In an emergency special session that resumed today, the General Assembly began its consideration of a draft resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months, as Member States voiced overwhelming support for the text.
The General Assembly adopted the work programme for its seventy-ninth session today, deciding to include items on addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons and on lethal autonomous weapons systems in its agenda, while two Member States voiced opposing views on the body’s consideration of an item relating to Ukraine.
On 6 June 2024, the United Nations General Assembly elected Philemon Yang of Cameroon as President of its seventy-ninth session, which runs from September 2024 until September 2025.
The General Assembly opened its seventy-ninth session today, with its new President outlining his key priorities — fostering economic growth, preventing and resolving conflicts, protecting human rights and strengthening international law.
Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:
Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:
The General Assembly concluded its seventy-eighth session today, with outgoing President Dennis Francis (Trinidad and Tobago) urging Member States to recommit to ending poverty and hunger, combating inequalities and building peaceful societies that leave no one behind in a world currently aflame with heightened conflict.
Taking up the remaining business before the closure of its current session, the General Assembly adopted several resolutions and decisions today, including drafts on multilingualism and indigenous peoples’ participation in United Nations meetings.
Despite progress made, the threat posed by nuclear weapons still looms unacceptably large, exacerbated by a world once again torn apart by conflict and strife, the President of the General Assembly warned today on the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met this afternoon to hear a report from the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.
