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General Assembly President Dennis Francis delivers closing remarks to the 78th General Assembly general debate.

General debate concludes, reaffirming primacy of the United Nations

The General Assembly’s annual debate concluded on Tuesday, with global leaders stating that while the United Nations faces institutional challenges, it remains the paramount platform for crafting collective solutions to humanity’s challenges.

Women wait at a maternal health hospital, the only one of its type in Afghanistan.

Engagement key to reform of Taliban decrees restricting women’s rights

Shabia Mantoo, Global Spokesperson for the United Nations Refugee Agency.

UNHCR increasingly concerned for refugees fleeing Karabakh region

WHO says that roughly half of all children globally are reported to breathe in air polluted by tobacco smoke.

Ban smoking and vaping in schools worldwide urges WHO

Special Coverage of UNGA78

Bassam Sabbagh, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session.

Syrian minister denounces ‘American chaos’, says States must respect the UN Charter

26 September 2023

Minister for External Affairs of India Addresses 78th Session of General Assembly Debate

More than just a few countries should set the agenda, Indian Minister says at UN

26 September 2023

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s 78th session.

A ‘club of elites’ will not realise the multilateral future we need, Holy See tells UN Assembly

26 September 2023

The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses the audience at the Global Citizen Festival in New York's Central Park.

‘It’s crunch time’ to reach the SDGs, Mohammed tells Global Citizen Festival

24 September 2023

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Rights experts warn against forced separation of Uyghur children in China

Myanmar: ‘Inhumanity in its vilest form’ continues, warns Türk

UNODC joins regional crime fighters to tackle scams and human trafficking in SE Asia

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Photo Story: UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

A Thai army officer looks across the border into Myanmar

UNODC joins regional crime fighters to tackle scams and human trafficking in SE Asia

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) is interviewed by Mita Hosali, Deputy Director of the News and Media Division in the UN's communications department.

UNGA78: UN chief brushes off key leaders' absence, says delivery paramount

Director-General Mariano Grossi spoke to UN News’s Cristina Silveiro about the “complex logic” behind the move to bar multiple inspectors there.

Iran using UN nuclear watchdog to ‘retaliate’ against criticism: Grossi

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A young girl is pictured at her shelter in a displacement camp on Yemen’s west coast.

Yemen: Unsung heroes unite for lasting peace

Human Rights Communities in Yemen ravaged by nearly nine years of a relentless war are still grappling with one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.

Small island developing States like Trinidad and Tobago face unique challenges reaching the targets of the SDGs.

‘Staggering proposition’ reaching SDGs for small island States: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

SDG logos are projected in the UN General Assembly Hall in 2022.

Taking the pulse of the planet as the world gathers at the UN

The team celebrates Zubaida’s (centre) penalty kick that helped the Mosul Girls Football Club win the match.

How girls are moving the goalpost in Iraq

Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim, a primary care physician in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia,has been trained to recognize signs of domestic violence.

Indonesian doctors act on tell-tale signs of family violence

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Dennis Francis, President of the General Assembly opens the general debate.

UN once again centre stage for world diplomacy

Leaders from around the world returned to the New York Headquarters of the United Nations for the first fully in-person high-level week at the 78th session of the General Assembly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine: Snapshots of a war

The Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, which is a World Heritage Historic Centre has been damaged by shelling.

UN ‘blue helmets’: 75 years of service and sacrifice

UN peacekeepers stand guard in Ménaka in southeastern Mali.

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UN rights expert calls on Algeria to pardon convicted protesters

UN Affairs The Algerian Government must pay urgent attention to the pattern of legal restrictions and prosecutions of individuals and associations in the North African country, a UN-appointed independent expert said on Tuesday.

The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is marked annually on 26 September.

Only way to end nuclear risk ‘is to eliminate nuclear weapons’: Guterres

Peace and Security When “geopolitical mistrust and competition” has pushed the nuclear risk to Cold War levels, total elimination of such weapons is the only route to a peaceful future, the UN chief has said.

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