Tag: #UNGA80
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NORTH KOREA VOWS NEVER TO RELINQUISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AT UNGA
Kim Son Gyong asserts nukes as sovereignty and right to existence amid rising regional military tensions. North Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong made a powerful declaration at the UN General Assembly that the country will never give up its nuclear weapons, calling them “state law, national policy, sovereign power, and right to existence.”…
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UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ACTION ON PEACE, CLIMATE, AND REFORM
Baerbock urges turning global dialogue into concrete solutions for a divided world. Closing the high-level week of the 80th UN General Assembly, President Annalena Baerbock highlighted the UN as the “house of diplomacy and dialogue” amid today’s global challenges. Over six days, 189 countries, including 124 heads of state, addressed critical issues like protracted conflicts,…
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FG SECURES MAJOR PRICE DROP FOR REVOLUTIONARY HIV PREVENTION DRUG
Nigeria leads the way in making breakthrough HIV prevention affordable for millions. The Federal Government has successfully negotiated a dramatic price cut for lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention injection, slashing the cost from $28,000 to just $40 per person. National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) Director-General Dr. Temitope Ilori hailed the deal at…
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TINUBU URGES UN REFORMS TO REFLECT NEW GLOBAL REALITIES
Nigeria calls for a stronger, more relevant UN to address today’s challenges. At the 80th UN General Assembly, President Bola Tinubu, represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, stressed the urgent need to reform UN policies to keep pace with global changes. Highlighting the UN’s failures in addressing ongoing crises and slow progress on Security Council reform…
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NIGERIA URGES URGENT DEBT RELIEF TO BOOST PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Debt relief is a pathway to growth, not charity, says Nigeria at UNGA. President Bola Tinubu, speaking at the UN General Assembly and represented by Vice-President Kashim Shettima, called for urgent action on debt relief as crucial for peace and prosperity, urging the creation of a global mechanism to manage sovereign debt fairly. He highlighted…
