With strong leadership and comprehensive strategies it’s never too late for countries to change the trendlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite passing the tragic milestone of one million deaths this week amid regional surges in infections, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday.
As global leaders gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday to present their plans to combat climate change, United States President Donald Trump put the spotlight on the need to safeguard religious freedom worldwide.
“We are a world in pieces” that needs instead to become a “world at peace.”
The words of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday, at the opening of the UN General Debate, when every country gets to address the 193-member General Assembly in New York.
President of the United States Donald Trump said Member States needed to confront what he called “wicked” rogue regimes, adding that it might be necessary for the US to “totally destroy” North Korea if it failed to stop its nuclear weapons programme.
Reform of the United Nations took centre stage this Monday as 128 countries backed a pledge to reshape the global organization.
United States President Donald Trump joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres to underline the common goal of a UN that provides value for money while advancing shared values.
Dianne Penn reports.
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If Africa is to achieve sustainable development, then more emphasis should be placed on its successes, not crises, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in New York on Wednesday.
The UN chief, fresh from the African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia, also addressed issues such as the recent suspension of the refugee programme in the United States.
Dianne Penn reports.
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