The 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly kicks off in New York City
Today, Monday, September 20, the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly begins in New York City, USA.
Volkan Bozkir, President of the 76th session of the General Assembly, revealed that the heads of 83 countries, including the US President, 43 heads of government and 23 foreign ministers intend to attend today. And for the first time in two years, to participate in the work of the 76th session of the General Assembly, and its work this year will focus on discussing ways to strengthen global efforts to combat the Corona pandemic and climate change.
In a press statement, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, called on to develop a fair global plan to ensure that 70% of the world’s population is vaccinated before the end of the first half of next year, especially in light of the continued emergence of mutants, warning that at some point they may become resistant to vaccinations, he said, “then no one will be safe.”
The opening session of the high-level segment of the General Debate of the General Assembly is scheduled to begin today, Monday, until 27 September, at a time when the United Nations and the authorities in New York City continue to take a number of strict health measures to limit the spread of the Corona virus, including following the Secretariat The General Assembly of the United Nations has an “honour” system in which leaders participating in United Nations meetings announce that they have received the vaccine without having to present evidence of that.
