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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (on screens) of the Philippines addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Philippines President urges world to ‘reverse course’ on inequality 

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines urged on Tuesday all United Nations Member States to reverse course on inequality, saying the issue will define humanity’s future. 

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo of Somalia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Somali President underscores need for COVID-19 vaccines for all

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

Despite the heavy impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia has continued on the path to economic reform, President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said in a pre-recorded speech to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi of Iran addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session...
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Sanctions are ‘US way of war’, Iranian President at UN

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

In his speech to the high-level General Debate at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi called for an end to United States sanctions against his country, describing them as a method of waging war.

President Xi Jinping (on screens) of China addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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China headed towards carbon neutrality by 2060; President Xi Jinping vows to halt new coal plants abroad

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

China is set to provide more COVID-19 vaccines to the world and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, urging global leaders to strengthen solidarity, promote mutual respect while rejecting “forming small circles or zero-sum games.”

President Moon Jae-in of the Republic of Korea addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Republic of Korea calls for UN-led ‘era of global community’

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

The UN needs to usher in and lead a new “era of global community”, and the Republic of Korea will do all it can to support a revived world order based on solidarity and cooperation, the nation’s President, Moon Jae-in, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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DR Congo President asks for materialization of ‘all the promises made to Africa’ 

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

The President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, asked for United Nations Member States to “materialize all the promises made to Africa in compensation for the sacrifices agreed to protect humanity against global warming.” 

A nurse holds a dose of vaccine at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
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COVID ‘Shot for All’, not a luxury, but development priority: UNDP 

21 September 2021
Health

Top politicians joined award-winning African performers and others on Tuesday, in New York, to take part in a special event organized by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), to discuss how COVID-19 vaccines can be fairly distributed worldwide, as a key priority for development. 

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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On Afghanistan, Qatar calls for separating aid from political differences

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

The international community must continue to support Afghanistan, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, warning against potential boycott in the wake of the Taliban takeover.

President Iván Duque Márquez of Colombia addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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Colombia calls for global financial consensus to avert COVID debt crisis

21 September 2021
Economic Development

The President of Colombia on Tuesday warned that many developing countries have increased their fiscal deficit to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, putting at risk their financial capacity to act on other priorities, such as climate change.

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. of the United States of America addresses the general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session.
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At UN, Biden pledges new era of ‘relentless diplomacy’ to tackle global challenges

21 September 2021
UN Affairs

In his inaugural address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the UN, United States President Joseph Biden on Tuesday called for a new era of global unity against the compounding crises of COVID-19, climate change and insecurity.