Cameroon’s former prime minister has taken over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly and called for nations to unite and to address global challenges from climate change and poverty to conflicts and armed violence.
FILE - Cameroon Prime Minister Philemon Yang attends a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Thursday, June 18, 2015. Cameroon’s former prime minister took over the presidency of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. UNITED NATIONS — Cameroon’s former prime minister took over the presidency of the U.N.
Yang, a former diplomat who was prime minister of his West African nation from 2009 to 2019, said the cornerstone of his one-year presidency “will be built on the principles of unity in diversity.”“This is why, I will urge the assembly to intensify its determination to prioritize the resolution of conflicts, including the intractable ones inas well as find durable solutions to the situation in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere in Africa,” Yang said.
“It is no understatement to say that the magnitude of manmade human suffering we are witnessing around the world is simply staggering,” the former diplomat and ambassador from Trinidad and Tobago said, pointing to Gaza and other conflicts. “But this session also closes at a time of growing hope and inspiration in what we can achieve if we work as one,” the U.N. chief said.
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