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Priorities of the 79th Session of the General Assembly<\/span><\/h5>\n

\u00a0H.E. PHILEMON YANG<\/span><\/h4>\n
President of the General Assembly<\/span><\/h5>\n

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The theme of my mandate is<\/p>\n

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\u201cUnity in diversity, for the advancement of peace, sustainable development and human dignity for everyone, everywhere\u201d<\/strong>,<\/p>\n

which, I believe, covers the three pillars of United Nations action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The priorities <\/span>of the President of the General Assembly <\/span>H.E Philemon Yang <\/span>during<\/span> the 79th Session of the General Assembly\u00a0<\/span>encompass the 3 pillars of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ: <\/span><\/span>Peace & Security, Human Rights, & Sustainable Development and <\/span><\/span>are <\/span><\/span>guided by <\/span>his<\/span> vision for this 79<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span> session\u2014<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guided by a strong belief in the power of language to connect and empower, President of the General Assembly H.E. Philemon Yang has made multilingualism a central priority of his Presidency.<\/p>\n

As he has underlined, he considers multilingualism essential to the work of the United Nations, enabling meaningful dialogue and cooperation among Member States and indispensable for building bridges and fostering connections among nations, peoples and cultures.<\/p>\n

In this context, the President of the General Assembly established a Task Force for the advancement of multilingualism in his Office and launched an Action Plan on Multilingualism for the 79th Session of the General Assembly. He also convened a Palaver Tree Dialogue on multilingualism, which has already led to meaningful outcomes.<\/p>\n

As a direct result of that discussion, several Member States have taken the initiative to support the translation of the Pact for the Future<\/a>, which itself emphasizes inclusive and participatory governance, into the official and mother tongues of their countries.<\/p>\n

Thanks to these collective efforts \u2014 and in the true spirit of shared ownership \u2014 the Pact is now available not only in the six official Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ languages, but also in 27 other languages. This means the Pact can now be read in the native languages of over 3.5 billion people, thus addressing the need for awareness of this historic document among \u201cwe the peoples\u201d who we serve.<\/p>\n

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