of a wave of Israeli airstrikes believed to have left hundreds dead, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday against a return to the “dark days of 2006” when…

UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’ 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the General Assembly before the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 79th session. The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “…

Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis,…

The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe US President Joseph Biden addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that…

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Russia ‘can only be forced into peace’ says Zelenskyy 24 September 2024 © UNOCHA/Dmytro Filipskyy People survey the damage caused by a missile attack on a building in Kharkiv City, Ukraine. The UN Security Council is meeting for a high level briefing on the Ukraine war. The UN Secretary-General told foreign ministers and ambassadors that Russia's invasion of Ukraine…

‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Laura Jarriel General Assembly Philémon Yang Yang addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 79th session. In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the…

‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle…

UN paralyzed, crises piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN paralyzed, crises piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 79th session. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for a major overhaul of the United Nations, including a critical examination of the…

Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders

7 months ago Breadcrumb Home Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders 24 September 2024 UN Photo/Loey Felipe Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session. The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world…