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Warning Time Is Running Out, Small Island Developing States Demand Urgent Action to Address Climate Crisis They Did Not Create, as General Debate Continues

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As the General Assembly’s annual high-level general debate continued into its fourth day, the leaders of many small island developing States took the podium to repeat a warning they have been sounding for decades — that the international community must urgently act to support nations suffering the consequences of a crisis they did not create and cannot weather alone.

People of Gaza in ‘a Living Hell’, Secretary-General Tells Ministerial Meeting, Calls for Intensified Support, Funding to Palestine Refugee Agency

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Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level ministerial meeting in support of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), in New York today:

In High-Level Meeting Marking International Day, Secretary-General Urges Nuclear-Weapon States to ‘Stop Gambling with Humanity’s Future’, Disarm Now

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Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the High-Level Meeting Commemorating and Promoting the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, in New York today:

Palestinian President Urges International Community to Hold Israel Accountable for ‘Full-Scale War of Genocide’, on Day Three of Annual General Debate

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World leaders addressed multiple flashpoints and volatile crises in the Middle East and elsewhere during the third day of the General Assembly’s annual high-level general debate, with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, urging the international community to hold Israel to account for carrying out a “full-scale war of genocide” and stressing that the Palestinian people “will not allow a single centimetre of Gaza to be taken”.

Nuclear Arms Race ‘Heading in Wrong Direction,’ United Nations Chief Warns, as General Assembly Marks Day for Their Total Elimination

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Development and threats of use of nuclear weapons are reaching a high point that must be reversed for the good of future generations, speakers said today during the General Assembly’s annual high-level commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Artificial Intelligence ‘Tool to Close Developmental, Digital, Gender Gaps’, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Meeting

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Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message, as prepared for delivery, to the High-level Meeting on International Cooperation on Capacity-Building of Artificial Intelligence, in New York today: