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

·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...

Lebanon: Election of new President a critical first step

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·January 9, 2025·1 min read

General Joseph Auon was declared President on Thursday following voting in Lebanon’s parliament. UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the new leader as he takes up his functions, saying this is a critical step towards overcoming Lebanon’s political and institutional impasse after over two years of presidential vacuum. The election of...

UN chief hails ‘peacemaker, human rights champion’, former President Jimmy Carter

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·December 30, 2024·1 min read

The Democratic Party icon lived longer than any president in US history, serving one term between 1977 and 1981, going on burnish his reputation on the international stage by being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and establishing a major hub for diplomacy and conflict resolution in the form of the...

UN chief tells President Putin Russian invasion violates UN Charter

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·October 27, 2024·2 min read

Their meeting took place on Thursday, in Kazan, Russia, the venue for the 16th BRICS Summit. In a post on social media platform X, Mr. Guterres wrote on Friday that during the meeting, he had emphasized to President Putin the illegality of the Russian invasion. “I reiterated the points I...

‘Africa must continue to rise,’ says General Assembly President

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·October 15, 2024·2 min read

In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly  President Philémon Yang addressed the continent’s progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s (AU) related framework, known as Agenda 2063. “There has never been a better time to accelerate progress towards peace, prosperity and sustainable...

Stop global warming to turn the tide on sea-level rise: UN Assembly President

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·September 25, 2024·3 min read

The situation is critical, said UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang, who convened the high-level meeting. He noted that estimates indicate up to 1.2 billion people could be forcibly displaced. “For those on the front lines, the impacts of rising seas threaten livelihoods, inflict damage to settlements and critical infrastructure, and...

‘If we act together,’ we can overcome global challenges – UN Assembly President

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·September 25, 2024·1 min read

Emphasizing the urgent need for collective action to address pressing global issues, Mr. Yang highlighted the critical state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting that with only five years remaining until the globally agreed 2030 deadline, less than 17 per cent of the targets are on track. He...

‘Visible signs of hope’ for Haiti, Assembly President Francis insists

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·December 19, 2023·3 min read

Dennis Francis, a veteran diplomat from Trinidad and Tobago, said he had returned from a visit to Haiti at the end of last month “with hope and the full knowledge that while Haiti is facing extraordinary challenges, its future holds indomitable promise.” The country has seen almost 4,000 killed and...

Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

President Mohamed Bazoum and his family are believed to be living without electricity, water, food or medicine, according to media reports. Release detained leader The democratically elected leader has been detained since soldiers seized power on 26 July. “The Secretary-General reiterates his concern for the health and safety of the...

Guterres concerned over continued detention of Niger’s President

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·August 8, 2023·1 min read

ECOWAS is scheduled to hold another meeting on the crisis on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria, according to media reports. This follows an extraordinary summit last week where the 15-member bloc issued a communiqué calling for the reinstatement of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum. Failing this, ECOWAS had threatened to “take all...