79th session of UN General Assembly opens

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) was declared open on Tuesday by Philemon Yang, the General Assembly’s new president.
In his opening remarks, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the General Assembly is “the place where solutions are made” for the many challenges facing the world today, including solutions to bring the Sustainable Development Goals back to life, and to end poverty and inequality; solutions to spur economic progress and job-creation for all; solutions to bridge the political divides and end the conflicts; and solutions to end the climate catastrophe.
“As we open this 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, we confront a world in trouble. But the good news is that we can do something about it,” he said.
In confronting the challenges, the UNGA remains an indispensable tool and a vital pathway toward a peaceful and just future for all people, said Guterres.
In his remarks, Yang called for international cooperation to address the “profound and borderless issues we confront,” such as climate change that is devastating the planet and endangering countless lives and societies, and conflicts and armed violence that rage on from Sudan to Haiti, and from Ukraine to the Gaza Strip.
Yang, who is from Cameroon, was sworn in at the closing of the 78th session of the UNGA Tuesday morning. ■