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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Prime Minister Modi spotlights India’s role as a ‘reliable, democratic global partner’ 

25 September 2021
UN Affairs

In his address to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Narendra Modi reaffirmed India's commitment to democracy, highlighted its great strides in developing and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines, and warned against “countries with regressive thinking.”

Prime Minister Ralph E. Gonsalves (on screens) of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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St. Vincent’s Prime Minister urges world to ‘rise collectively’ and combat today’s challenges 

25 September 2021
UN Affairs

In addition to the global challenges surrounding climate, security and the raging COVID-19 pandemic, the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday drew the attention of the 76th UN General Assembly to devastating volcanic eruptions and the on-rushing Atlantic Hurricane season confronting his small-island developing State (SID).

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo engages with children in the Housh el Refka informal settlement, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
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UNICEF’s women Goodwill Ambassadors, give voice to the voiceless

24 September 2021
Women

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in mid-August, the world has continued to watch anxiously, as the fate of women and girls throughout the country hangs in the balance.

Prime Minister Imran Khan (on screen) of Pakistan addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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At UN, Pakistan Prime Minister urges ‘bold steps’ to prevent humanitarian crisis Afghanistan

24 September 2021
UN Affairs

Against the backdrop of what he called “a critical time” in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan said on Friday that if the situation there is neglected, “a huge humanitarian crisis” lies ahead.

Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide of Japan addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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‘Save as many lives as possible, and leave no one's health behind’: Japan’s message to the world

24 September 2021
Health

Announcing the donation of up to 60 million COVID-19 vaccines to the UN-led COVAX facility, Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s Prime Minister, said that his country is determined to lead the global efforts to end the pandemic.

President Michel Aoun (on screens) of Lebanon addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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New Government will earn confidence of Lebanese people and international community, President tells UN

24 September 2021
UN Affairs

After a month-long political crisis, Lebanon has embarked on a new phase that will “hopefully mark a promising step on the path of recovery”, the country’s President old the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Friday.

UN officials say that gender-based violence is a “shadow pandemic,” hidden beneath COVID-19.
UNDP

Call to action: Prevent gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies

23 September 2021
Women

Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday,  with a strong call to action to stamp out gender-based violence (GBV), amid a rise in forced displacement and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe.

An atmospheric nuclear test conducted by the United States at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands, on 1 November 1952.
US Government

UN chief appeals for countries to sign nuclear test-ban treaty

23 September 2021
Peace and Security

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday again urged eight key countries which have not yet signed or ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), to do so without delay.

A COVID-19 vaccine is administered in Indonesia.
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‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan

22 September 2021
Health

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan to boost production and reach millions over the coming months, in line with recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Protestors take part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in the UK.
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20 years after Durban Declaration, racism reverberates in ‘echo chambers of hate’

22 September 2021
Human Rights

Two decades after a landmark declaration was adopted to eradicate racism, discrimination continues to “permeate institutions, social structures and everyday life in every society”, the UN chief told a high-level meeting on Wednesday.