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UN General Assembly confronts wars, climate crisis, and AI risks

World leaders convened at the UN General Assembly starting 2026-09-21, addressing conflicts in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo, and Myanmar alongside climate change and artificial intelligence threats. By 2026-09-24, UK officials formally objected to Argentine President Javier Milei's remarks, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the assembly amid protests.

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UN General Assembly: Wars, geopolitical divides, AI and climate change test global cooperation

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UN General Assembly: Wars, geopolitical divides, AI and climate change test global cooperation ->Channel News Asia | More on "Global cooperation amid geopolitical crises" at BigEarthData.ai | #ClimateChange #AI #Peace NEW YORK: World leaders are gathering for the United Nations General Assembly this week, as the global body confronts wars, deepening geopolitical divisions, the rapid rise of artifi

UN leaders confront wars, AI and climate shocks

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World leaders began the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New York on Tuesday, with conflicts involving Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, climate change, artificial intelligence, economic disruption and inequality dominating the agenda. About 130 heads of state and government are expected to speak during the debate, which runs through Sept. 26 and resumes Sept. 28 [

Climate leaders warn of intensifying disasters before UN summit

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World leaders and senior officials opened Climate Week in New York on Sept. 21 as the United Nations General Assembly prepared to address climate change alongside wars, energy costs and artificial-intelligence risks. The meeting followed months of extreme heat in Europe and the United States, wildfires in Africa, flash floods in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño. Scientists and officials linked a

Wars, AI and climate on agenda as world leaders meet at UN

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In the face of an unrelenting succession of global crises, this year's United Nations General Assembly has chosen as its theme “Restoring trust, managing transformation: A United Nations that delivers for all”. From AI to climate change and ongoing wars, France 24 takes a look at what’s on the agenda.

UN chief calls for AI curbs and end to wars in his last assembly address

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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront mounting global challenges.

REPLAY: UN chief Guterres makes final address to the General Assembly

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used ​his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront mounting global challenges. Watch his speech in full above.

Guterres delivers 'message to superpowers' in last UN General Assembly speech

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” as he made his final address Tuesday to the General Assembly, a yearly gathering of world leaders, in a message that was largely intended for the world's superpowers, says France 24's UN correspondent Jessica Le Masurier.

Macron urges world to 'stand firm' against 'abuse of power by empires' in final UN speech

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French President Emmanuel Macron used his last address before the UN General Assembly as France's leader to urge the world's nations to stand alongside the United Nations in the face of a resurgent "law of the jungle". Macron also called for a moratorium on strikes on civilian and energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war and an "open-source" model for frontier AI independent of China and th

Argentina's Milei addresses UN as tensions rise over Falkland Islands

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Sept 23 - Argentina's President Javier Milei on Wednesday will address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly amid escalating tensions with Britain over oil exploration around the Falkland Islands, a largely self-governing British overseas territory whose sovereignty Argentina has long disputed.

Macron urges world to resist ‘law of the jungle’ in final UN address

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French President Emmanuel Macron urged countries to resist a return to the “law of the jungle” in his final UN General Assembly address as France's leader – defending international rules as he called for action on Gaza and Ukraine, climate change, artificial intelligence and the effects of social media on children.

AI takes centre stage at UN General Assembly

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Artificial intelligence is also a major focus at the UN General Assembly, with new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham among the leaders addressing the issue. Our correspondent in New York, Jessica Le Massurier, reports.

UN General Assembly to discuss war, climate and AI

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World leaders are heading to New York for the world's biggest diplomatic gathering: the UN General Assembly. Throughout the week, attention will turn to the war in Iran, climate change and the race to rein in AI. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis and Theresa Squatrito from the London School of Economics discuss what to expect.

UK replies to Milei: "not the behaviour we expect of a democracy"

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The United Kingdom has asked for a written statement to be placed in the official record of the UN General Assembly in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, saying Buenos Aires' conduct over the Falklands "is wholly incompatible with the principles established in the United Nations Charter and is not the behaviour we expect of a democracy".

At UN, Netanyahu faces a choice: Speak to the world or rally his political base

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At UN, Netanyahu faces a choice: Speak to the world or rally his political base ->Ynet News | More on "Netanyahu's UN speech and diplomacy" at BigEarthData.ai More than half a century ago, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Chaim Herzog, stood before the General Assembly and delivered one of Israel’s most memorable attacks on the world body. The United Nations, Herzog said in November 1975