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Gridlock and fanfare – are two words often associated with the United Nations.  And at no time do these words crop up more frequently than when the General Assembly meets in the fall every year. 

Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Dine El Otmani took to the podium of the United Nations General Assembly today to decry the lack of international aid and other obstacles that prevent Africa from reaching its full potential.

Developed nations have not honoured their commitments to provide the assistance poor countries need to achieve the global anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Foreign Minister of Belize told United Nations Member States today, stressing that the future development agenda must not suffer the same fate.

The mission is clear – make our common development sustainable, the Hungarian Foreign Minister told the United Nations General Assembly today, stressing a new agenda that makes societies, economies, the environment and partnerships serve generations to come.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “strongly condemns” the murder on Sunday of more than 40 students and the wounding of several others by gunmen at an agricultural college in north-eastern Nigeria, his spokesperson said today.

A policy of sustainable development is a matter of survival for Barbados, its Minister today told the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting also debt sustainability and efforts to support the international financial service sector.

As the General Assembly’s annual General Debate draws to a close, foreign ministers from around the world took the podium today to underscore the United Nations’ prime role in ensuring global peace and setting the agenda for a major new push to eliminate poverty and under-development.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined United Nations Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder and an audience of an estimated 60,000 people this weekend to raise their voices to end extreme poverty worldwide, at the second annual Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the National Coalition for the Syrian opposition forces to reach out to other groups and agree on a united delegation for an upcoming peace conference, as he met with the President of the Coalition on Saturday.

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the suicide attack that took place on Saturday in Timbuktu, Mali, which led to two deaths and several injuries as well as caused substantial damage to a mosque inscribed on the World Heritage List.