General Assembly: 98th plenary meeting, 80th session

Responsibility to protect begins at home, speakers tell General Assembly, amid calls to ‘act before warning signs become mass graves’.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 02:28:41
• Production Date: 6 July 2026
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - UNHRC
• Subject Topical: DEVELOPMENT; JUSTICE; ACCOUNTABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT; WAR CRIMES; CIVILIAN PROTECTION; GENOCIDE PREVENTION; DISCRIMINATION; CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY; PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY; ETHNIC CLEANSING; CONFLICT
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: 3603232
• Parent Id: 3601603
• Alternate Title: MTG GA 80 SESSION 98 PLENARY 06 JUL 2026 PM

Description

As conflicts proliferate and risks to civilians mount around the globe, embracing the “responsibility to protect” — an international norm aimed at preventing mass atrocity crimes, such as genocide — is more crucial today than ever before, the General Assembly heard today, in its annual debate on the topic.

Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items - Item 7: Note by the Secretary-General (A/80/243)

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: Draft resolution (A/80/L.86)

• Action on the draft resolution

From the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063: progress in the implementation of sustainable development in Africa and international support - Item 65 (a): Draft resolution (A/80/L.83)

• Action on the draft resolution

Global health and foreign policy - Item 127: Draft resolution (A/80/L.71)

• Action on the draft resolution

The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity - Item 131: Report of the Secretary-General (A/80/716)

• Continuation of the debate on the item

Item 1.- Agenda Item 7: Organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items: Note by the Secretary-General (A/80/243)

Statements delivered:

• (no speakers)

Item 2.- Agenda Items 13 and 117: 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; Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit: Draft resolution (A/80/L.86) - Action on the draft resolution

Statements delivered:

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• Uruguay
• South Africa
• Mali (on behalf of the African Group)
• Russian Federation
• Cyprus (on behalf of the European Union)
• China
• Nicaragua
• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Peru
• Cuba

Item 3.- Agenda Item 65 (a): From the New Partnership for Africa’s Development to Agenda 2063: progress in the implementation of sustainable development in Africa and international support: Draft resolution (A/80/L.83) - Action on the draft resolution

Statements delivered:

• Uruguay (to introduce draft resolution A/80/L.83)

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• United States

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• Hungary
• Russian Federation

Item 4.- Agenda Item 127: Global Health and Foreign Policy: Draft resolution (A/80/L.71) - Action on the drat resolution

Statements delivered:

• Hungary (to introduce draft resolution A/80/L.71)

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• United States

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• Italy (also on behalf of Bulgaria and Slovakia)
• Ireland (on behalf of the European Union)
• Cuba
• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Argentina
• New Zealand
• Paraguay

Item 5.- Agenda Item 131: The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity: report of the Secretary-General (A/80/716) - Debate on the item (continued)

Statements delivered:

• Iran (Islamic Republic of)
• Ukraine
• Azerbaijan
• Suriname
• Ghana
• Philippines
• United States
• Georgia
• Russian Federation
• Liechtenstein
• Cabo Verde
• Brazil
• Intergovernmental Authority on Development

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