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António Costa, Prime Minister of the Portuguese Republic, addresses the general debate of the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 20 - 26 September 2022).

Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary took oath of office today as the President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly. His presidency will highlight “solutions through solidarity, sustainability and science.” UNIFEED

Closing seventy-sixth session, General Assembly President urges Member States not to lose hope in face of myriad global challenges.

After touring flood afflicted  regions in Pakistan, Secretary-General António Guterres said, “I have never seen climate carnage on this scale” and added that the affected area, “is three times the total area of my own country, Portugal.” UNIFEED

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Security Council, "The Russian military has turned the territory of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia power plant, into a war zone. This is a fact,” adding that “Russia should unconditionally stop nuclear blackmail.” UNIFEED

Informal comments to the media by Sergiy Kyslytsa, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.

Amid mixed results for Africa’s effective governance, peace, security, speakers in Security Council spotlight ways to end violence, build capacity for growth.

Amid mixed results for Africa’s effective governance, peace, security, speakers in Security Council spotlight ways to end violence, build capacity for growth.

The monkeypox outbreak which was declared by the Director-General of the World Health’s Organization’s (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on 23 July as a Global Health Emergency, could be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups, according to WHO’s monkeypox expert. UNTV CH

With temperatures expected to remain above normal until the middle of next week, the World Metrological Organization (WMO) warned that heatwaves are and will occur more and more frequently. The pattern is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity, raising serious concerns for the planet’s future. UNTV CH