UN | 2nd day of General Debate at 80th UNGA focused on multilateralism, climate action and Palestine - video Dailymotion

On the second day of debates at the United Nations General Assembly, we go to our correspondent Jorge Gestoso. teleSUR

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00:00And before we end this news brief, we go back now to the main highlight of the week,

00:05the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly that is underway with the second day of general debate.

00:12With more on today's addresses, let's go with our correspondent, Jorge Gestoso there. Hi, Jorge.

00:18At the United Nations, a second historic day here in New York City.

00:23In the morning, we were listening to the president of Iran with very strong statements,

00:30mentioning that, for example, there is absolutely a crime, a total crime,

00:36the genocide that is taking place on the hands of Israel against the Palestinian people.

00:42We're also talking about that there is no intention of the country to develop nuclear weapons,

00:50trying to dismiss, trying to discuss that version at the level of the international community.

00:59Also, before him, President Volodymyr Zelensky was talking,

01:06and he was pleased with the decision of the U.S. trying to stage a new step.

01:12But he said that it's still very early when it was proposed by President Trump in his speech yesterday.

01:22One in the afternoon, important one conversation that I did have with the prime minister of the San Vincent

01:31and the Grenadines were talking about Ralph Gonsalves, that he's going to be talking on Friday.

01:37He put special emphasis that they need in this conference about multilateralism,

01:44to put emphasis of the climate change challenge that the whole global world is facing.

01:51He said that his country, in the last 25 years, he was having 12 episodes of climate change,

01:59and they were devastating for the economy of the country.

02:02Also, we did have the opportunity to talk to the president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arevalo,

02:08who spoke in the afternoon.

02:11And also, very important for him, the need to work together, the multilateralism,

02:18the fact that Latin America needs to work at once and create the idea of a community,

02:25the idea of developing a new system where it's more effective,

02:29what we can decide, that is, the integration of the countries.

02:34So, second day, very important, and we are going to continue following up

02:39what is going on in this General Assembly here in the United States,

02:46the 80th General Assembly, and the second day of the General Debate.

02:52We get back to you now.