President attends opening of high-level debate of United Nations General Assembly

Politburo member and President Luong Cuong and members of the Vietnamese delegation attended the High-Level Meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Photo: VNA

On the morning of September 23 local time, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA, the High-Level Debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened with the theme "Better Together: 80 Years and Beyond for Peace , Development and Human Rights".

The meeting was attended by nearly 150 heads of state, heads of government and senior representatives of many member countries, along with many leaders of international and regional organizations.

Politburo member and President Luong Cuong led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the meeting.

Reporting on the world situation and the activities of the United Nations, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world is moving towards a multipolar world and needs an effective multilateral system to avoid repeating the lessons that led to World War I.

Mr. Guterres emphasized that the United Nations is a moral compass, a force for maintaining peace, protecting international law, promoting sustainable development, ensuring human rights, and turning global decisions into concrete actions.

The Secretary-General stressed that in the current context, the international community needs to make five right choices.

First, peace must be based on international law.

Second, is to ensure human rights and dignity by implementing international commitments on human rights, including through increased resource mobilization and reform of the international financial system to further implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

Third, is to promote climate justice and climate action, through sustainable and equitable energy transitions and ensuring resources for green climate through financial mechanisms and policies.

Fourth, use and exploit advanced technology and artificial intelligence to serve the development of the world and humanity.

Fifth, we need to build a more inclusive, transparent, and 21st-century-ready United Nations, including through the UN80 Reform Initiative, revising the 2026 budget to strengthen accountability, improve delivery, and cut costs.

Speaking after the opening session, US President Donald Trump said that the United Nations is an organization with great potential, but there are still many problems that need to be solved. Regarding the US, President Trump affirmed that many achievements have been made in domestic and foreign affairs, including helping to end 7 conflicts in the world, reaching tariff agreements with many countries, including Vietnam; at the same time, emphasizing the need to end the conflict in Gaza.

Meanwhile, many senior leaders of countries said that the world is facing unprecedented challenges, expressing strong support for the central role of the United Nations in the multilateral system, upholding international law, reforming the United Nations to respond to unprecedented challenges, strengthening international cooperation, mobilizing financial resources, especially green finance, and cooperating and sharing scientific and technological advances.

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