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| Donald Trump to give first speech to UN general assembly – live | Donald Trump to give first speech to UN general assembly – live |
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| “Refugees, internally displaced persons and migrants are not the problem; the problem lies in conflict, persecution and hopeless poverty,” says Guterres. “Instead of closed doors and open hostility, we need to reestablish the integrity of the refugee protection regime and the simple decency of human compassion”. | |
| He thanks the audience. | |
| On DPRK, climate change and migration UNSG @antonioguterres presented a worldview completely at odds with @realDonaldTrump | |
| .@antonioguterres mic drop by saying thank you in like 7 languages. This was an impressive debut speech. | |
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| Guterres is now speaking at length about “human mobility”. | |
| “Let us be clear: we do not only face a refugee crisis, we also face a crisis of solidarity,” he says. | |
| He says every country has the right to protect its borders, but warns some countries are not being as friendly as they should be. | |
| “I commend those countries that have shown hospitality for millions of displaced people,” Guterres says. The line receives a round of applause from the room. | |
| “Migration should be an option, not a necessity,” he says. | |
| He says tragedies in the Mediterranean will not end with more strict migration policies. | |
| “Safe migration cannot be reserved for the global elite,” Guterres says. That line gets more fervent clapping. | |
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| “No one is winning today’s wars,” says Guterres, listing crises in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan and Afghanistan. | |
| He advocates for specific responses to conflicts including the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. He says the country’s government must provide “unhindered humanitarian access”. | |
| Guterres also endorses the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine, saying it “is the only way forward”. | |
| He highlights the threat of climate change, pointing to the devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean and US this month. | |
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| UN secretary-general: 'We must not sleepwalk our way into war' | |
| The first priority Guterres lists is nuclear weapons. | |
| He cites North Korea’s nuclear missile tests: “I condemn those test unequivocally.” | |
| Guterres warns that the world “must not sleepwalk our way into war”. | |
| Aside from the threat from North Korea, Guterres said all countries must “show a greater commitment to a world without nuclear weapons”. | |
| The second priority he lists is terrorism. To confront this, nation’s must also address the underlying issues that cause people to radicalize, whether the perceived injustices of potential terrorists are real or not, Guterres said. | |
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| United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is addressing the general assembly. | |
| “Our world is in trouble, people are hurting and angry,” said Guterres. He explains that the world’s population is most concerned with inequality and climate change. | |
| “Societies are fragmented, political discourse is polarized,” he says, continuing to highlight how divided society appears. | |
| “We are a world in pieces, we need to be a world at peace,” Guterres said. | |
| He is now outlining seven priorities for this UN general assembly. | |
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| The general debate is being called to order. You can watch the UN’s live stream here. | |
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| A reminder of the general debate rules: each nation’s representative is given 15 minutes to speak, though the lure of the international stage inspires many to extend their speeches beyond that allotment. The record for longest speech goes to Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro, who in 1960 held the podium for four hours and 29 minutes. | |
| So, while the morning session is scheduled to conclude at 1pm ET for a lunch break, it’s safe to assume that it will extend past that hour. | |
| The theme of this year’s general debate is: “Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet”. | |
| The schedule for the morning session: | |
| United Nations | |
| Secretary-general, António Guterres | |
| President of the72nd session of the general assembly, Miroslav Lajčák | |
| Brazil | |
| President Michel Temer | |
| US | |
| President Donald Trump | |
| Guinea | |
| President Alpha Condé | |
| Switzerland | |
| President Doris Leuthard | |
| Slovakia | |
| President Andrej Kiska | |
| Nigeria | |
| President Muhammadu Buhari | |
| Czech Republic | |
| President Miloš Zeman | |
| France | |
| President Emmanuel Macron | |
| Liberia | |
| President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | |
| Colombia | |
| President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón | |
| Tajikistan | |
| President Emomali Rahmon | |
| Zambia | |
| President Edgar Chagwa Lungu | |
| Lithuania | |
| President Dalia Grybauskaitė | |
| Qatar | |
| Amir Sheikh Tamim b in Hamad Al - Than | |
| Turkey | |
| President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | |
| Israel | |
| Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu | |
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| Hello and welcome | Hello and welcome |
| Welcome to our live coverage of the United Nations general assembly’s general debate, where world leaders will present their priorities to the international stage. | Welcome to our live coverage of the United Nations general assembly’s general debate, where world leaders will present their priorities to the international stage. |
| The session will open at about 9am local time in New York (2pm in London) with remarks by secretary-general António Guterres, who is hosting his first general assembly since taking up the UN’s top post in January. | The session will open at about 9am local time in New York (2pm in London) with remarks by secretary-general António Guterres, who is hosting his first general assembly since taking up the UN’s top post in January. |
| As is customary, Brazil will be the first country to speak, followed immediately by US president Donald Trump, who has in the past called the UN “a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”. He is expected to warn member states that they risk being “bystanders in history” if they do not mobilize to confront the threats of Iran and North Korea. | As is customary, Brazil will be the first country to speak, followed immediately by US president Donald Trump, who has in the past called the UN “a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time”. He is expected to warn member states that they risk being “bystanders in history” if they do not mobilize to confront the threats of Iran and North Korea. |
| The morning session will continue with 15 other countries, including France, whose president Emmanuel Macron is also making his UNGA debut, but is expected to pitch a very different worldview than Trump. The French delegation is warning the US this week that quitting the Iran nuclear deal risks “spiraling proliferation”. | The morning session will continue with 15 other countries, including France, whose president Emmanuel Macron is also making his UNGA debut, but is expected to pitch a very different worldview than Trump. The French delegation is warning the US this week that quitting the Iran nuclear deal risks “spiraling proliferation”. |
| We’ll have live updates of today’s speeches here, with analysis from the Guardian’s team of experts, including world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who is reporting from the UN’s New York headquarters. As we wait for Guterres to take the stage, you can read Julian’s dispatches from yesterday’s UN meetings here: | We’ll have live updates of today’s speeches here, with analysis from the Guardian’s team of experts, including world affairs editor, Julian Borger, who is reporting from the UN’s New York headquarters. As we wait for Guterres to take the stage, you can read Julian’s dispatches from yesterday’s UN meetings here: |
| Trump to UN: confront North Korea and Iran or risk being ‘bystanders in history’ | Trump to UN: confront North Korea and Iran or risk being ‘bystanders in history’ |
| France tells Trump that quitting Iran nuclear deal risks ‘spiral of proliferation’ | France tells Trump that quitting Iran nuclear deal risks ‘spiral of proliferation’ |
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