Tag: #United Nations General Assembly

We are not seeking handouts or asking favors: President Diaz-Canel

Left Review Online September 21, 2023

We are not seeking handouts or asking favors: President Diaz-Canel

Speech by the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, in the general debate at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. New York, Tuesday, September 19, 2023. Mr President, Mr Secretary-General, Your excellencies, I bring to this Assembly the voice of the South, that...More

Statement by Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the thirty first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Left Review Online December 07, 2020

Statement by Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the thirty first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly

December 3, 2020. Mr. Secretary General; Mr. President; Distinguished Heads of State and Government; Heads of delegations; I would like to thank the Republic of Azerbaijan, the current president of the Non-Aligned Movement, for the initiative to convene this Special Session of the General Assembly. An articulated response...More

Compelling cases for upholding multilateralism

Yi Fan September 26, 2020

Compelling cases for upholding multilateralism

On September 15, the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly kicked off. It was an important occasion to review the journey this international organization has traveled over the past three quarters of a century. In retrospect, the UN's creation in 1945 after two devastating world wars...More

China Rejects and Opposes Groundless Accusations by the United States

Zhang Jun September 26, 2020

China Rejects and Opposes Groundless Accusations by the United States

China firmly rejects and opposes the groundless accusations made by the United States against China during the General Debate on 22 September. China will exercise the right of reply in accordance with the rules of the UN General Assembly to state its solemn position. The US noise is...More

At UN, US talks trash, China fortifies truth

Left Review Online September 24, 2020

At UN, US talks trash, China fortifies truth

Editor's Note: Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a virtual address at the General Debate session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Trump groundlessly slandered China from the beginning and nearly half of his speech was directed at China. Xi, by...More

Trump addresses US voters in UN speech

Left Review Online September 24, 2020

Trump addresses US voters in UN speech

The general debate of the 75th UN General Assembly opened Tuesday, with leaders of many countries giving video speeches. Among them, the address by US President Donald Trump is probably the one with the most personal characteristics. He used the discriminatory phrase "China virus" in his speech, and...More

Xi reaffirms COVID-19 pledges at UN assembly

Cao Siqi, Hu Yuwei and Zhang Han September 24, 2020

Xi reaffirms COVID-19 pledges at UN assembly

In stark contrast to the US who apparently turned the UN General Assembly - a multilateral dialogue platform - into a battlefield to attack and defame China, China stressed putting people and lives first in battling COVID-19, and that major countries should act like major countries by taking...More

It is urgent to reform the UN : Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Left Review Online September 23, 2020

It is urgent to reform the UN : Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel

Mr. Secretary General, Mr. President, A global pandemic has changed everyday life drastically. From one day to the next, millions of people get infected and thousands die even when their life expectancy was longer thanks to development. Hospital systems with high-level services have collapsed and the health structures...More

World can move on together without the US

Li Qingqing for Global Times September 29, 2019

World can move on together without the US

Beijing. US President Donald Trump briefly dropped by the UN Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday. As leaders from around the world were discussing the grim situation of climate change, Trump hurried off to attend the Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom event. He stayed at...More

US sabotages China, neighbors’ relations with Xinjiang issue: expert

Left Review Online September 26, 2019

US sabotages China, neighbors’ relations with Xinjiang issue: expert

Bijing. China slammed wrong remarks made by US officials on Xinjiang and China's religious freedom at the 74th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Tuesday. If the US politician really cares about religious issues, he must face the fact that so many practices against religious...More