India abstains on UN resolution calling for Israel's withdrawal from Palestine
Sep 19, 2024, at 09:44 pm
New York/IBNS: India on Wednesday (Sept. 18) abstained from a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months.
General Assembly discusses Palestine's failed UN membership bid
May 03, 2024, at 06:40 pm
Palestine’s recent attempt to become a full member of the United Nations was the focus of discussion in the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Dec 13, 2023, at 02:15 pm
The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon in Emergency Special Session on the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict and as the ongoing crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating.
At UN Assembly, Nepali Prime Minister urges focus on common goals
Sep 22, 2023, at 11:08 pm
Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Prime Minister of Nepal emphasized the importance of collective action in tackling global challenges through peaceful means and diplomatic dialogue.
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs
Sep 19, 2023, at 06:55 pm
Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in New York.
General Assembly President hosts children from around the world, on MLK Day
Jan 18, 2023, at 12:29 am
Children from a dozen countries met with the President of the General Assembly and toured the United Nations on a federal holiday in the United States honouring the late civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Martin Luther King Jr.
Got two doses of Covishield: UN General Assembly President amid India-UK vaccine war
Oct 02, 2021, at 07:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid the India-UK vaccine war, United Nations General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has said he was administered with two doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, media reports said.
Maldives Foreign Minister elected President of UN General Assembly
Jun 08, 2021, at 05:46 am
New York/IBNS: Abdulla Shahid, foreign minister of the Maldives, was elected the President of the 76th United Nations General Assembly with three-fourth majority, garnering 143 votesout of the 191 ballots cast.
Make 2021 a year of possibility and hope, UN chief tells General Assembly
Jan 29, 2021, at 03:14 pm
New York: Following an “annus horribilis” of death, disaster and despair, 2021 must be a year of transformation, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN’s 193 Member States on Thursday.
UN General Assembly: The world’s ‘town hall’ remains open during COVID-19 crisis
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:12 pm
New York/IBNS: Although it seems the whole world is on lockdown as countries follow health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19, the global “town hall” at UN Headquarters in New York remains open for business, albeit with a technical twist.
UN General Assembly President upholds value of multilateralism in speech closing annual debate
Oct 01, 2019, at 03:47 pm
New York: The only way to guarantee peace, security and sustainable development is for countries to work together, the UN General Assembly president said in his speech on Monday concluding the annual high-level debate in the Hall.
South Sudan ‘heading towards lasting peace and stability’, UN General Assembly told
Sep 27, 2019, at 04:10 pm
New York: Through the cooperation of the leaders of South Sudan, First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai on Thursday told the United Nations General Assembly that his country could become “a beacon of hope and peace”.
‘Champion for multilateralism’ readies to hand over UN General Assembly gavel
Sep 17, 2019, at 10:25 am
New York: Through consultation, collaboration and consensus, the UN chief on Monday described outgoing President of the General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa, as “a champion for multilateralism” who had succeeded in making the United Nations “relevant to all”.
UN General Assembly celebrates 20 years of promoting a culture of peace
Sep 14, 2019, at 09:41 am
New York: Just as the greatest global challenges cannot be solved by a single country, peace cannot be pursued in isolation, outgoing UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa said on Friday.
UN General Assembly renews long-standing call for end to US embargo against Cuba
Nov 02, 2018, at 08:51 am
New York, Nov 2 (IBNS): The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favour of condemning the United States economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba - a call it has made every year since 1992.
Here’s what happens at the UN General Assembly when world leaders have gone home
Oct 23, 2018, at 08:01 am
New York, Oct 23 (IBNS): After the world media spotlight fades on the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, the work of the Assembly, the UN’s primary deliberative body, shifts to its so-called Main Committees, where the bulk of the Organization’s work get done.
Oct 02, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Oct 2 (IBNS): The United Nations needs to adapt to meet the challenges facing the world, Thailand’s Deputy Foreign Minister Virasakdi Futrakul told the General Assembly on Monday, endorsing Secretary General António Guterres’s efforts to make the Organization more effective.
Bring the United Nations closer to the people, urges Assembly President in her inaugural speech
Sep 19, 2018, at 08:59 am
New York, Sept 19 (IBNS): The new session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on Wednesday with its President pledging to use her year in office to bring the world body closer to the people and strengthen their sense of ownership and support for the UN.
In a complex world, ‘we need to take the right road’: outgoing General Assembly President
Sep 18, 2018, at 08:38 am
New York, Sept 18 (IBNS): The outgoing UN General Assembly President, Miroslav LajÄák, called on the global community on Monday to remain steadfast in support of multilateralism, reiterating that it is the only way to address the complex and growing challenges facing the world.
Peace must be built ‘block after block’ UN General Assembly President tells key forum
Sep 06, 2018, at 09:35 am
New York, Sept 6 (IBNS): Under the theme of charting “A Credible Pathway to Sustaining Peace,” Miroslav LajÄák, President of the 72nd General Assembly, convened this year’s one-day High-level Forum for Member States and others on Wednesday, to further promote a global culture of peace.
Ecuadorian politician and poet becomes fourth woman to preside over UN General Assembly
Jun 06, 2018, at 08:43 am
New York, June 6 (IBNS): The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, President of its upcoming 73rd session; only the fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body, and the first since 2006.