News headlines for “United Nations on Development Issues”, page 60
UN paralyzed, challenges piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called for a major overhaul of the United Nations, including a critical examination of the Organization's nearly eight decades-old Charter, blaming the incapacity of the international community to engage in sincere negotiations for the failure to find solutions to the world's problems.
Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world leaders
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The international community bears responsibility for its failure to stop the catastrophe in Gaza, the Amir of Qatar told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, emphasizing that after almost a year of conflict, it is no longer tenable to speak of Israel’s right to defend itself without being complicit in justifying their actions.
‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that his nation had benefited from a wave of international solidarity in the battle to end apartheid and usher in a new democratic era.
‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President
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In a powerful address to the UN General Assembly, the 193-member body’s President, Philémon Yang said the annual high-level debate “remains one of the world’s most inclusive, represented, representative and authoritative platforms for global reflection of collective action”.
The world is at an inflection point but ‘there’s always a way forward’, says Biden
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United States President Joe Biden told leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday that with the world at a historical inflection point “our task, our test, is to make sure that the forces holding us together are stronger than those that are pulling us apart.”
Trust in UN’s cornerstone ideals ‘crumbling’: King Abdullah II of Jordan
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Addressing world leaders at the UN General Assembly, King Abdullah II of Jordan warned that the United Nations is facing an unprecedented crisis, one that threatens its legitimacy and undermines global trust in its moral authority.
UN’s Guterres urges global solutions as uncertain world edges toward a ‘powder keg’
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The world is locked in a “purgatory of polarity” with a growing number of governments and others feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free card”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly, which opened its annual high-level meeting on Tuesday.
LIVE: Join forces to take ‘more sustainable path’, Guterres tells world leaders
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We are on an unsustainable course, the UN Secretary General has just told world leaders gathered for the UN general debate in New York – but growing impunity, inequality and chaos can be replaced by more accountability, justice and opportunity and a future of solutions, not endless conflict. Follow all the action live, as speakers take to the podium for the general debate. UN News app users can tune in here.
UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future
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The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action and to advance the outcomes of the Summit of the Future as it concluded on Monday.
Pact for the Future: World leaders pledge action for peace, sustainable development
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World leaders on Sunday adopted the Pact for the Future, a landmark declaration pledging concrete actions towards a safer, more peaceful, sustainable and inclusive world for tomorrow’s generations.
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