General Assembly: 17th plenary meeting, 80th session

General Assembly delegates call Africa’s industrialization a ‘matter of justice’, offering proposals for UN reform, stronger mandate-review capabilities.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:45:12
• Production Date: 6 October 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION- UNIDO
• Subject Topical: CONFERENCES; DEVELOPMENT; MILLENNIUM SUMMIT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS REFORM; ECONOMICS; DETAINED PERSONS; INDUSTRIALIZATION
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 3461592
• Parent Id: 3459411
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 17 PLENARY 06 OCT 2025 AM

Description

The General Assembly held a joint debate today on United Nations reform and Africa’s development, with delegates urging “comprehensive and coherent reform” of the Organization and backing a fourth Industrial Development Decade for Africa to drive the continent’s “transformation, equity and global solidarity”.

The 193-member Assembly had before it the report of the Secretary-General on “Mandate implementation review” (document A/80/318) under the UN80 Initiative. Additionally, the Assembly had before it the report of the Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on progress made in the implementation of the third Industrial Development Decade for Africa (2016–2025) contained the Secretary-General’s note (document A/80/271), as well as the report of the Secretary-General on “Implementation of the resolution on the establishment of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic” (document A/80/359).

• Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields - Item 13; Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit - Item 117; Strengthening of the United Nations system - Item 123; United Nations reform: measures and proposals - Item 124

The consideration of agenda items 13, 117, 123 and 124 began.

Statements:

• Guinea-Bissau (on behalf of the African Group)
• Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (on behalf of the Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter)
• Belize (on behalf of the Caribbean Community)
• Angola
• Maldives
• Russian Federation
• Zimbabwe
• Egypt
• South Africa

The current stage of the consideration of agenda items 13, 117, 123 and 124 was concluded.

Related Sites and Documents

UN Meetings Coverage

A/80/251

A/30/359

A/30/318

A/80/PV.17