76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
The High-Level Week of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly starts on 20 September 2021 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It will take place in a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 pandemic with in-person meetings and videoconferences.
Discussions in this 76th Session will focus on collective challenges the world must tackle, including political and security crises and global issues such as the fight against climate change, biodiversity protection, health, the defence of human rights, international humanitarian law, gender equality and access to free, pluralistic and reliable information.
You will be able to find news articles throughout the week on this page.
Monday, 27 September 2021
- 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - Speech of Jean-Yves Le Drian
To download the full statement, in FR & EN(PDF - 418Ko)
Friday, 24 September 2021
Programme of the last day
#UNGA 🇺🇳 | @JY_LeDrian's last day in #NYC.
Programme: several bilateral meetings and the Ministerial Summit on the Information and Democracy Partnership co-organised with @RSF_inter. #MultilateralismMatters https://t.co/qAYVa9IXjq
— France Diplomacy🇫🇷 (@francediplo_EN) September 24, 2021
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Programme of the 4th day
#UNGA 🇺🇳| 4th day in #NYC for the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs @JY_LeDrian.
Today : Security Council meeting on climate and security; meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism, co-organised with Germany. https://t.co/tjsCiLIEfE
— France Diplomacy🇫🇷 (@francediplo_EN) September 23, 2021
Wednesday, 22 September 2021
Jean-Yves Le Drian’s 3rd day at the UNGA ; here was the programme:
Libyan and Afghan crisis - respect of humanitarian international right - biodiversity protection.
#UNGA | Le Ministre @JY_LeDrian entame son 3ème jour à l'ONU, avec un programme axé sur les crises libyenne et afghane, le respect du droit international humanitaire et la protection de la biodiversité. pic.twitter.com/uG7GZAaF5S
— La France à l'ONU (@franceonu) September 22, 2021
Tuesday, 21 September 2021
Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, meets his foreign counterparts in order to move forward together towards diplomatic solutions to crisis the world is facing.
#UNGA | 2ème journée à New York du Ministre de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères @JY_LeDrian.
Aujourd'hui, le Ministre rencontre ses homologues étrangers pour avancer ensemble vers des solutions diplomatiques aux crises auxquelles le monde fait face. pic.twitter.com/IJd8y07DqM
— La France à l'ONU (@franceonu) September 21, 2021
Monday, 20 September 2021
- Opening of the 76th session of the UNGA
- Press Conference: Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
🔴LIVE #UNGA🇺🇳 — Press Conference by 🇫🇷 Foreign Minister @JY_LeDrian@franceonu https://t.co/f7PFwuA6Y6
— France Diplomacy🇫🇷 (@francediplo_EN) September 20, 2021
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