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Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations That Delivers for All<\/div>\n
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We must collectively demonstrate that the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ can adapt, reform and better deliver in order to restore trust in our Organization.<\/p>\n

H.E. Dr. Khalilur Rahman<\/p>\n

Acceptance speech, 2 June 2026<\/p>\n

About the President →<\/a><\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Priorities<\/h2>\n
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The President’s programme for the eighty-first session is organised around six interlocking pillars, set out in full in his vision statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Silence the Guns, Amplify the Voices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Peace, Security and Justice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A holistic approach to peace that prioritises prevention and political solutions, strengthens peacebuilding and protects civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No One Left Behind, No Country Left Out<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the General Assembly a driver of course correction on the Sustainable Development Goals, not a witness to missed opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Planet, Our Pact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Climate and Environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate resilience and environmental sustainability running through all relevant deliberations as cross-cutting issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rights and Protection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Human Rights and Humanitarian Action<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upholding the Assembly’s normative work on human rights, unimpeded humanitarian access, and the rights of refugees and migrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Photo\/JC McIlwaine<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Innovation with Inclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Digital Governance and Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governing artificial intelligence and digital technologies wisely and fairly, so innovation narrows inequality rather than widening it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We the Peoples, Reimagined<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Multilateralism and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ80 Reform<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstrating that the United Nations can adapt, reform and deliver, making the Assembly the engine of member-driven reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All six priorities in full →<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet the President<\/h2>\n
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