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A midwife prepares medicine for a two-week-old HIV-positive baby in Uganda.
© UNICEF/Jimmy Adriko

Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030 

8 June 2021
Health

Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported, four decades ago, the UN General Assembly President said on Tuesday that the “tragic reality” is that the most vulnerable remain in jeopardy. 

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 Secretary-General António Guterres (file photo).
© UNESCO/Christelle Alix

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.

An elderly women sells colorful paper lanterns with candles to float down the Thu Bon River in Hoi An, Vietnam.
© Eric Ganz

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Greek island shelter crisis, only 8 per cent of UNGA speakers women, Russian alcohol laws extending lives, Older Persons Day

1 October 2019
Migrants and Refugees

Tuesday’s top stories: Greece urged to fast-track asylum-seekers as 1,000 die on the Mediterranean; just 16 women addressed UN General Assembly; less alcohol means longer lives in Russia; cholera campaign in Sudan; standing up for older people on international day.

UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés underscores the importance of indigenous languages and their contribution to cultural diversity and sustainable development.
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‘Champion for multilateralism’ readies to hand over UN General Assembly gavel

16 September 2019
UN Affairs

Through consultation, collaboration and consensus, the UN chief on Monday described outgoing President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, as “a champion for multilateralism” who had succeeded in making the United Nations “relevant to all”.

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.