Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

General Assembly

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Warning ‘World Is in Peril’, Secretary-General Stresses Countries Must ‘Work as One’ to Achieve Global Goals, at Opening of Seventy-Seventh General Assembly Session

Speaking at the largest General Assembly gathering since the COVID-19 pandemic halted in-person events and devastated global travel some three years ago, world leaders this September called on the international community to unite in the face of the conflict in Ukraine, global climate emergency, and emerging food, fuel and cost-of-living crises.

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Sustained Efforts Will Make Legally Binding Treaty Possible, Chair Says, as Middle East Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction-Free Zone Conference Ends Third Session

The third session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction concluded today at the New York Headquarters of the United Nations, with its Chair expressing confidence that sustained efforts towards its objective will ultimately bear fruit.

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With Global Tensions Mounting, Ridding Middle East of Weapons of Mass Destruction Will ‘Reduce Risks in Region and Beyond’, High Representative Tells Conference

Finally achieving a Middle East unencumbered by any nuclear threat will go a long way to reducing heightened international risks in the region and beyond, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs affirmed today as she addressed the opening today of the third session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction.