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The incoming President Abdulla Shahid of the UN General Assembly says that hope is desperately needed for those billions around the world struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, devastation, and strife.

“The General Assembly is the only body which has the 193 countries represented and this body, when it speaks unanimously, when it decides on a matter, that is the international conscience,” Abulla Shahid said, ahead of the 76th General Assembly session, which starts on 14 September.

He added that on issues such as climate change and equitable access to vaccines, he would “never give up hope that humanity will rise to the occasion.”

Mr. Shahid also spoke about the importance of these issues and his overall presidency for his home country of the Maldives, which he serves as foreign minister, an island nation with a population of around 530,000 people.

He will now represent a United Nations body that speaks on behalf of nearly 7.9 billion people.

In an interview to UN News he quoted: “Investing in multilateralism is what we should do now.

COVID-19 has once again shown us now that multilateralism is the only way forward.

The best investment in multilateralism is investing in young people“.

The World Government Movement wishes Abdulla Shahid the best with his duty as 76th President of the UN General Assembly.

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The President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir, told reporters on Thursday, that the world is “far behind in being able to solve the greatest global challenges and achieve the SDGs.”

Volkan Bozkir was speaking in New York at his final press conference in the top job, steering the agenda of the world body amidst an extraordinary year, dominated by COVID-19.

Abdulla Shahid, from the Maldives, is taking over the role for the 76th session at the end of the month.

The last year, said Mr. Bozkir, “only highlighted that the preventive tools and mechanisms available with the UN are in desperate need for review.”

“The United Nations cannot be a follower of crisis.

It must be a preventive body, it must deliver earlier action to prevent, or prepare for, crises in the first place,” he added.

Lastly, he left some recommendations to his colleagues and his successor.

He believes there’s a need to streamline and deepen the work of the UN General Assembly.

For him, “success is not measured by the number of meetings we have, but by their quality, their format, their impact”, according UN News.

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The new President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid highlights hope.

President of the UN General Assembly: “world remains far behind solving biggest global challenges”.

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