Guterres delivers final UN General Assembly address of his tenure
António Guterres opened the UN General Assembly debate in New York with his last speech as Secretary-General.
On Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly began its session in New York, featuring a opening speech by Secretary-General António Guterres. This will be the last General Assembly address Guterres makes while serving as the organization’s chief, having taken office in January 2017 and been re-elected for a second five-year term. In his remarks, he outlined a complex international landscape marked by rising geopolitical strains, ongoing conflicts, pressures on development funding and the UN’s own budget, swift technological advances, and the accelerating threat of global warming. The speech set the tone for the week’s deliberations on these pressing issues.
