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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
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”.  

Abdulla Shahid of the Maldives takes the podium after being elected President of the 76th session of the General Assembly.
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Foreign Minister of Maldives elected next General Assembly President 

7 June 2021
UN Affairs

The UN chief welcomed the election on Monday of Abdulla Shahid, Foreign Minister of the Maldives, as President-elect of the 76th session of the General Assembly. 

The seventy-fourth President of the General Assembly presides over the election of his successor.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

New Assembly president pledges to serve UN ‘as a whole’, building consensus

22 June 2020
UN Affairs

The expectations and views of each of the world’s regional groups and its members “will be equally important and valuable to me”, the newly elected president of what will be the 75th UN General Assembly, told an informal meeting of the world body on Monday.

UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande meets cadets participating in a military and peacekeeping training programme at Khawla bint Al Azwar Military Academy for Women in Abu Dhabi.
United Nations

Global Goals top General Assembly President’s priority list

13 January 2020
SDGs

The President of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on Monday set out his 2020 priorities, which aim to make the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality by the start of the next decade.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file photo).
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Quality education an ‘essential pillar’ of a better future, says UN chief

12 November 2019
Culture and Education

Education is an “essential pillar” to achieving the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN chief António Guterres told an audience on Tuesday at the Paris headquarters of UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization, ahead of the agency’s General Conference.

General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák at the closing of the general debate.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

With annual general debate over, time has come for action, UN Assembly President says

25 September 2017
The United Nations General Assembly wrapped up its 72nd annual general debate today, with its President underscoring prevention of conflicts before they break out, support for UN peacekeeping, sustainable development, and respect for human rights and gender equality among the major priorities raised by the 196 Heads of State, Government and delegations.