The international financial architecture, established in the mid-1940s, has become obsolete and must be reformed to address the challenges of developing countries, speakers emphasized during an interactive dialogue at the Summit of the Future today, calling for more equitable access to affordable financing and the creation of a fair, open global trading system.
Adopting a historic text demanding that Israel brings to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, no later than 12 months from the adoption of the resolution, the General Assembly today heard speakers stake out a range of positions regarding the best way to resolve this enduring crisis.
In an emergency special session that resumed today, the General Assembly began its consideration of a draft resolution demanding an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory within 12 months, as Member States voiced overwhelming support for the text.
The General Assembly adopted the work programme for its seventy-ninth session today, deciding to include items on addressing the legacy of nuclear weapons and on lethal autonomous weapons systems in its agenda, while two Member States voiced opposing views on the body’s consideration of an item relating to Ukraine.
The General Assembly opened its seventy-ninth session today, with its new President outlining his key priorities — fostering economic growth, preventing and resolving conflicts, protecting human rights and strengthening international law.
The General Assembly concluded its seventy-eighth session today, with outgoing President Dennis Francis (Trinidad and Tobago) urging Member States to recommit to ending poverty and hunger, combating inequalities and building peaceful societies that leave no one behind in a world currently aflame with heightened conflict.
Taking up the remaining business before the closure of its current session, the General Assembly adopted several resolutions and decisions today, including drafts on multilingualism and indigenous peoples’ participation in United Nations meetings.
Despite progress made, the threat posed by nuclear weapons still looms unacceptably large, exacerbated by a world once again torn apart by conflict and strife, the President of the General Assembly warned today on the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met this afternoon to hear a report from the Permanent Observer Mission of the State of Palestine to the United Nations.
The General Assembly today adopted an oral decision reaffirming its central role concerning the question of equitable representation and increased Security Council membership, as delegates underscored that the organ’s composition no longer reflects today’s political landscape.
