With the seventy-eighth session drawing to a close, the General Assembly today adopted numerous texts on a variety of topics, including one that honours the history, culture and struggles of women and girls of African descent around the world.
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The General Assembly met today to take up drafts on "Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit", "Global health and foreign policy" and "Report of the United Nations Youth Office", including a debate on the report.
The General Assembly today adopted three texts — including a resolution in support of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States — and conducted a debate on building peace, with speakers applauding the work of the Peacebuilding Commission and calling for resources to increase its engagement.
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution that demands that the Russian Federation immediately return the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to the full control of the sovereign and competent authorities of Ukraine to ensure its safety and security, also adopting a decision and a related amendment concerning civil society participation in the high-level Summit of the Future.
The General Assembly today adopted three draft texts concerning efforts to combat sand and dust storms, the venue for the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries and speaking arrangements for the upcoming Summit of the Future.
The General Assembly today established three international observances and highlighted the importance of enhancing international cooperation to build the capacity of artificial intelligence (AI), adopting four resolutions, all without a vote.
The General Assembly today authorized nearly $5.6 billion to keep 14 peacekeeping missions, 2 service centres and support staff at Headquarters operating through June 2025, adopting 20 resolutions and 1 decision forwarded by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
Amid widespread concerns about a dysfunctional Council unable to discharge its responsibility to maintain peace, the General Assembly took up that body’s 2023 report today, and called for more transparent and analytical reports that go beyond meeting records.
The General Assembly today urged accelerated action to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic accidents worldwide by implementing the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030.
The global response to HIV/AIDS has been “a success story”, senior United Nations officials told the General Assembly today, as delegates spotlighted significant gains in the fight against the widespread disease as well as the remaining challenges to ending the public health scare by 2030.