Gaza Crisis Poses Major Test for UN’s Credibility, Iranian Spokesman Says – Politics news

“We have arrived in New York for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly,” Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on his X account on Monday.

“This year’s theme — ‘Better Together: 80 Years and More for Peace, Development and Human Rights’ — marks a milestone for the Organization at a moment of grave peril. The UN’s founding purposes and principles are facing unprecedented threats from militant unilateralism, coercion, contempt for international law, and large-scale impunity for egregious violations of human rights and humanitarian law,” he added.

“The ongoing genocide in Gaza is the toughest test yet of the UN’s institutional integrity and normative credibility. If the United Nations is to remain relevant, its members must act with urgency and resolve to end this atrocity and bring those responsible to justice,” the Iranian spokesman said.

The 80th ordinary session of the UNGA opened on September 9. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, September 23.

The theme of this year’s session is “Better Together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights”.