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UN General Assembly 75th Session

Special Coverage of the 75th General Debate
22 September-29 September 2020

The stage is set for the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. However, this year, for the first time in UN's history, world leaders will not be travelling to New York, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the debate will be held virtually.

Here, UN News gives you a front row seat to all the action. From your mobile phone or computer follow Heads of States and Governments as they define global responses to to the world's most pressing challenges, including the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, inequality, protracted conflicts, and extreme poverty and hunger.

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The future of Small Island Developing States like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean is very closely linked to the ocean.
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‘Instead of nationalism, we need global cooperation’; Caribbean leaders call for united front against COVID-19 pandemic

Leaders from the Caribbean, in pre-recorded addresses to the UN General Assembly, stressed that their small economies are largely dependent on one or just a few industries, and called for strengthened global cooperation and financing mechanisms to overcome the health crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and recover from its massive socio-economic fallout.