General Secretary and President To Lam speaks at the United Nations General Assembly

The world faces many challenges

The discussion session was themed “Leaving no one behind: United actions to promote peace, sustainable development, human dignity for present and future generations”, with the participation of 155 Heads of State and Government of United Nations member states, along with representatives of international and regional organizations.

General Secretary and President To Lam speaks at the High-level General Debate of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA).

In his opening remarks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that geopolitical competition, endless conflicts, climate change, nuclear weapons and emerging weapons are like “gunpowder warehouses” waiting to explode, pushing the world into disaster.

Mr. Guterres affirmed that the international community can overcome those challenges if it thoroughly addresses the root causes of global division, which are inequality, violations of international law and the United Nations Charter.

President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly Philemon Yang stressed that international cooperation is a tool to solve global problems and create a better future for all people around the world.

Every nation plays an important role in the great symphony of the times.

At the first general discussion session, General Secretary and President To Lam delivered a speech with a strong and comprehensive message on “Strengthening multilateralism, acting together to create a peaceful, stable, prosperous and sustainable future for all people”.

Assessing that the world is undergoing epochal changes, the General Secretary and President said that peace, cooperation and development are facing new and more serious difficulties and challenges such as fierce strategic competition, increasing risks of tension, confrontation and direct collision, erosion of multilateral institutions and trust in global cooperation; non-traditional security challenges are pushing back human development efforts.

In that context, the General Secretary and President called on countries to strengthen solidarity, join hands, act together, cooperate closely, and promote the role of global institutions, especially the United Nations and regional organizations, including ASEAN, to achieve the highest goal of ending war, eliminating all forms of oppression and exploitation, creating peace, building a better world and bringing happiness to humanity.

The discussion session was attended by 155 Heads of State and Government of United Nations member states, along with representatives of international and regional organizations (Photo: VNA).

Sharing Vietnam's vision for the future, the General Secretary and President emphasized that peace and stability are the foundation for building a prosperous future and that countries, especially major countries, need to comply with international law and the United Nations Charter, act responsibly, abide by commitments, contribute to common work, strengthen solidarity, sincerity, trust, promote dialogue, and eliminate confrontation.

The General Secretary and President said it is necessary to unblock, mobilize and effectively use all resources for development, giving priority to "lowland areas" in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, supporting developing countries with preferential capital, transferring advanced technology, training high-quality human resources, facilitating investment, and reducing debt burdens for poor countries.

Calling for the early establishment of smart global governance frameworks, the General Secretary and President emphasized the need for a long-term vision on science and technology, especially emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, to promote progressive development while proactively preventing and repelling threats to peace, sustainable development and humanity.

The General Secretary and President said that there is a need for new thinking and efforts to promote transformation, focusing on digital transformation, green transformation and global governance transformation, thereby helping countries increase their resilience and self-reliance. Reforming multilateral mechanisms must better ensure representation, fairness, transparency, efficiency and readiness for the future.

At the same time, it is necessary to put people at the center, in which special attention must be paid to investing in and comprehensively developing the young generation in both knowledge and culture, on the basis of common values ​​and a spirit of responsibility and dedication.

At the end of his speech, the General Secretary and President quoted President Ho Chi Minh's saying "Unity - unity - great unity. Success - success - great success" and emphasized: "Only with unity, cooperation, trust, joint efforts and unanimity can we successfully build a world of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for present and future generations, so that no one is left behind".

According to him, in today's rapidly changing world, every country plays an important role in the great symphony of the times.

“Vietnam is striving and accelerating to realize a peaceful, stable, prosperous and sustainable future, not only for the Vietnamese people, but also for all countries in the world. That is Vietnam’s vision, goal and strong commitment to the international community today and tomorrow,” General Secretary and President To Lam shared.

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