General Assembly: 74th Plenary Meeting, 77th Session
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The General Assembly today elected by acclamation Dennis Francis (Trinidad and Tobago) to serve as President of its seventy-eighth session, after which its six Main Committees elected their respective Bureaus.
In thanking Member States as well as his Government, people, staff and family, Mr. Francis said: nbsp;“My heart is truly full, even as I remain keenly aware that being called to serve as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations constitutes a weighty responsibility.”nbsp;
In that vein, when the international community postpones or neglects to offer its support to the millions who lack access to quality education, is it not consigning them to an intergenerational cycle of poverty, degradation and misery, he asked. To save those children and young people from near certain defeat, the world must afford them, through education, the option of choice and the capacity to self-actualize for their benefit and that of their communities.nbsp;
Conscious of the Office’s sensitivity and weighty duties, he then pledged to discharge those responsibilities with transparency, accountability, vigour and dedication.nbsp;
Congratulating the President-elect, Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary) stressed that Mr. Francis’ vision for the seventy-eighth session — “Peace, Prosperity, Progress and Sustainability” — offers a comprehensive view of the Assembly’s work as it rebuilds trusts, tackles climate change and strives to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track. nbsp;
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General — praising Mr. Kőrösi for his diplomatic skill, stewardship, dedication and commitment to “solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science” throughout his presidency — also congratulated the President-elect. nbsp;Mr. Francis, he noted, arrives at a deeply challenging moment for the human family amid conflicts and climate chaos; escalating poverty, hunger and inequality; mistrust and division; and the 2030 Agenda — the road map to a better future — in danger as the Global Goals are slipping out of reach. Across all these issues, the world looks to the Assembly to unite Member States around common solutions.nbsp;
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In thanking Member States as well as his Government, people, staff and family, Mr. Francis said: nbsp;“My heart is truly full, even as I remain keenly aware that being called to serve as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations constitutes a weighty responsibility.”nbsp;
In that vein, when the international community postpones or neglects to offer its support to the millions who lack access to quality education, is it not consigning them to an intergenerational cycle of poverty, degradation and misery, he asked. To save those children and young people from near certain defeat, the world must afford them, through education, the option of choice and the capacity to self-actualize for their benefit and that of their communities.nbsp;
Conscious of the Office’s sensitivity and weighty duties, he then pledged to discharge those responsibilities with transparency, accountability, vigour and dedication.nbsp;
Congratulating the President-elect, Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi (Hungary) stressed that Mr. Francis’ vision for the seventy-eighth session — “Peace, Prosperity, Progress and Sustainability” — offers a comprehensive view of the Assembly’s work as it rebuilds trusts, tackles climate change and strives to get the Sustainable Development Goals back on track. nbsp;
António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General — praising Mr. Kőrösi for his diplomatic skill, stewardship, dedication and commitment to “solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science” throughout his presidency — also congratulated the President-elect. nbsp;Mr. Francis, he noted, arrives at a deeply challenging moment for the human family amid conflicts and climate chaos; escalating poverty, hunger and inequality; mistrust and division; and the 2030 Agenda — the road map to a better future — in danger as the Global Goals are slipping out of reach. Across all these issues, the world looks to the Assembly to unite Member States around common solutions.nbsp;
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