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81st UN General Assembly with Global Conflicts as Key Issues

In the midst of strong security measures, more than in the other editions, the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York begins. On September 22, António Guterres will deliver his last speech as UN Secretary General, in which he is expected to ask to invest in dialogue, diplomacy and prevention, as well as to advocate for peace. The first world leader to intervene will be Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, followed by American President Donald Trump. Speeches are expected to focus on global conflicts, the

Politics

Greenland, Denmark and the United States will sign the Arctic Territory Agreement on Tuesday

The Prime Minister of Greenland, his Danish counterpart and the President of the United States will sign the agreement on Greenland on Tuesday, outside the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The text, which seeks to "strengthen security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic region," recognizes, according to Copenhagen, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Politics

Macron gets to America. USA to meet Trump before UN General Assembly

The French President, Emmanuel Macron, arrives on September 21 in the United States, where he will meet with his counterpart, Donald Trump, on the eve of the opening of the UN General Assembly debates, after Macron met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, in the French overseas territory of San Pedro and Miquelon, in the North Atlantic. A message addressed to Trump, who published a map on which Canada, Greenland and San Pedro and Miquelon appeared under the American flag.

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A world in flames is gathered in a ruined UN

The rise in conflict, climate and technological hazards and democratic erosion mark the annual United Nations meeting, reduced by a shortage of funds and attacks on multilateralism