Special Coverage of the 76th General Debate
21 September – 27 September 2021
The stage is set for the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. While the world still grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the debate will be held in hybrid format, with some leaders participating virtually and others travelling to New York to deliver their statements in the iconic Assembly hall.
 

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Special Coverage of the 76th General Debate

President Jair Messias Bolsonaro of Brazil addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Brazilian President commits country to climate neutrality by 2050 

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

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.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

‘Power of humanity’ can overcome COVID-19, climate challenges – Assembly President

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

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”.  

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Restore trust and inspire hope, UN chief says in message to UNGA76

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his keynote address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the opening of the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

UN Secretary-General's address to the Opening of the General Debate of UNGA76

21 September 2021
General News

UN Secretary-General's address to the Opening of the General Debate of the 76th Session of the General Assembly, on Tuesday, 21 September 2021. Full remarks here. 

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