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🇪🇷 Eritrea – Foreign Minister Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session | #UNGA

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Osman Saleh Mohammed, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, addresses the General Debate of the 80th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations (New York, 23 – 29 September 2025).

World leaders will gather to engage in the annual high-level General Debate under the theme, "Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights".

The General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly is the opportunity for Heads of State and Government to come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. Heads of State and Government and ministers will explore solutions to intertwined global challenges to advance peace, security, and sustainable development.

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently made up of 193 Member States, the UN and its work are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

General debate website: https://gadebate.un.org/

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UK Is Russia at war with the West? | Baroness Manningham-Buller | #lordspeakerscorner

Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)

Hear from former MI5 Director General Baroness Manningham-Buller in the latest episode of Lord Speaker’s Corner as she discusses the relationship between MI5 and MI6, reading upside down, meeting Vladimir Putin and her mother’s secret work in the Second World War.

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UK Baroness Manningham-Buller: Lord Speaker’s Corner | House of Lords | Episode 33

Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)

Former head of MI5 Baroness Manningham-Buller joins Lord Speaker’s Corner to discuss the relationship between MI5 and MI6, reading upside down, meeting Vladimir Putin and whether Russia is at war with the West.

Eliza Manningham-Buller, Baroness Manningham-Buller, served in MI5 for 34 years, becoming Director General in 2002 before retiring in 2007. In this episode, she speaks to Lord McFall of Alcluith about her career, including how she joined MI5, her family connection with espionage and leading the Service in the aftermath of the July 7 bombings:
“I had learnt something from the military called ‘battle rhythm’, and I expected us to be flat out for some time on this, our role being to help the police in understanding this crime, this atrocity, this horror, and therefore I wanted people to come into work fresh.”

She also dispels a common misconception of the relationship between MI5 and MI6:
“The ‘Le Carré’ view that the two organisations are constantly at each other’s throats is entirely fictional. We both help each other, as we do with GCHQ. It’s a close-knit community. The other very important partner for MI5 is the police.”

Baroness Manningham-Buller later explains she thinks it might be right to agree with foreign policy expert Dr Fiona Hill’s assertion that Russia is already at war with the UK and the West:
“Since the invasion of Ukraine, and the various things I read that the Russians have been doing here, sabotage, intelligence collection, attacking people, and so on… Fiona Hill may be right in saying we’re already at war with Russia. It’s a different sort of war, but the hostility, the cyber-attacks, the physical attacks, intelligence work is extensive.”

She also shares her experience of meeting the Russian President 20 years ago following the G8 meeting in Gleneagles:
“We all hoped that the past history of Russia wouldn’t prevail, and, at the end of the Soviet Union, we would have a potential partner, and that was one of the reasons why Putin was with us for the G8 in 2005… I met him when he came back to London. But actually we were wrong in that, because Russia is extremely hostile to the West and we’ve seen it in all sorts of ways… I didn’t anticipate that within a year, he’d be ordering the murder on London streets of [Russian dissident Alexander] Litvinenko.”

Watch the full episode to find out more.

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Who Trusts the Machines?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

In 2024, 72% of Chinese consumers expressed trust in AI and 90% considered autonomous driving beneficial, while only 32% of US consumers reported trust in AI and acceptance rates for autonomous driving remained lower in Germany, the US and Japan than in China.

What factors are driving these regional differences and how might they shape the speed and approach to deploying autonomous robots?

Speakers:

Zhu Qiuguo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deep Robotics

Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda

Kishor Patil, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, KPIT Technologies

Eleanor Olcott, China Technology Correspondent, The Financial Times

 

This is the full audio from a session at the AMNC25 in Tianjin, China on 25 June, 2025. 

Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2025/sessions/who-trusts-the-machines/

 

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‘Lies Spread Faster Than Facts’—Maria Ressa at the UN #UNGA80 | United Nations

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa warns that Big Tech and AI are fueling disinformation, eroding truth and threatening democracy. From manipulated elections to the collapse of journalism, she explains why information integrity is the mother of all battles—and how we can fight back.
The video features a discussion at the United Nations Headquarters, addressing concerns around AI ethics and the potential AI risk. The interview by UN News chief, Ben Malor, covers artificial intelligence safety and the importance of addressing AI dangers to ensure a secure future.

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