80th anniversary session of General Assembly opens at UN Headquarters
UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock opened the 80th session of the organisation in New York, with a call on Assembly members to “focus on its mandates and deliver on its commitments.”
This is according to a report posted on the official UN website.
She also promised to represent all 193 member countries equally and guaranteed that “every voice will be heard.”
Among the priorities for the coming year, Baerbock highlighted the reform of the UN ahead of the organisation’s 80th anniversary, as well as the promotion of peace, sustainable development and the protection of human rights.
Summing up the results of the outgoing year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that countries need to overcome differences, follow international law and the Sustainable Development Goals.
“The Charter is not self-executing.
“By design, it requires countries looking beyond their national interests and re-building trust and faith in one another, and in what we can accomplish through collaboration and solidarity,” he said.
The anniversary is being held under the motto “Better Together: 80 years and more for peace, development, and human rights,” the official UN website further reports.
A series of high-level meetings with world leaders will be held in New York as part of events scheduled to mark the 80th anniversary of the UN General Assembly.
The programme includes debates, summits on sustainable development, climate, artificial intelligence, as well as meetings dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the UN and the 30th Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women.
The anniversary session was preceded by a plenary meeting.
The anniversary session of the UN General Assembly is intended to highlight the role of multilateral diplomacy in addressing global challenges.
Russia will be represented at the debates by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is scheduled to speak from the rostrum of the General Assembly Hall on Sept. 27. (TV BRICS/NAN)(www.nannew.ng)
Edited by Emmanuel Yashim
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