President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has convened the General Assembly’s annual high-level Forum on Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on ‘Culture of Peace’.

As world leaders staying away from New York and contributing set-piece speeches via video link, the General Debate of the General Assembly, traditionally the most high-profile UN event of the year, will be a slimmed-down affair this September due to Covid-19.

President of the UN General Assembly stated that the response during Covid-19 pandemic must focus on “the two-thirds of the world’s population at risk of being left behind”.   “We need to focus on specific actions that will ease the impact on the well-being and livelihoods of people in developing countries and the marginalized around the world”, said Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Monday.   He made the remarks while speaking to the virtual United Cities and Local Government Forum in the on-going High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, reports UN News.   “We need to address their specific needs now while building back,” he said.   Population in cities could triple by 2030