At a plenary meeting to pay tribute to Freitas do Amaral, current General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande led a minute of silence. In his remarks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is also Portuguese, said Freitas do Amaral left a strong imprint as an advocate for a multila...
Csaba Korosi, president-elect of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, addresses a plenary session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 7, 2022. Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi was elected the president of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General ...
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with the current president of the UN General Assembly, Ali Treki, on Tuesday, pledging China's continued work in addressing global and other problems. During the meeting, Yang stressed the importance of Chinese President ...
UN General Assembly president on solving the most important issues of our time U.N. President Dennis Francis sits down with ABC News' Linsey Davis to discuss hot-button issues from climate change, to South Sudan and the ongoing Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars....
He will replace the current president, Peter Thomson of Fiji when the next assembly session convenes in September this year. Addressing the assembly after his election, Lajcak said his priorities would include peace, migration, development as well as climate change. ...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Green finance is critical for transforming the world into sustainable development, said Peter Thomson, president-elect of the UN General Assembly (GA), in an interview. As the president of the upcoming GA 71st session, Thomson told Xinhua that his priority...
On the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year, United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis sends his blessings to the Chinese people for the Year of the Dragon on Leaders Talk. President Francis discusses the significance of the UN resolution designating the Chinese Sp...
Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi speaks after being elected the president of the upcoming 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 7, 2022. (XIE E / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – Hungarian diplomat Csaba Korosi was elected the president of the upcoming...
Reports on President of the 57th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Jan Kavan's meeting with Yoriko Kawaguchi, Japanese Foreign Minister in Tokyo. Kavan's concern about the possibility of the United States' military action against Iraq without UN authorization....
Lajcak also ran for the position of UN Secretary-General in 2016. He will replace the current president, Peter Thomson of Fiji when the next assembly session convenes in September this year. Addressing the assembly after his election, Lajcak said his priorities would include peace, migration, ...