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Can António Guterres lead a broken United Nations?

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The U.N. secretary-general has faced a dysfunctional Security Council, an isolationist White House, and entrenched bureaucracy. In the face of COVID-19 and climate change, can António Guterres lead the world to collective action?

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Times of India

K-pop band BTS to deliver a speech at the 75th United Nations General Assembly

After creating history by becoming the first South Korean band to top the Billboards Top 100 music chart, BTS is all set to deliver a speech at the 75

4 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

'Our 1945 moment': UN faces fears of a 'great fracture' at general assembly

Amid prerecorded speeches, secretary-general issues warning over US-China rivalry at an unprecedented moment“Today, we face our own 1945 moment,” the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, said as he opened the UN’s 75th general assembly, to a thinly populated chamber of socially distanced diplomats.Guterres meant the historical reference as a call to action inspired by the generation who had survived the second world war and sought…

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

United Nations 75th general assembly – live updates

Follow developments live as Jair Bolsonaro, Donald Trump, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin – among others – give pre-recorded video messages 2.07pm BSTGuterres makes some fairly targetted criticisms of world leaders, likely directly at Trump, saying that “populism and nationalism have failed” and that “we must be guided by science and tethered to reality”. 2.06pm BSTMore concerning words from Guterres on the pandemic:“For the …

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

World leaders mark U.N. at 75, challenged by pandemic and U.S., China tensions

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS - World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic and tensions between the United States and China challenge the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member body. As COVID-19 began to spread around the world earlier this year, forcing millions of people to

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

World Leaders Mark UN 75th Anniversary Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

World leaders came together, virtually, on Monday to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, as the deadly coronavirus pandemic and tensions between the United States and China challenge the effectiveness and solidarity of the 193-member body.

4 years ago·New Delhi, India

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USA Today

Trump blasts China in speech before United Nations General Assembly

President Donald Trump says the United Nations must hold China “accountable” for failing to contain the coronavirus, which has killed about 200,000 Americans and nearly 1 million around the world. (Sept. 22)

4 years ago·United States

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