The most influential leaders from around the globe have come to take the podium at UN’s annual General Debate.
Security is high and expectations of the world’s most powerful political leaders are even higher.
Veronica Reeves spent part of Monday morning taking it all in from the General Assembly Hall.
During the opening of the General Debate on Monday, world leaders urged a resolution to Syria’s brutal civil war - but offered different solutions on the best way forward.
Turmoil in Syria is responsible for the emergence of the so-called ISIL terrorist group, and the refugee crisis in Europe, the Assembly heard.
Matthew Wells watched the debate unfold.
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Concern over the quality of education in Palestine refugee schools operated by the United Nations in the Middle East may lead to a reduction in class sizes.
That’s the hope of the head of UNWRA, the UN agency which supports Palestine refugees.
A lack of financial support has forced the agency to increase the number of children in each class in many of its 700 schools.
May Yaacoub asked UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl how the agency is dealing with this issue.
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There can be no sustainable future if half the world’s population lacks equal rights, according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The UN chief is urging world leaders to make gender equality a global priority to achieve his vision of “a 50:50 Planet by 2030.”
Dianne Penn reports.
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It’s an imperative for humanity, to prevent the destruction of the world’s heritage by terrorists, and the trafficking of cultural treasures, said ministers launching a new partnership at the UN on Sunday.
The foreign ministers of Jordan and Italy were joined by leaders of UN agencies who are working together to prevent the further destruction of historical sites and sale of artefacts by extremists, around the world.
Matthew Wells reports.
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The digitization of financial services and the move towards a cashless society is “crucial’ for Rwanda’s future according to the African country’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning.
It’s hoped that the change from a cash economy will help to boost private investment and improve public governance.
Priscilla Lecomte has been speaking to Minister Claver Gatete on the margins of a UN summit on the new global development goals.
The scientific community has an important role to play in ensuring that the new global development goals agreed at the United Nations are a success, according to the French-government backed Research Institute for Development (IRD).
The 17 goals known as the SDGs in include health and climate-related targets.
Scientists believe that increases in global temperatures could, in some cases, lead to more disease and damage to the environment.
All hands are needed on deck to fight the growing menace of terrorism from Boko Haram, said the president of Nigeria at the UN on Saturday.
The president’s warning was delivered at an event that brought together leading politicians from Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, the countries worst-affected by the militant group.
The event heard that women, adolescent girls and school-age children are especially at risk.
Matthew Wells reports.
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Companies from across the globe are showcasing how they will be making the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) part of the way they do business.
The SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, lay out the international community’s plans to eradicate extreme poverty, tackle climate change and promote greater gender equality by the year 2030.
Dianne Penn reports on a private sector forum taking place at the United Nations this Saturday; one day after world leaders adopted the SDGs.
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Activist and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, remains an inspiration, but in her home country of Pakistan a small minority continue to resent her.
That’s according to her countryman Jalal Awan, a student at university in California, who came to see her speak to the UN General Assembly on Friday.
An attempted assassination on Malala when she was just 15 by the Taliban terrorist group threw her into the international spotlight.
