The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main political body of the United Nations.
The UN General Assembly is an opportunity for the world to come together to address the most pressing global challenges facing us today.
At the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77), the United States will reinforce the President’s commitment to multilateral action by engaging across the full spectrum of UNGA events and activities.
UNGA 77 opens on September 13, 2022, with Advanced Week taking place on September 19-23 in New York.
Policy Priorities
The United States believes that the United Nations provides an essential platform that can help address some of the most pressing and shared challenges that affect us all, from global food security to global health crises.
We are committed to continuing to work with and through the United Nations system to find solutions to these challenges. To see also : Current Brief: COVID czar Ashish Jha on the future of the US virus.
The United States also recognizes that, at this moment of heightened geopolitical tensions, we all have a role to play in helping shape a future United Nations that can fulfill its mandate and remain a central and effective problem-solving institution.
With this in mind, the United States is focusing on three key policy priorities for the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly: Combating Food Insecurity, Promoting Global Health and Global Health Security, and Upholding the UN Charter and Changing the Future of UN.
Combating Food Insecurity
Food security is having enough safe and nutritious food to eat. Read also : 2 of Netflix’s newest shows are also the biggest in the world right now.
Food insecurity can destabilize societies, increase hunger and malnutrition, drive migration and conflict, and cause severe economic dislocation. The number of people affected by food insecurity continues to rise, and 2022 is predicted to be the most food insecure year on record worldwide.
Higher energy costs, climate change, COVID-19 and global conflicts are fueling the food crisis.
Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine has worsened an already bad situation – preventing the most vulnerable and the most at-risk from having access to the food they so desperately need.
The World Bank estimates that the Russian government’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine may push 40 million more people worldwide into extreme poverty and food insecurity this year. To learn more, read Food Security Made Worse by Putin’s War, Not Sanctions.
Consistent with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, the United States is committed to working with the international community and the United Nations to address the drivers of food insecurity, including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and armed. conflict
Advancing Global Health and Global Health Security
The world is still struggling to end the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other threats to global health. Read also : Eating David & Myra | Try ‘Food IQ’, part 2.
The United States is exercising diplomatic leadership to mobilize an international response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its secondary effects while strengthening global biosecurity infrastructure to address both the current crisis and future health-related threats.
As we have seen, if people fall ill with an infectious disease, jobs can be lost and whole communities suffer.
Promoting global health security and disease outbreak preparedness are essential not only to protect health and safety, but also to ensure economic prosperity and defend national security interests.
We are committed to strengthening global health security so that the world can rebuild better to prevent, detect and respond to the next infectious disease.
Upholding the UN Charter and Shaping the UN’s Future
The US is committed to the UN. fundamental principles of protection of human rights and dignity.
When the United Nations Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, it set the stage for a post-World War I era dedicated to the resolution of international disputes by peaceful means.
The charter proclaimed the commitment of the U.N. to maintaining peace and international security and supporting human rights.
Today the UN includes almost all the countries in the world, with 193 members.
We must reaffirm the centrality of the UN Charter in international affairs, as part of a broader vision for the future of the United Nations and the international system.
The report of the Secretary General “Our Common Agenda” provides UN Member States with a starting point for that discussion, which he urged to be taken up by world leaders at the “Summit of the Future”. We welcome that the Secretary General has taken this initiative.
We look forward to consulting with other member states — especially across traditional regional divides — to better understand how they see the way forward, and to share and seek feedback on our own ideas.
Consistent with the principles enshrined in the UN Charter, we must recommit to holding Russia accountable for waging an illegal war against Ukraine and condemning its ongoing efforts to erase Ukrainian identity, including Russian infiltration operations and attempts to illegally annex parts of Ukrainian territory.
We must use this opportunity to reaffirm our support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence – as protected under the UN Charter – while at the same time seeking to address the adverse consequences of this war and prepare the ground for an eventual diplomatic process to finish it .
