2023-09-17 19:36:47
Federal President Van der Bellen starts the high-level UN week in New York on Monday. Van der Bellen will speak in advance of the general debate at the “SDG Summit” that begins on Tuesday and, according to the text of the speech, will urge action: “In a world in which we are approaching tipping points, we can “We cannot afford inaction.” The current UN summit marks the halfway point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
The general debate is taking place as part of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, which has been running since the beginning of September. Heads of state and government from more than 150 countries are expected. On Tuesday, the Federal President will confer with UN Secretary General António Guterres together with Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP), who will arrive on Monday.
The focus of the UN general debate this year is, among other things, climate change and the attitude of the international community to the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine. The Ukrainian president is also expected in New York. Russia is represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
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