61st Session of UN General Assembly opens
20 September, 2006
The 61st annual session of the United Nations General Assembly (UN GA) opened on Tuesday, the 19th of September. Issues on the agenda this year include violence in Darfur, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and global poverty and health. While each of the UN’s 192 member states will be allowed to make a 15-minute speech, diplomats say much of the key work will take place in the many meetings along the sides of the summit.
For more information, see the official website at http://www.un.org/ga/61/.
Peculiarly, the United Nations Youth Association of Australia, which organises the participation of a young Australian in the UN GA each year, has remained largely silent with regards to the activities undertaken by this year’s representative, Melburnian Elise Klein.
