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Shun unilateral action, embrace multilateralism, Namibian President urges at UN Assembly

·November 21, 2025·1 min read

“Democracy might have its flaws, but it is by far the best system that enables key values of the United Nations, necessary for sustained inclusive development,” Hage Geingob, the President of Namibia told the General Assembly annual general debate. The Namibian leader outlined emerging and existing challenges, which continue to...

Security Council lifts terror-related sanctions on Syrian President

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·November 10, 2025·4 min read

Soon after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in early December 2024, the international community began to ease sanctions against the country, in an attempt to improve the humanitarian situation and revive the battered economy. The United States, United Kingdom and European lifted punitive measures covering around $15 billion in restricted...

Post-war Somalia proves multilateralism can make the world a better place, says President

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·September 26, 2025·1 min read

Somalia’s story is one of “real national effort supported by truly committed international partners,” he said, referring to the country’s transition from all-out civil conflict beginning in 2012. “In fact, Somalia is evidence that multilateralism and global solidarity can make the world a better, safer and progressive place.” He affirmed...

‘Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb,’ President tells General Assembly

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·September 24, 2025·2 min read

Masoud Pezeshkian began his remarks by upholding the importance of equality and mutual respect among all peoples. “The bedrock of all divine religions and of the human conscience is this golden maxim: that which you would not approve for yourself, do not approve for others,” he said. He noted, however,...

‘Our democracy is non-negotiable’, President Lula of Brazil tells General Assembly

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·September 24, 2025·1 min read

“Multilateralism is at a new crossroads” and the world is “witnessing the consolidation of an international order marked by repeated concessions to power play, attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions and unilateral interventions are becoming the rule.” He said that “throughout the world, anti-democratic forces are trying to subjugate institutions and...

Uphold founding principles and ‘be better together’: General Assembly President

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·September 24, 2025·2 min read

The anniversary should have been a moment of celebration, she noted, but this is not an ordinary year, with conflict and crises in Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti and beyond. “Faced with these realities, now is not the time to celebrate but to ask ourselves: Where is the United Nations? Clearly, we...

US President Trump criticizes UN, NATO and climate ‘hoax’

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·September 23, 2025·2 min read

“What is the purpose of the United Nations?” he asked, adding “all they seem to do is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up. It’s empty words and empty words don’t solve war.” He noted that some had suggested he be awarded the Nobel...

Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President

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·September 9, 2025·2 min read

On Tuesday, Germany’s Annalena Baerbock will become the first European woman to hold the post and only the fifth female President in the Assembly’s history. On the eve of Baerbock’s inauguration, UN News spoke with one of her predecessors. María Fernanda Espinosa, a former Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs...

‘Delivering better’: New ECOSOC president emphasises climate action, food security

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·August 1, 2025·2 min read

Mr. Thapa said that the motto of his presidency will be “Delivering Better,” which requires strengthening partnerships and multilateralism to achieve more effective implementation of initiatives, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. “Delivering better is not an option — it is an imperative. It is our pathway to...

Germany’s Annalena Baerbock elected President of the 80th General Assembly

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·June 3, 2025·3 min read

She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming selection of the next Secretary-General. Ms. Baerbock received 167 votes following the secret ballot. Write-in candidate Helga Schmid (also from Germany) received seven. Fourteen delegations abstained. She becomes the first...

UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine

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·March 9, 2025·5 min read

The meeting, held under the Assembly’s veto initiative, followed Russia’s use of its Security Council veto on 24 February to block amendments to a United States-led draft resolution on the conflict in Ukraine. The two amendments were proposed by the Council’s European members – France, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece,...

Bridging the divide: General Assembly President on UN reforms and Africa’s digital future

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·February 8, 2025·4 min read

In an interview with UN News, Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly expressed particular concern for the challenges faced by African countries, and the need to bridge the development divide between the Global South and the developed world. The interview took place shortly after a Security Council meeting on...