UN general debate preview Al Arabiya’s opening teaser

Sep 22

Al Arabiya's opening headlines announce that the 81st UN General Assembly session is about to get underway. This short advance teaser contains no speech excerpt, debate theme or account of proceedings already taking place.

The 81st UN General Assembly general debate opens at UN headquarters in New York on September 22. CCTV gives its theme as Rebuilding Trust, Managing Change: A United Nations That Delivers for All. Its opening report includes Guterres's appeal for the UN Charter and collective work in addressing security, inequality and climate challenges. Oman TV's September 22 account adds Oman's participation and describes an agenda spanning peace and security, sustainable development, human rights, humanitarian crises, climate and technological change. Its following Guterres excerpt urges diplomacy and institutional reform and warns about West Bank settlements; no new multilateral agreement is announced.