UNGA

North Korea tells UN: We will never give up nuclear program

North Korea will never give up its nuclear program, the country's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, describing it as "tantamount to…

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Ukraine’s Call for Sovereignty: Zelenskyy’s Speech at the U.N. Assembly

Ukraine’s president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global “action” to force Russia into peace for invading his country and to comply…

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What’s on the agenda at the UNGA?

As global leaders converge on New York this week, the world and the U.N. itself are facing a host of challenges. From armed conflict and the existential threat of a…

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UPDATED: At UN for last time, Biden seeks to calm Mideast tension

U.S. President Joe Biden addressed world leaders at the United Nations for the final time on Tuesday, declaring that Russia's war in Ukraine has failed and that a diplomatic solution…

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UPDATED: Zelenskiy says ending war at Ukraine’s expense is ‘unacceptable’

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has given a wide-ranging interview to the New Yorker. In it he said that Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance is “too radical” in his ideas of how…

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World leaders to meet at UN amid threat of Gaza, Ukraine war spillovers

More than 130 world leaders will meet at the United Nations next week, faced with wars in the Middle East and Europe threatening to spread, frustration at the slow pace…

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World reacts to UN vote calling on Israel to end Palestinian occupation

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within a year and the imposition of sanctions for…

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What is the UNGA and what will world leaders talk about?

Every September world leaders travel to New York to address the start of the annual United Nations General Assembly session. The six days of speeches to mark the beginning of…

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74th U.N. General Debate saw only 16 women deliver national statements

Having concluded the High-level segment of the General Assembly, where heads of State or senior officials from 192 of the UN’s 193 Member States discussed the world’s pressing issues, President…

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At UN, Modi says India gave world ‘Buddha, not war’

In his address to the UN General Assembly’s general debate on Friday, the Prime Minister of India outlined how the world’s largest democracy has embodied the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…

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Pakistan’s Khan warns of all-out conflict amid rising tensions over Kashmir

In a fiery address on Friday to the UN General Assembly, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned of an all-out conflict with neighbouring India, saying that there will be a…

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At UN Assembly, China says ‘it will not ever be cowered by threats’

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China declared that his country will not ever be cowered by threats or…

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Unable to accept its decline, West subverts international law to suit its needs, Russia’s Lavrov tells UN

While crediting the United Nations for preventing ‘World War III’, the Foreign Minister of Russia lamented to the General Assembly on Friday that the number of conflicts on the planet…

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Germany launches Alliance for Multilateralism

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Thursday welcomed his fellow foreign ministers from some 50 countries for the first meeting of the "Alliance for Multilateralism," a loose group of nations…

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Prime Minister Joseph Muscat addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly

Here under is the speech by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly: We can describe today's world in many ways:…

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‘Moral imperative’ to stop threat to media freedom

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, UK Minister for Human Rights, has said that the current crackdown on journalists across the world is a deep-rooted problem, and a rebuke to the rule…

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At UN, Iran proposes ‘coalition for hope’ to pull Gulf region from ‘edge of collapse’

The Gulf region is “on the edge of collapse”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told world leaders on Wednesday at the annual high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly, saying…

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US President Trump says countries have ‘absolute right’ to protect their borders

The path to peace and a better world “begins at home,” United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, urging countries to look after their own interests on issues like…

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High-level EU delegation in New York for the 74th United Nations General Assembly

A high-level European Union delegation is in New York for the 74th United Nations General Assembly this week. For the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, the EU will…

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