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“Unlike the Palestinians, Israel is closely safeguarding the status quo at the Temple Mount and is committed to continue and keep it, according to all the understandings between us and the Jordanians and the Waqf”, Netanyahu continued, using the Jewish name for the complex.

Adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, caps three years of brainstorming and negotiations with input from almost every corner of the world, organizers say, and provides a roadmap for countries to finance and create change.

But among the stars of the show were Barack Obama and Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the 70th General Debate with a speech in which he called for the situation in Syria to be referred to the worldwide Criminal Court and said that five countries – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey and the United States – are key...

“The United Nations and its member states have a strong obligation to work together to end the catastrophic wars and conflicts – not least in and around Syria“, said Mogens Lykketoft, president of the 70th session of the General Assembly.

Concerns about how to reduce inequality loom large. When they do, impressive progress can be achieved. Businesses have enormous power, resources and knowledge to assist.

Ahead of this 70th anniversary General Debate, Mr. Ban will present his annual report on the work of the Organization.

China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged billions in aide over the next to help the world’s poorest countries implement sustainable development. He spoke to a summit that adopted a sweeping agenda for global development includes the goal of eliminating poverty in 15 years.

The global meeting is focused on fixing some of the world’s greatest problems through a 15-year road map.

The Associated Press reports: “Xi and others spoke as the United Nations gathering began to shift focus from development to the high-powered General Assembly meeting that begins Monday with speeches by Xi, [President Obama], Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian...

The internet turned commonplace in developed nations within the Nineteen Nineties, however UN officers estimate that half the world doesn’t have dependable access – particularly ladies and women, whose schooling is significant to improvement.

He made his first appearance on the Late Show back in 2013.

As with Bush’s contest, Colbert’s costs $3 to enter. No wonder Colbert says he now feels liberated: “I wanted the ability to use more of me that I could never show you on ‘The Colbert Report’. Now I can just talk”.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters that he had requested his resignation.

As reported by a recent report of the United Nations Aids agency, we have already met the target of making HIV treatment accessible to 15 million people before 2015 ends.