Europe

President Rossen Plevneliev of Bulgaria addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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Global response to terrorism vital for solving refugee crisis, European leaders tell UN

30 September 2015
European leaders took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today to call for a global response to terrorism, both by combatting it and taking early action to pre-empt the scourge, which has seen hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding to the continent’s doorstep.
Children, women and men who have fled their homes amid the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis, stand outside small tents in a park next to the bus and train stations in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.
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High-level UN event tackles biggest refugee and migration crisis since Second World War

30 September 2015
As the world confronts the biggest refugee and migration crisis since the Second World War, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened a high-level meeting on the issue and outlined eight guiding principles to improve preparedness.
Donald Tusk, President of the European Council addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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Urging global assistance for Syrian refugees, European Union at UN says ‘everyone can offer help’

30 September 2015
With Europe confronting its worst refugee crisis since World War II, the continent’s leaders mounted the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today to call for global action to end the conflict in war-torn Syria and elsewhere that has sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing to their shores.
President Nicos Anastasiades of the Republic of Cyprus addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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President tells UN Assembly negotiations have opened ‘new window of opportunity’ for all Cypriots

29 September 2015
Expressing the hope that a new round of negotiations that resumed this past May will lead to the final settlement of the “Cyprus problem,” Nicos Anastasiades, the President of Cyprus, told the United Nations General Assembly today that a negotiated settlement would create a “win-win” situation, not only for the people of Cyprus, but for the region, the interested parties and the wider international community.
President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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Armenian President reports to General Assembly on increasing tension with Azerbaijan

29 September 2015
The peaceful resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh problem remains one of the most salient issues in the South Caucasus, the President of Armenia today told world leaders attending the General Assembly, while highlighting that the establishment of the UN has been one of the “greatest achievements of humankind” that consolidated nations around shared aspirations and principles.
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom meets a little girl during a visit to a refugee and migrant reception centre near Gevgelija in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, at the border with Greece.
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UNICEF advocate Orlando Bloom urges protection of refugee and migrant children

29 September 2015
Actor and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Orlando Bloom called for greater protection for tens of thousands of refugee and migrant children on the move in Europe.
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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At General Assembly, Ukrainian President says country suffering ‘brutal violation’ of UN Charter

29 September 2015
Ukraine is suffering from a brutal violation of the fundamental norms and principles of the United Nations Charter, President Petro Poroshenko told world leaders today at the annual General Assembly debate.
President Andrzej Duda of the Republic of Poland addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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Eastern European leaders at UN urge stronger cooperation to tackle threats to global peace and stability

29 September 2015
Poland is ready to participate in the attainment of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted last week, the country’s President told the UN General Assembly today, underlining that objectives such as the defence of democracy, sustainable economic growth, and fighting climate change all contribute to the preservation of peace world-wide.
President François Hollande of France addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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At UN, French President pledges to work with all parties towards political solution in Syria – except Syrian leader

29 September 2015
France is ready to work with all countries that want to find a political solution to the four-year crisis in Syria except for President Bashar Al-Assad, who cannot be part of the solution, French President François Hollande told the UN General Assembly today at the annual general debate.
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventieth session.
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Addressing UN Assembly, European leaders call for increased funds to ease refugee and migrant crisis

28 September 2015
Western European leaders, taking the podium of the United Nations General Assembly on the opening day of 70th annual General Debate, today deplored the brutal abuses by Governments and terrorists that have, as in the case of Syria, driven millions of people from their homes.