Tag: UN General Assembly

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 17:54 UTC

  Milei at the UN: “The Malvinas are a national cause for us”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei called on the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday to act over what he described as unilateral British actions in the Falklands, and accused the organisation of having “decided to look the other way” on the dispute. “The Malvinas are a national cause for us,” he said, repeating the phrase twice at the start of his address.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 08:55 UTC

  Delcy Rodríguez calls her meeting with Trump “historic” and thanks him for his support

  

  Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described her first meeting with US President Donald Trump as “historic”. The encounter took place on Tuesday evening in New York behind closed doors and with no press access. Her post on the social network X is the only available account of what was discussed: the White House confirmed the meeting and those present but released no agenda or outcomes.

• Monday, September 21st 2026 - 10:15 UTC

  Delcy Rodríguez arrives in New York for UN General Assembly, ahead of meeting with Trump

  

  Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived in New York in the early hours of Monday to take part in the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, days ahead of a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

• Saturday, September 19th 2026 - 06:23 UTC

  Trump and Delcy Rodríguez to meet in New York, first encounter with a Venezuelan leader in 11 years

  

  US President Donald Trump will meet on Tuesday with Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, in what will be the first encounter between a US president and a Venezuelan leader in more than eleven years, since the brief meeting between Barack Obama and Nicolás Maduro at the Summit of the Americas in Panama in 2015.

• Friday, July 24th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

  Six candidates to lead the UN debate in the General Assembly with no clear front-runner

  

  The six contenders to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations set out their proposals on Thursday in a debate held in the General Assembly Hall, a week before the formal start of the selection process. For nearly two hours they answered questions from diplomats, UN staff, and civil society representatives, in a publicly broadcast session.

• Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

  Trump underscores Europe's failures on immigration and energy

  

  US President Donald Trump stressed during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that other countries' policies on immigration and energy were “destroying a large part of the free world” and causing nations to “go to hell.”

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 10:47 UTC

  Middle East: Lula favors two-state solution

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke in favor of the coexistence of Palestine and Israel during his speech on Monday at the second session of the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Resolution of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution convened by France and Saudi Arabia.

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 09:54 UTC

  Paraguayan President has busy agenda in NY ahead of UN conference

  

  During his trip to the United States ahead of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, which starts Tuesday in New York, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña held a series of strategic meetings to boost his country's international standing

• Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 - 09:29 UTC

  Orsi planning to highlight Uruguay's openness to multilateralism at UN

  

  During his speech scheduled for Tuesday at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi is expected to address his country's long-standing commitment to multilateralism and the peaceful resolution of global conflicts, amid the “worrying escalation” of the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, among other topics.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Peña tells UN global institutions need reforming

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña addressed the UN General Assembly, criticizing the world's ineffectiveness in maintaining peace amid conflicts and calling for reform to global institutions to better support developing nations.