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09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Brazil’s Lula to urge climate action
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to rally the world to take strong action on climate change in his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday,
But it remains to be seen whether he will address .
The Amazon saw 38,000 blazes last month — the most for any August since 2010 — but .
Lula is also expected to address the war in Ukraine and UN reform in his speech.
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Skip next section Guterres: ‘Our world is heading off the rails’
09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Guterres: ‘Our world is heading off the rails’
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres will condemn spiraling global conflicts when he opens the UN General Assembly with his “State of the World” speech on Tuesday.
The UN chief previewed his speech to world leaders on Sunday, saying “our world is heading off the rails — and we need tough decisions to get back on track.”
Guterres pointed to conflicts that are “raging and multiplying, from the to and , with no end in sight.”
He also said the global security system was “threatened by geopolitical divides, nuclear posturing, and the development of new weapons and theaters of war.”
When he delivers his full speech on Tuesday, Guterres is also set to highlight global inequality, , and the lack of an effective international system to respond to major threats.
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09/24/2024September 24, 2024
Zelenskyy holds bilateral talks ahead of General Assembly
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with several world leaders in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly.
On Monday, Zelenskyy met with Japan’s outgoing prime minister .
The two leaders discussed efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
Zelenskyy also met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“We talked about how to make a just peace closer,” the Ukrainian leader said.
Zelenskyy also said he met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
and has resisted calls to join Western sanctions against Moscow.
“We are dynamically developing our relations,” Zelenskyy said on the Telegram after the meeting.
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