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Montevideo, November 2nd 2025 - 08:24 UTC

Tag: United Nations General Assembly

  • Friday, September 26th 2025 - 21:02 UTC

    Bolivian president says World War III imminent

    It was Arce's last speech as president to the General Assembly, as he will be leaving office in November

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora told the 80th United Nations General Assembly that mankind was on the brink of World War III, which would be notably different from all previous conflicts. Arce focused on an urgent call for peace amid clashing economic systems.

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 21:21 UTC

    Milei reiterates Argentina's claim to Malvinas at UN Assembly

    Milei accused world leaders of sticking to the current status quo not to offend potential voters

    In his speech to the United Nations' General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Argentine President Javier Milei insisted on his country's claim to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, describing the case as “legitimate and inalienable.”

  • Wednesday, September 24th 2025 - 20:49 UTC

    Orsi highlights Uruguay's values at UN convention

    “All war is criminal, no matter where it takes place,” Orsi argued

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi described his country during his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly as a suitable host for international negotiations and a promoter of dialogue.

  • Monday, September 15th 2025 - 22:06 UTC

    Brazil still waiting for visas to attend UN General Assembly

    Lula's visa is secured, but other officials are still in limbo

    Brazilian officials are still waiting for US authorities to approve their visas to attend the upcoming 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, particularly after the Palestinian delegation was denied entry documents.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 13:54 UTC

    Lacalle Pou tells UN to focus on Venezuela

    The international community should not tolerate Maduro's arbitrariness, Lacalle insisted

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday urged the United Nations General Assembly in New York to pay attention to the Venezuelan crisis sparked by Nicolás Maduro's unsupported victory claims in the July 28 elections. “The time has come to act for Venezuela,” the National Party leader underlined.

  • Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 20:43 UTC

    Lula wants permanent UN Security Council seats for Africa and Latin America

    The absence of Africa and Latin America from the UN's Security Council is a remnant of colonialist practices, Lula underlined

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday opened the 79th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York with a speech focused on the Security Council's shortcomings in the face of recent global events and called for a permanent seat on the body for Latin America as well as for Africa while insisting that such an omission was “an unacceptable echo of the domination practices of the colonial past.” Today, only the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom are permanent members, and all of them have veto powers.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

    Argentine president insists the world needs more equality

    “The global financial architecture only serves to concentrate income and to marginalize vast regions of the world,” Fernández said

    In his last appearance before the United Nations General Assembly, Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who will be leaving office comes Dec. 10, Tuesday called for a change in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) by-laws and and urged greater global equality.

  • Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

    UN message on the International Day against drug abuse

    “There are no easy solutions. But my own experience reinforces my strong conviction that we can chart a better path to counter the world drug problem.”

    Drug challenges are among the most complex problems we face, with wide-ranging impacts on health and well-being, families and communities, security and sustainable development.

  • Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

    UN General Assembly next president a woman: Ecuadorean foreign minister

    Ms. Espinosa had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Minister of Defense, and Coordinating Minister of Cultural and Natural Heritage.

    The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of its upcoming 73rd session, becoming the only fourth woman to hold that position in the history of the world body and the first since 2006.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 08:37 UTC

    Trump's first address to the UN Assembly: all countries will be listening

    Trump will call on U.N. members Tuesday to confront Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile programs

    United States President Donald Trump, in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, will harshly criticize North Korea, Iran and Venezuela. “He will speak in extremely tough terms about the North Korean menace and the threat it poses to our security and the security of all the nations in that room,” according to a senior White House official who gave reporters a preview of the address.

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