PRESIDENT Mnangagwa last night left for the United States to attend the first face-to-face United Nations General Assembly after a two-year hiatus spawned by Covid-19.
The President, who was seen off at the Robert Mugabe
International Airport by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Cabinet
Ministers, senior Government officials and service chiefs, is expected to join
other Heads of State and Government for the general debate of the 77th session
of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which is coming on the back of
the Russian/Ukraine conflict, and the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic.
UNGA 77, which began in earnest yesterday with President
Mnangagwa contributing to the debate on sustainable education virtually, will
see world leaders converge to deliver speeches laying out their governments’
top priorities.
UNGA is the main policy-making organ of the UN and meets
annually for regular sessions between September and December each year.
This year UNGA 77 is running under the theme, “A watershed
moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges”, that recognises
challenges that world nations are facing in the wake of climate change, forced
labour, unilateralism and other complex global challenges.
For the last two years, UNGA has been taking place
virtually through pre-recorded speeches.
President Mnangagwa is expected to address the UNGA during
the course of this week.
In his opening remarks, UN secretary-general Mr António
Guterres said the general debate must provide hope and solutions to the
divisions characterising the modern world.
“Our world is blighted by war, battered by climate chaos,
scarred by hate, and shamed by poverty, hunger and inequality. As fractures
deepen and trust evaporates, we need to come together around solutions. People
need to see results in their everyday lives, or they will lose faith in their
governments and institutions, and they will lose hope in the future. Herald
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