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Charles Michel, President of the European Council, said, “The United Nations system today is stiff and hobbled by hostile forces.” UNIFEED

Charles Michel, President of the European Council, told reporters in New York, “Ukraine is a crime scene, and there is a criminal.” UNIFEED

World leaders and United Nations officials arrive at UN Headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual General Debate. UNIFEED

Josep Borrell, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, said, “In the last 30 years after the Oslo Agreement, we cannot say that we are closer to peace between Israel and Palestine.” He added, “If we really want a two-state solution, everybody has to support it in practical terms.” UNIFEED

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts maintained at the UN Human Rights Council that serious international crimes continue to be inflicted against the people in Myanmar by the country’s military junta and affiliate militias, while armed conflict has intensified substantially. UNTV CH

Paolo Gentiloni, European Union Commissioner for Economy, said, “We can’t have sustained growth unless we have sustainable growth.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres today in Brussels said, “an ever more multipolar world” calls for “enhanced forms of cooperation and multilateral governance – anchored in international law,” and the European Union “must be an essential pillar of this new global order.” EUROPEAN COMMISSION / OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF BELGIUM

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Secretary-General António Guterres said the United Nations “very much” counts on the European Union “to lead the transformations that are necessary in order to be able to put back on track the 2030 agenda.” COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / UNRIC

Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said that the United Nations and the multilateral system are “under threat as they have never been before.” UNIFEED