Since its inception seventy-one years ago, the United Nations General Assembly has been a forum for lofty declarations, sometimes audacious rhetoric, and rigorous debate over the world's most vexing issues, from poverty and development to peace and security. As the deliberative and representative organ of the United Nations, the assembly holds general debate in the UN's New York headquarters from September to December, with special sessions convened thereafter as required.
The seventy-first session of the General Assembly will open on September 13, 2016, with heads of state and government convening for the general debate on September 20. This year, there will be high-level meetings addressing the large movements of refugees and migrants, antimicrobial resistance, the thirtieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development, and the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
France's Strategic Shift: Recognizing Moroccan Sovereignty over Western Sahara
The decades-old dispute over Western Sahara took a significant turn on July 30th when French President Emmanuel Macron declared Morocco’s autonomy plan as the “only basis” for resolving the conflict.
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Beneath the ambitious and multi-dimensional reforms it has undertaken in recent years, Uzbekistan is rapidly becoming an important Central Asian middle power
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Antić for the South China Morning Post: "Western concerns about SCO must be allayed. Kazakhstan can help"
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held its annual summit on July 4 in Astana, the capital of this year’s chair Kazakhstan.
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