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Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal - Item 11: Solemn appeal made by the President of the General Assembly  A/80/59 . Pursuant to General Assembly resolution 80/8 of 20 November 2025, in which the Assembly urged Member States to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, throughout the period from the seventh day before the start of the Games of the XXV Olympic Winter Games until the seventh day following the end of the XIV Paralympic Winter Games, to be held in Milano-Cortina in 2026, the President of the General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock will make a solemn appeal in connection to the observance of the Olympic Truce during this formal plenary meeting of the General Assembly. Related Sites and Documents:  General Assembly resolution 80/8 of 20 November 2025 Wactch the General Assembly: 71st plenary meeting, 80th session! General Ass...

Civil Society Town Hall with the President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock. The Civil Society Unit in the UN Department of Global Communications in collaboration with the Office of the President of the General Assembly will organize a Civil Society Town Hall on 29 January 2026, on the priorities for the 80th Session under the theme: "Better Together: The role of civil society in strengthening the United Nations in fragmented times" The Town Hall aims to facilitate a candid exchange with representatives of civil society, providing a platform for inclusive dialogue on the priorities for the eightieth session of the General Assembly. The Townhall also invites civil society organisations to engage and discuss how they will contribute to protect the principles of the United Nations, engage in the broader reform of the Organization to modernise and make it fit for the 21st century. Related Sites and Documents:  Webpage . Watch the Civi...

General Assembly: Intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council - Informal meeting of the plenary, 80th session (Continued). H.E. Mr. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, and H.E. Ms. Lise Gregoire-van Haaren, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, have been appointed by the President of the General Assembly as Co-Chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council during the 80th session. Related Documents:  Website . Watch the General Assembly: Intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Counci...

  General Assembly: Intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council - Informal meeting of the plenary, 80th session. H.E. Mr. Tareq M. A. M. Albanai, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, and H.E. Ms. Lise Gregoire-van Haaren, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, have been appointed by the President of the General Assembly as Co-Chairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Council during the 80th session. Related Sites and Documents:  Website . Watch the General Assembly: Intergovernmental negotiations on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Cou...

Informal consultation of Member States and Observers of the General Assembly to express their views ahead of the completion of the introduction to the annual report of the Security Council. Pursuant to paragraph 148 of the note by the President of the Security Council of 13 December 2024 (S/2024/507), the member of the Council preparing the introduction to the annual report of the Security Council "may also consider organizing, where appropriate, interactive informal exchanges of views with the wider membership". In this regard and in cooperation with the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation as the Council member responsible for coordinating the introduction of the 2024 annual report of the Security Council, covering the period of 1 January-31 December 2024, the President of the General Assembly is convening an informal consultation to allow Member States and Observers to express their views ahead of the completion of its introduction. Related Sites and Documents:  L...

General Assembly: 70th plenary meeting, 80th session. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations - Item 140 Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization - Item 110 (A/80/1) Briefing by the Secretary-General on his priorities for 2026 Informal meeting of the plenary on the priorities of the Secretary-General for 2026 Watch the General Assembly: 70th plenary meeting, 80th session! 03:19:28 General Assembly