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24 September 2024

SG/SM/22378

Global Course ‘Is Unsustainable’, Secretary-General Stresses to General Assembly, But with Dialogue, Compromise ‘We Can Choose the Future We Want’

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address to the opening of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

22 September 2024

SG/SM/22372

Three Landmark Agreements ‘a Step-Change' towards More Effective, Inclusive, Networked Multilateralism, Says Secretary-General at Summit of Future

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the Summit of the Future, in New York today:

18 September 2024

GA/PAL/1472

Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau Welcomes Historic General Assembly Resolution Calling for End to Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

The following statement was issued today by the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

10 September 2024

GA/12623

Philemon Yang of Cameroon President of Seventy-Ninth General Assembly

On 6 June 2024, the United Nations General Assembly elected Philemon Yang of Cameroon as President of its seventy-ninth session, which runs from September 2024 until September 2025.

10 September 2024

SG/SM/22359

United Nations General Assembly Instrumental to Achieving Peaceful, Just Future for All People, Says Secretary-General, Opening Seventy-Ninth Session

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

10 September 2024

SG/SM/22357

Multilateral System ‘Only as Effective as Member States’ Commitment to It’, Stresses Secretary-General, at Closing of General Assembly Session

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

23 July 2024

GA/PAL/1470

Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau Welcomes International Court of Justice’s Landmark Advisory Opinion, Calls for Rapid Action by International Community

Following is the statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

15 July 2024

DSG/SM/1922

‘Combating Poverty, Inequality Is in Our Hands’, Says Deputy Secretary-General, at General Assembly Observance of Nelson Mandela International Day

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the General Assembly observance of Nelson Mandela International Day, in New York today:

19 June 2024

DSG/SM/1915

Noting ‘End of AIDS Is in Sight’, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Building on Immense Progress Made, Finishing Job, in Remarks to General Assembly

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, delivered on behalf of the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly’s annual review of HIV/AIDS, in New York today:

6 June 2024

SG/SM/22258

Secretary-General Congratulates Philemon Yang of Cameroon on Being Elected General Assembly’s Next President

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the election of the President of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, in New York today: