Alessio Guilleux
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8:12 am, September 20, 2022
Emmanuel Macron arrived in New York for the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations. The president dined last night with Secretary General Antonio Guterres, he will speak on Tuesday evening at the UN forum. A journey deeply marked by the war in Ukraine. The Ukrainian conflict is on everyone’s mind in New York.
With the Ukrainian conflict, Russia further weakens the UN and multilateralism. For Catherine Colonna, French foreign minister, Moscow is shedding its responsibility as a permanent member of the Security Council. “By attacking Ukraine, Russia is attacking the very foundations of the United Nations. It is particularly worrying to see Russia cross three thresholds in this war: a legal threshold, a moral threshold for the extent of crimes committed in Ukraine, and a political threshold. , taking responsibility for blackmailing food security, blackmailing global energy security, “he explains.
Support Ukraine
So Emanuele Macron he will mention it this Tuesday evening during his speech on the UN platform. This general assembly should make it possible to amplify support for Ukraine and not to deepen the divisions in the world, in particular the food bill which will be the focus of Wednesday morning’s working meeting with Senegalese president Macky Sall.
But that’s not all for Tuesday. The Head of State will be alongside Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Prime Minister, for the third summit of the Christchurch appeal, dedicated to combating the online dissemination of terrorist and extremist content.
A meeting with Joe Biden
Emmanuel Macron will also meet with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday. In the afternoon he will meet Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. A (very intense) program that will continue this Wednesday with an interview with his Chilean counterparts, Gabriel Boric and the American Joe Biden.
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