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🔥 MIA MOTTLEY AT THE UN:
“The mindset that established, justified and sustained slavery is the SAME mindset that sustains the inequities within the power structures of this very institution.”

Barbados’ PM links slavery’s legacy to the architecture of global power. #UNGA81 #Barbados #Slavery

1/3 🚨The Republic of Naoero withdraws from the Rome Statute after announcing it during its #UNGA81 speech calling the ICC “irrelevant”

It’s alarming the accelerating rate of withdrawals. The 6th in 2026. The last one was Philippines in 2019.

📍 treaties.un.org/doc/Publicatio…

Happy to meet H.E. Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Foreign Affairs @MOFAKuwait to share views on joint efforts after an intense #UNGA81 week of diplomacy and coordinate ahead of the upcoming EU-GCC Leaders Summit.

At #UNGA81, our Senior Policy Advocacy Manager Rachael Crockett explains why Article 9.5 of the WHO Pandemic Agreement could be a game changer for equitable access.

🔗 Read our intervention at UNGA: dndi.org/statements/2...

What does it take to guarantee better outcomes for all children, not just those who can afford to absorb the risks of school choice?

After reading @nhannahjones.bsky.social during #UNGA81, Kehinde Ajayi reflects on school choice, accountability, and educational justice. go.cgdev.org/4AwJCMT

During #ClimateWeekNYC2026 and on the sideline of the #UNGA81 in New York, UNU-INWEH Director Prof. Kaveh Madani discussed the realities of Global #WaterBankruptcy and encouraging action for water sustainability for people, communities and future generations.

Looking back at #UNGA81, I keep coming back to one challenge: the disconnect between development finance institutions in Washington and the global health community in Geneva.

Health experts and economists need to be talking to each other.

I’m at the UN this week covering #UNGA81 for @passblue.bsky.social! Iran FM Seyed Araghchi is holding a press conference at 4pm that I’ll be attending and live posting about in this thread.

Here is a link to the broadcast: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1s...

Throughout #UNGA81 , World Vision engaged with partners, policymakers and global leaders to help ensure children's rights and well-being remain at the heart of global discussions.
The conversations may be ending, but the work continues. Together, we can build a better future for every child.

There are still pathways to make migration work, even in a difficult political environment.

At our #UNGA81 roundtable with Pathways International, it was encouraging to see government, the private sector and civil society come together around skilled migration pathways.

“For a small island country, climate change is not an abstract matter.”

🇩🇴 At #UNGA81, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader described the pressures facing Caribbean nations, including storms and fuel prices beyond their control.

Catch up on Devex's excellent coverage of #UNGA81 #GlobalGoalsWeek 2026 conversations: https://www.devex.com/focus/unga

#UNGA81

🇳🇵 Nepals Premierminister Balen Shah:

Wir haben eine Welt geschaffen, in der die Logistik für Krieg perfekt funktioniert, während die Logistik für Lebensmittel zusammenbricht.

#UNGA81

🇹🇷 Der Vertreter der Türkei bei den Vereinten Nationen:

Persönliche Angriffe und Lügen, egal wie laut oder oft sie wiederholt werden, scheitern angesichts unbestreitbarer Fakten.

Während Israel Krieg, Zerstörung und Instabilität exportiert, baut die Türkei Frieden.