September 19, 202317:39
Joe Biden spoke and accused Russia of not wanting peace in Ukraine and drew applause from the Assembly. Giorgia Meloni’s speech on Wednesday
Photogallery – The 78th UN General Assembly in New York
At the opening of the UN Assembly, Secretary Antonio Guterres launched the warning. “Democracy is in danger, authoritarianism is on the march. Inequalities are growing. And hate speech is on the rise. As I said at the G20, it is time for a global compromise,” he says. “Politics is compromise, diplomacy is compromise, effective leadership is compromise. Leaders have a responsibility to compromise in building a future of peace and prosperity for our common good,” he adds.
The debate at the UN General Assembly began with the intervention of Secretary General Antonio Guterres. This year’s week-long session, the first full meeting of world leaders since the Covid-19 pandemic halted travel, is expected to feature 145 leaders. It is a high number that reflects the multitude of ongoing crises and conflicts. But for the first time in years, US President Joe Biden will be the only leader of the five nations with veto power in the United Nations Security Council to address the 193-member assembly.
Giorgia Meloni’s speech on Wednesday Xi Jinping in China, Vladimir Putin in Russia, Emmanuel Macron in France and Rishi Sunak in Great Britain will all miss the UN meeting this year. Spotlight on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Biden. The speech by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is scheduled for Wednesday evening. The absence of leaders from the four powers on the Security Council has sparked complaints from developing countries who want major global players to listen to their demands, including funding to begin bridging the growing gap between the North and the North. South of the world.
Tajani: Meloni-Erdogan meeting on Wednesday “Tomorrow” (Wednesday ed.) Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet her Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyp Erdogan. This was confirmed by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, speaking to journalists at the UN. Turkey “is a NATO country” which “also has great influence in Africa” and is “the country that is working to try to revive the agreement between Ukraine and Russia on wheat”, says Tajani, anticipating that among the bilateral themes will also include the migration issue.
Biden attacks Russia and applause rains Applause erupts from the General Assembly as American President Joe Biden assures his support for the Ukrainian people in their fight for the freedom and integrity of their territory. “Only Russia is responsible for the war, I repeat only Russia is responsible”, Biden said forcefully while addressing the hall of world leaders gathered at the UN. Biden said that “only Russia stands in the way of peace because the price of peace by Russia is the capitulation of Ukraine.” The president repeatedly underlined the need not to violate the UN Charter and maintain the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “as a guiding star”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also applauded.
“Russia believes that the world will tire and allow it to brutalize Ukraine without consequences. But I ask you this: if we abandon the fundamental principles of the UN Charter to appease an aggressor, can any member state feel confident that they will be protected? If we allow Ukraine to be partitioned, will the independence of any nation be guaranteed? The answer is no. We must oppose this blatant aggression today to deter other potential aggressors tomorrow,” the US president said among other things.
Biden on artificial intelligence: we must govern it, not the other way around Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, generate enormous opportunities, but also equally large risks. The president of the United States, Joe Biden, said this. “We must ensure that these technologies do not become tools of oppression: we are working to strengthen regulation and ensure the safety of these technologies, before they are released to the public,” he said, adding that “we must be the ones who govern these technologies, and Not the other”.
Erdogan criticizes the UN Council: it no longer guarantees security “The United Nations Security Council is no longer a guarantor of global security but has become a battlefield for the five permanent member states.” This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by Anadolu, in his speech during the UN General Assembly underway in New York. The Turkish president said that structural reform in the United Nations was needed. “The world is bigger than just five countries and a more just world is possible,” Erdogan said, underlining that the vision of a “new Turkish century”, announced ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey, “has the objective of eliminating global injustices and ensuring peace, security and prosperity”.
Erdogan: terrorism spreads like an epidemic thanks to new technologies The areas in which terrorist organizations operate are increasing as if it were an “epidemic”, thanks to the exploitation of technological evolution. This was stated by the President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “Turkey is tired of the hypocrisy of those who use the Islamic State and similar groups as a cover for their political and economic interests in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahel region,” Erdogan said.
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