UN Affairs

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo of Somalia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Somali President underscores need for COVID-19 vaccines for all

21 September 2021
Africa

Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia has continued on the path to economic reform, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said in a pre-recorded speech to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session...
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Sanctions are ‘US way of war’, Iranian President at UN

21 September 2021
Middle East

In his speech to the high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi called for an end to United States sanctions against his country, describing them as a method of waging war.

President Xi Jinping (on screens) of China addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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China headed towards carbon neutrality by 2060; President Xi Jinping vows to halt new coal plants abroad

21 September 2021
Global

China is set to provide more COVID-19 vaccines to the world and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, urging global leaders to strengthen solidarity, promote mutual respect while rejecting “forming small circles or zero-sum games.”

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Republic of Korea calls for UN-led ‘era of global community’

21 September 2021

The UN needs to usher in and lead a new “era of global community”, and the Republic of Korea will do all it can to support a revived world order based on solidarity and cooperation, the nation’s President, Moon Jae-in, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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DR Congo President asks for materialization of ‘all the promises made to Africa’ 

21 September 2021
Africa

The President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, asked for United Nations Member States to “materialize all the promises made to Africa in compensation for the sacrifices agreed to protect humanity against global warming.” 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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On Afghanistan, Qatar calls for separating aid from political differences

21 September 2021

The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, warning against potential boycott in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the United States of America addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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At UN, Biden pledges new era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ to tackle global challenges

21 September 2021
Global

In his inaugural address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN, United States President Joseph Biden on Tuesday called for a new era of global unity against the compounding crises of COVID-19, climate change and insecurity.

UN honours International Day of Peace with John Lennon stamps
UNPA

John Lennon, stamps inspiring message of peace, on UN's big week

21 September 2021

This year’s International Day of Peace has been marked by the release of new stamps featuring music icon and peace campaigner, John Lennon, by the UN Postal Administration (UNPA), as the UN General Assembly High Level Week gets underway.

President Jair Messias Bolsonaro of Brazil addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Brazilian President commits country to climate neutrality by 2050 

21 September 2021
Americas

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro highlighted this Tuesday, in New York, his country’s work on environmental preservation and the fight against climate change.  

UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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‘Power of humanity’ can overcome COVID-19, climate challenges – Assembly President

21 September 2021
Global

The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday opened the annual General Debate, this year held as a hybrid in-person and virtual event, reflecting on the darkest days of the pandemic, “when cities were shuttered and vaccines still a dream” and how the world’s peoples “came together as never before”.