General Assembly: 1st Plenary meeting, Opening of the 79th session

General Assembly: 1st Plenary meeting, Opening of the 79th session.
Noting Doubts About Collective Capacity to Cooperate, General Assembly President Opens New Session Urging Collaboration
Must Ensure United Nations Continues as ‘Beacon of Hope’ and ‘Source of Solutions’, He Says

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:35:14
• Production Date: 10 September 2024
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: PHILEMON YANG; GUTERRES ANTONIO; ANTÓNIO GUTTERES; ANTONIO GUTERRES
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: GA PRESIDENT; UNITED NATIONS ROLE; UN CHARTER; SPEAKERS; CEREMONIES
• MAMS Id: 3253666
• Parent Id: 3250925

Description

The General Assembly opened its seventy-ninth session today, with its new President outlining his key priorities — fostering economic growth, preventing and resolving conflicts, protecting human rights and strengthening international law. 

Underscoring the “immense responsibility” entrusted to him, Philemon Yang (Cameroon) declared: “I accept this distinctive honour as a testament to our shared aspirations for a better world.” 

Opening of the session by the President of the General Assembly 

• Item 1 Minute of silent prayer or meditation 
• Item 2 Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee 
• Item 3 (a) Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items 
• Item 7: Letter from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences (A/79/335)

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UN Press Coverage

A/79/335