Iran Press- America/ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres painted a grim picture of the state of the world highlighting the breakdown of trust around the globe and the need to counter unilateralism and reinvigorate international cooperation which is the foundation of the United Nations in his speech to UN general assembly on Tuesday, NBC reported.
U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq gave a preview Monday of the U.N. chief's address saying he will "also sound the alarm on climate change" and stress that all people must benefit from new technologies "while safeguarding against the dangers from malicious acts in cyberspace to the weaponization of artificial intelligence."
Guterres will also appeal to world leaders "for greater solidarity in advancing peace, human rights and sustainable development," he said.
This year, 133 world leaders have signed up to attend the General Assembly session which ends on Oct. 1, a significant increase from the 114 leaders in 2017. Virtually all 193 U.N. member nations will be represented, many of the rest by ministers.
The 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) will open on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 25 September 2018, and is scheduled to last for nine working days.
Ahead of the meeting, the secretary-general has been speaking out against the rise of populism and — as Haq said — underscoring "the need to reform, renew and reinvigorate multilateralism at a time when it has never been needed more."
Populist leaders attending this year's meeting including President Donald Trump, Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Italy's Premier Giuseppe Conte along with the foreign ministers of Hungary and Austria.
In speeches and close to 350 meetings on the assembly sideline, the conflicts, hotspots and issues contributing to that turbulence will be debated.
The United States, holds the rotating presidency of the U.N. Security Council for the month of September.
President Rouhani is scheduled to deliver a speech at UNGA on Tuesday 25 September.
He returns home on September 26 (Wednesday) at the end of his 4-day stay in New York.
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