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A new United Nations report, “The Heat is On,” showcases how the world can take swift and meaningful action on climate change. It follows up on climate action plans known as “Nationally Determined Contributions” (NDCs), which are the backbone of the Paris Agreement on climate change. UNIFEED

Outlining top priorities, new General Assembly President highlights critical work in combating poverty, climate change, as he opens Seventy-Fourth session at 1st plenary meeting.

Press Briefing by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General and Luis Alfonso de Alba, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit. They will brief reporters on the High-Level meetings of the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly.

Press Briefing by John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Vinod Mishra, Chief, Migration and Urbanisation Section, DESA. They will brief reporters on the launch of the International Migration Report 2019.

Before leaving to go to the United Nations’ first Youth Climate Summit in New York as a special guest of the global body, Swiss activist Marie-Claire Graf told journalists in Geneva on Tuesday that world leaders needed to “take young people seriously” to find solutions to the planet’s “existential” crisis. UNTV CH

General Assembly advocates labour rights, ending illicit wildlife trade, adopting 6 resolutions as it concludes Seventy-Third Session at 107th and 108th meetings.

General Assembly advocates labour rights, ending illicit wildlife trade, adopting 6 resolutions as it concludes Seventy-Third Session at 107th and 108th meetings.

The outgoing President of the General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, looked back over her yearlong tenure and ahead to continuing her commitment to the core issues on the global agenda. Expressing her strong faith in the value of the United Nations and in particular its General Assembly, she pledged to continue advancing the international community’s shared goals for a better world. UNIFEED

Press Briefing by Lise Kingo, CEO & Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, on the 2019 UN Global Compact Progress Report and the upcoming UN Global Compact Leaders Week (23–26 September 2019).

The financial cost of the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas “will be in the billions of dollars and The Bahamas cannot be expected to foot this bill alone” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday upon arrival in the Bahamian capital Nassau, less than two weeks after a category five hurricane hit several islands of the Caribbean country. UN / OCHA