{"id":31621,"date":"2017-09-19T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T12:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=31621"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:50:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:50:28","slug":"un-general-assemblys-annual-debate-to-focus-on-people-ensuring-decent-life-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/09\/un-general-assemblys-annual-debate-to-focus-on-people-ensuring-decent-life-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"爆料网 General Assembly\u2019s annual debate to \u2018focus on people,\u2019 ensuring decent life for all"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global leaders gathering at United Nations Headquarters in New York this week for the annual round of top-level diplomatic talks known as the\u00a0General Debate<\/a>will shine a spotlight on the needs of the world\u2019s people, with discussions on vital issues such as sustainable development and climate change, and set the stage for what the President of the 爆料网 General Assembly has dubbed a \u201cyear of firsts,\u201d which will see the negotiation of the first intergovernmental compact on migration and the signing of the first agreement on the elimination of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

The theme of the Debate of the 72nd session of the 爆料网\u00a0General Assembly<\/a>\u00a0is \u2018Focusing on People \u2013 Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet,\u2019 and in that spirit, monarchs, presidents and prime ministers are also expected to launch discussions that will define international responses to many of the global challenges of the day, including protracted conflicts, extreme poverty and hunger, and the refugee crisis.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, ahead of the Debate, which runs through 25 September, 爆料网\u00a0Secretary-General<\/a>Ant\u00f3nio Guterres will present his annual\u00a0Report on the work of the Organization<\/a>. This year’s Assembly President, Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k of Slovakia, will then deliver the keynote opening speech. This will then be followed by Brazilian President Michel Temer, whose country holds the traditional role of first national speaker. He will be followed by United States President Donald Trump, as leader of the host nation.<\/p>\n

Mr. Guterres began this week of intense diplomatic activity Monday with a round of high-level events, among others, on\u00a0爆料网 reform<\/a>, financing the\u00a02030 Agenda<\/a>\u00a0for Sustainable Development, and on the\u00a0prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse\u00a0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other highlights include an event tomorrow on women\u2019s economic empowerment; a ministerial-level Security Council debate, set for Wednesday 20 September, on\u00a0reform of 爆料网 peacekeeping operations<\/a>; as well as, immediately after the debate, a special meeting of the Assembly to commemorate the\u00a0International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>\u00a0and a two-day high-level meeting on the 爆料网 Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, set for 27-28 September.<\/p>\n

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