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Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations New York, New York August 17, 2022AS DELIVEREDQUESTION: Would you please talk a bit about what you heard from Africans you met, and what you learned from those conversations?AMBASSADOR LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD: I learned so much from that trip. And first and foremost, what I learned is that Africa

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield U.S. Representative to the United Nations Washington, D.C. August 3, 2022AS DELIVEREDQUESTION: Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. You are about to embark on a trip to Uganda and Ghana this week to discuss the impact of Russia’s war on Ukraine, specifically the impact it’s having on global food security. Why,

The United Nations is planning to host a high-level “in-person” General Assembly session, September 20-26, with over 190 world leaders and delegates listed to speak, including heads of state, head

Not since World War II has the international community confronted as monumental a test as the intertwined crises of Covid-19 and climate change, and the profound social and economic inequalities they have exposed.

Philippines backs UN’s actions toward food security

NEW YORK (Mainichi) -- When the Taliban reigned in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, only a handful of countries in the United Nations -- Pakistan, Saudi

Tribune News Service New Delhi, September 22 An in-person SAARC ministerial planned on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this Saturday has been cancelled due to a “lack of c

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to a significant rise in Greek exports at the National Strategic Extroversion Plan at the Hellenic World Cultural

Official writes to 193 member states, asks them to address debate via video conferencing instead of travelling to New York

Amid the surging Delta variant of Covid, US has urged world leaders to deliver their statements to the UN General Assembly's annual session next month by video, to ensure that the high-level week doesn't become a "super-spreader event".