Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 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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There is no more closely watched diplomatic gathering in the world than the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week—and it is also one of the most closely guarded. Go behind the scenes with the UN’s Special Services Unit in the Department of Safety and Security as they work hand-in-hand with host country counterparts to pave the way for a safe and successful session.
On the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly world leaders held a high-level multi-stakeholder informal meeting to launch the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, with the UN chief calling it “multilateralism at its best.”
Secretary-General António Guterres told delegates the launch marked a turning point. “In just twelve months, we have moved from principles to practice,” he said. “For the first time, every country will have a seat at the table of AI. This Global Dialogue will take into account AI’s implications in all its dimensions – social and economic, ethical and technical, cultural and linguistic.”
Guterres also announced the creation of an International Independent Scientific Panel on AI to put “science at the centre of our efforts,” with an open call for experts from all regions and disciplines.
He also said his report on financing options outlined “practical pathways to narrow the AI divide – in computing power, data, research, education, training and safety standards.” Plans include consultations on establishing a Global Fund for AI Capacity Development.
“When nations gathered in San Francisco in 1945 they gave the world more than a treaty. They gave us a compass, a North Star, guiding our way through the unknown and the storms,” said Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th General Assembly. She hailed last year’s Pact for the Future and its Global Digital Compact as “the world’s first common agreement on how artificial intelligence should be governed – historic milestone.”
Baerbock said experts believe AI could help achieve nearly 80 percent of the Sustainable Development Goals but warned of risks. “AI’s enormous appetite for energy, unless met with clean power, could worsen the climate crisis instead of helping to solve it. Ethics, fairness and sustainability must feel at the heart of this revolution,” she said.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said AI had become “an invisible network that increasingly permeates all aspects of our daily lives,” already driving innovation, economic productivity, and efficiency in services used by billions.
Costa Rican Foreign Minister Arnoldo André Tinoco described the launch of the Dialogue and Scientific Panel as “the beginning of a new era,” stressing that “regardless of their size or level of development, every Member State will take part in the most important conversation of our time.”
Full Remarks [as delivered]: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-09-25/secretary-generals-remarks-high-level-multi-stakeholder-informal-meeting-launch-the-global-dialogue-artificial-intelligence-governance-delivered
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Opening remarks of António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the Annual Ministerial Meeting on UNRWA.
"I thank Brazil, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Spain for co-chairing this gathering.
And I thank all of you for your support for UNRWA.
Generations of Palestine refugees have counted on UNRWA for education, health care, and other essential services.
Before October 2023, it provided schooling for half a million girls and boys across the region.
Today, it delivers emergency food and cash assistance for 2.6 million people.
Its primary clinics handle 10.5 million visits per year.
But UNRWA’s full impact goes far deeper.
UNRWA is a force for stability in the most unstable region of the world.
Its operational presence contributes to the Palestinian Authority’s governance in the West Bank.
To Lebanon’s efforts to fulfil requirements for a ceasefire in refugee camps.
To Syria’s efforts to navigate a path to lasting peace.
And to Jordan’s role in building regional stability.
UNRWA’s mandate and operations are integral to a large majority of the actions outlined in the New York Declaration endorsed by the General Assembly earlier this month.
Despite all of this, UNRWA is being forced to operate under extreme and rising pressure.
In Gaza, our staff are being killed. Our premises destroyed.
And everywhere, UNRWA faces budget shortfalls – and a firehose of disinformation.
Earlier this year, I commissioned a strategic assessment of the impact and exercise of UNRWA’s mandate under current circumstances.
The report, shared with the General Assembly in July, reached three core conclusions:
First, UNRWA has made invaluable contributions to development, human rights, humanitarian action, and peace and security, including for Israel.
Second, UNRWA is under such severe constraints that the status quo is untenable.
Third, Member States must take immediate action. The conditions under which the Agency works are deteriorating every day.
Excellencies,
UNRWA is vital to any prospects for peace and stability in the region.
I urge you to do all you can to support its work.
How?
First, by standing in solidarity. By providing political support. By countering the distortions that threaten one of the only lifelines many Palestine refugees have left.
And second, by ensuring that UNRWA has the resources to carry out its mandate.
It must be funded urgently. Fully. And predictably.
UNRWA was always meant to be a humanitarian stopgap until a political solution could be found.
This General Assembly began this week on a strong note with unprecedented global support for a two-State solution.
But we know the realities on the ground are bleaker than ever.
We will not relent in working for peace.
But until a political solution is achieved, UNRWA remains crucial in helping us steer toward achieving the best possible outcome and avoiding the worst.
Finally, allow me to say a special word about our UNRWA staff in Gaza.
I cannot begin to express the depth of my admiration, respect and gratitude.
More than 370 of our dear colleagues have been killed.
Every single one has endured unimaginable loss.
Homes and communities destroyed.
Entire families wiped from existence.
Yet, somehow, in the face of this relentless horror, they persevere.
They keep going – often without sleep, often without food – driven by a profound sense of duty and compassion.
They keep serving the people of Gaza with courage and selflessness that inspires the world.
We will never forget their heroism.
Excellencies,
I appeal to you today to provide the funding and political support UNRWA needs to help build peace and stability – for Palestinians, for Israel and for the region.
Thank you."
Full Remarks [As Delivered]: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-09-25/secretary-generals-remarks-the-ministerial-meeting-support-of-the-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-the-near-east-%28unrwa%29-delivered
Joint Press Encounter by Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Espen Barth Eide, Foreign Minister of Norway, along with Christophe Bigot, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process.
Following a meeting between representatives of Arab and Muslim states with United States President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud today (25 Sept) said he feels “confident that President Trump understood the position of the Arab and Muslim countries. And I think the president of the US understands very well the risks and dangers of annexation in the West Bank.”
Speaking to reporters flanked by the Foreign Ministers of Spain, Norway and other countries, Al Saud said, “the US proposals focus on finding an end to the war in Gaza, which obviously needs to be immediate priority, and we are very engaged with the US and we are very grateful that the US is focused on ending the war in Gaza and finding an end to the suffering there.”
He said ending the war was “a prerequisite to moving forward on the issue of Palestinian statehood” and said the recently adopted New York Declaration contains “very clear and practical mechanisms to translate into a future Palestinian state in a in a way that ensures both the rights of the Palestinians, but also, for the Israelis, the security that is also their right.”
The Saudi Minister said, “the Arab and Muslim countries made very clear to the President the danger of annexation of any type in the West Bank, and the risk that poses not just to the potential of peace in Gaza, but also to any sustainable peace at all.”
He also made clear that “there cannot be a process of normalisation between the Kingdom and Israel without a Palestinian state.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares, for his part said, “we have to support financially our partner for peace. Hamas is not a partner for peace. The Palestinian National Authority is. And Israel is trying to make the collapse financially of the Palestinian National Authority. That’s why yesterday I announced that Spain will disburse 50 million Euros for the Palestinian National Authority.”
Asked about Spain’s support for the humanitarian flotilla that is currently navigating towards Gaza, Albares said, “the people that goes in those boats and the Spanish citizens that are in those boats are peaceful people with a humanitarian objective that are no threat to anyone. They are no threat to Israel, to the Israeli people, to the security of Israel. They are using their right under international law to navigate on free waters, and I prevent anyone that wants to harm them, that they will be held accountable for their actions.”
Asked about Gaza’s reconstruction, Al Saud said, “it is unacceptable that we come to the international community to ask them to come together to rebuild Gaza when it was destroyed by Israel, only for the potential of the situation on the ground to exist where this could all happen again. So, I think it’s absolutely critical, hand-in-hand with the immediate relief of the situation in Gaza, that that reconstruction be ensured to be sustainable, that we do it once and for all. And there again, comes in the need for a final agreement on the status of Palestine through the Palestinian state.”
Lejeune Mbella Mbella, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cameroon, 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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Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway, 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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