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President Lazarus Chakwera has made a strong appeal for the United Nations to truly put into practice and not just merely preaching about the call of leaving no one behind as he observes that some countries are left behind to fend for themselves in some eventualities. He made the observation Thursday evening when he addressed the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States of America. Chakwera observed that collective negligence of countries has left the global economy on fire. "Yet we continue using evacuation methods that rush some countries out to safety while leaving the rest of us behind to fend for ourselves in the burning building," observed Chakwera. The Malawi leader further stressed that a one UN family must reject any attempts to politicize human...

As world leaders take turns to deliver speeches at the UN main deliberative organ, the general assembly, President Dr Lazarus Chakwera is scheduled to speak today at the General Assembly Hall in New York, United States of America. President Chakwera's speech comes barely a day after US President Joe Biden made his statement and two days after the UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres opened the assembly respectively. Being held under the theme "A watershed moment; transformative solutions to interlocking challenges', the 77th session of the UN General Assembly has converged over 190 heads of State and Government to tackle global challenges and shape the course of events that concern generations worldwide. The President is expected to speak at 3 pm American local time and 9 pm Mal...

The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has commenced at the UN Headquarters in New York City, United States of America. President Dr Lazarus Chakwera will be among the 192 world leaders to hold discussions during the high level deliberative session which starts on 20 September 2022. The assembly has reconvened physically after a break of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Aside from the assembly which is the main deliberative organ, the president will hold bilateral and multilateral engagements with other world leaders and heads of international institutions aimed at promoting Malawi as a competitive investment destination in Africa and use the opportunity to consolidate various bilateral ties the country has. Almost 40 high level meetings geared t...