Dr. Khalilur Rahman

The general debate of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly has concluded.

General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said the debate addressed a wide range of issues, including peace, development, human rights, UN reform and the selection of the next Secretary-General.

He said artificial intelligence previously on the margins of UN debates moved to the center of discussions this year.

The UN says escalating violence in Yemen has forced about 142,000 people to flee their homes, while worsening conditions are increasing the risk of disease outbreaks.

And then it was a special year for South Asia.

Bangladesh's foreign minister, Khalilur Rahman, elected president of the General Assembly.

You heard him earlier.

Also, after elections, the first addresses by Bangladesh's Prime Minister Tariq Rahman and by Nepal's Prime Minister Balan Shah.

That was the first such meeting between those two men since the US passed Russian sanctions laws that will target India.

Jaishankar also attended numerous multilaterals, including some regional ones like Vizgrad, Europe, CELAC, that is the Latin American countries, European Union, FIPIC, which is Pacific countries.

In fact, all those regional organizations, except SAARC itself, South Asia, SAARC foreign ministers used to meet every year till about 2019 on the sidelines of the UNGA.

India also co-sponsored a new multilateral called Partnership for Multilateralism.

Scores of delegates marched out and a majority of visible seats sat empty afterward.

Order in the hall, please, General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said repeatedly.

If there are any other moral cowards who have not yet left the hall, please do so now, Netanyahu said.

His remarks, which at times sounded like a stump speech as Israel gears up for elections, came after a week filled with speeches by world leaders accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza.

The representatives of the European imperialist powers, for all their constant talk of democracy and human rights, sat there and did nothing.

Khalilur Rahman, the Bangladeshi foreign minister who presides over the assembly, thanked the American president.

The UN Charter was signed in San Francisco on June 26, 1945, seven weeks after the surrender of Nazi Germany, "...to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind." Its Article 2 binds every member to, quote, refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, end quote.

Trump's speech was such a threat made in the building constructed to outlaw it by the leader of a state almost seven months into an illegal war of aggression.

These initiatives have strengthened data management and efficiency, bolstered energy security, fostered industrial growth, and advanced sustainable development.

Khalilur Rahman, president-elect of the upcoming 81st UN General Assembly, has made restoring trust and managing institutional transformation the overarching themes of his presidency.

Taiwan shares these objectives and stands ready to help realize them.

Restoring confidence in the United Nations must begin with treating every member of the international community fairly and justly.

The theme of UNGA's 81st session is restoring trust, managing transformation, a United Nations that delivers for all.

The theme was selected by the assembly's new president, Khalilur Rahman, Bangladesh's foreign minister and a seasoned diplomat who's previously served as Bangladesh's high representative for the Rohingya issue.

Rahman outlined his six priorities for the year ahead, which include strengthening peace and security and accelerating sustainable development.

But underpinning all that, he said, is restoring trust in multilateralism.