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Closing the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, its outgoing president Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said “this is a moment of reckoning for our shared planet and future,” and praised youth for its “uncommon leadership in the face of the difficulties our world faces.” UNIFEED

General Assembly (GA) President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande confirmed that the 75th General Debate will be a “hybrid meeting," as “most delegations will be led by heads of state and government from afar, and statements can be read by permanent representatives.” UNIFEED

Welcoming delegates back to the General Assembly Hall for the first in-person plenary meeting since March of this year, General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said efforts made by member states "are critical as we begin the Decade of Action and Delivery to implement the Sustainable Development Goals, or as it is likely to become, the decade of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic." UNIFEED

In much of the world, “hunger remains deeply entrenched and is rising”, Secretary-General António Guterres said at the launch of this year’s major UN food security update, which highlights that over the past five years, tens of millions of people have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished. UNIFEED

Marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Charter, UN chief António Guterres said the document “brought rules and hope to a world in ruins” and remains a “touchstone for a world mired in a pandemic, torn by discrimination, endangered by climate change and scarred by poverty, inequality and war.” UNIFEED

General Assembly President-elect, Volkan Bozkir said the UN body, “as the parliament of the world, is uniquely situated to steer our multilateral efforts” in the face of global challenges, “including humanitarian crises, deadly conflicts, and COVID-19.” UNIFEED

Kenya was elected as a member of the Security Council for a two-year term, following a second round of ballots at the General Assembly to determine the remaining seat for the Africa-Asia and the Pacific group. UNIFEED

Volkan Bozkir of Turkey was elected President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, while India, Ireland, Mexico, and Norway were elected members of the Security Council for a two-year term. 18 States were elected members of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a 3-year term. UNIFEED

Briefing reporters via teleconference from New York, General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande said “we are forced to reflect deeper as to what will happen post COVID, because of the devastation which COVID has brought to social and economic life.” UNIFEED

Addressing a virtual meeting of the Africa Dialogue Series (ADS), Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, the COVID-19 pandemic “is affecting capacity to support peace and security efforts in Africa,” and stressed that “failure to respond quickly and adequately could jeopardize progress towards Silencing the Guns by 2020 and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa’s Agenda 2063.” UNIFEED