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WEB2 days ago · 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” and ability to unite around common goals, as the curtains drew on the 79th session’s high-level debate.
UN chief's message to world leaders: ‘Wake up, change ... - UN News
WEBSep 19, 2021 · In a wide-ranging interview with UN News, Secretary-General António Guterres is calling on world leaders to ‘wake up’, make an immediate course correction at home and abroad, and unite.
UN chief unveils new vision for peace across a ‘multipolar ... - UN …
WEBJul 20, 2023 · The UN Secretary-General on Thursday launched a new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux. “The post-Cold War period is over, and we are moving towards a new global order and a multipolar world,” António Guterres said. He highlighted geopolitical tensions ...
UN General Assembly votes by large majority for immediate
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Member States adopted a resolution, demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and well as “ensuring humanitarian access”. It passed with a large majority of 153 in favour and 10 against, with 23 abstentions.
World leaders adopt pivotal UN Pact for the Future | UN News
WEBSep 22, 2024 · World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where they adopted the potentially game-changing Pact for the Future by consensus, with a small group of just seven countries holding out, having failed to pass a last-minute amendment.
Climate Change - UN News
WEBSep 18, 2024 · Unchecked climate change, wildfires and air pollution continue to have “a spiralling, negative impact on health, ecosystems and agriculture”, with millions of deaths attributed to dirty air, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.
In focus - UN News
WEBThe scale of destruction is immense, the humanitarian needs are colossal and soaring, and civilians continue to bear the brunt of this conflict... every day that passes puts more lives in danger. Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, after visiting the Gaza Strip.
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global ... - UN News
WEBApr 4, 2022 · A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history, is proof that the world is on a “fast track” to disaster, António Guterres has warned, with scientists arguing that it’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. |
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs
WEBSep 18, 2023 · Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in New York.
76th General Assembly gets underway at UN Headquarters in New …
WEBSep 14, 2021 · The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to be the most challenging period the world has seen since the Second World War, said the UN Secretary-General on Tuesday – as the 75th session of the General Assembly gave way to the new – deepening inequalities, decimating economies and plunging millions into extreme poverty. |.