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Secretary-General Addresses 79th Session of General Assembly Debate

Secretary-General Addresses 79th Session of General Assembly Debate

Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's seventy-ninth session.

"I stand before you in this whirlwind convinced of two overriding truths. First, the state of our world is unsustainable. We can't go on like this. And second, the challenges we face are solvable […] The Summit of the Future was a first step, but we have a long way to go, " said the Secretary-General, and urged world leaders to confront three major drivers of unsustainability: A world of impunity; A world of inequality; And a world of uncertainty. " The Summit of the Future showed that with a spirit of dialogue and compromise, we can join forces to steer our world to a more sustainable path. […] The people of the world are looking to us – and succeeding generations will look back on us. Let them find us on the side of the United Nations Charter … on the side of our shared values and principles … and on the right side of history," he concluded.

The theme for the general debate of the 79th session of the General Assembly is "Leaving no one behind: acting together for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations".
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