#UNGA80
Based on UN badges and the fact that Petro is now sanctioned, it was during UNGA80.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

Honored to have Prof Dorothy Keefe, CEO, Cancer Australia, speak at our meeting during UNGA80.

Australia’s National Lung Cancer Screening Program, launched in July 2025, embeds equity, inclusivity, agility & evidence to drive access for all.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Did you know that at #UNGA80, the EU’s reinforced its support for health, gender equality & human rights. New EU initiatives include:
🔹 €40m for resilient health systems via WHO
🔹 €16.38m for OHCHR
🔹 €8m for Afghan women’s rights with UN Women
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Enough crocodile tears. Each year at the UN General Assembly, States ask me the same questions. My answer hasn’t changed: protect human rights defenders, enact & enforce policies, prosecute attackers. Determination is what’s lacking. States must start showing it. #UNGA80
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Otra victoria innegable de #Cuba 🇨🇺, después de la brutal campaña de chantajes, amenazas y mentiras llevada a cabo por el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos, 165 estados miembros de la ONU continúan apoyando la demanda de #TumbaElBloqueo
#UNGA80
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"

Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise, warns UN expert
NEW YORK – The rolling back of protections for people living in poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world, warned the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human ...
www.ohchr.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🚨Today at 15:00 NY/21:00 GENEVA…My presentation to the UN General Assembly #UNGA80 on how the rolling back of social protection for people living in #poverty has created fertile ground for far-right movements across the world

Follow live/read the report: www.srpoverty.org/2025/10/01/f...
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Read our latest: @khahlil.bsky.social's insights from #UNGA80 and #ClimateWeekNYC 💡 datasmart.hks.harvard.edu/rethinking-c...

Discover how world leaders are connecting #climate & public health — and why new metrics, healthier #infrastructure, & smarter #AI are key to a resilient, equitable #future.
Rethinking Climate, Health, and Impact Metrics at UNGA 80 and Climate Week NYC | Data-Smart City Solutions
datasmart.hks.harvard.edu
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Urban displacement is fast becoming one of the most urgent human rights challenges of our times - UN expert Paula Gaviria Betancur calls for inclusive, rights-based solutions to urban displacement. #UNGA80

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Last month: countries said they have an adequate foundation for a treaty to #StopKillerRobots

This month: they must move toward making it a reality at #UNGA80
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Press Release: The climate crisis is a human rights crisis and those calling for their governments to mitigate its impacts must be protected as human rights defenders.
#UNGA80 #TippingPoints
srdefenders.org/repression-o...
Repression of climate activists undermines a just transition: UN expert (Press Release)
Press Release: The climate crisis is a human rights crisis and those calling for their governments to mitigate its impacts must be protected as human rights defenders.
srdefenders.org
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🔹 Today I presented my latest report on human rights defenders working to address climate change and achieve a just transition.

🔹 My full remarks are available here: srdefenders.org/opening-rema...

#UNGA80 #TippingPoints
Opening remarks before the UN General Assembly (80th session)
On 16 October 2025, I gave my opening remarks before the UN General Assembly in New York. I was presenting my latest report on human rights defenders working to address climate change and achieve a ju...
srdefenders.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🔹 قدمت اليوم أحدث ما أعددتُ من تقارير حول المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان الذين يعملون على مواجهة تغير المناخ وتحقيق انتقال عادل.

🔹 يمكنكم الاطلاع على ملاحظاتي الكاملة هنا:
srdefenders.org/opening-rema... #UNGA80 #TippingPoints
Opening remarks before the UN General Assembly (80th session)
On 16 October 2025, I gave my opening remarks before the UN General Assembly in New York. I was presenting my latest report on human rights defenders working to address climate change and achieve a ju...
srdefenders.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Later today, I will be presenting my report on human rights defenders working on climate change & a just transition to the UN General Assembly.

📑 Full report available here: bit.ly/HRDsAndClima...

🔗 Livestream link to follow
#UNGA80 #TippingPoints
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
While the challenges faced by HRDs working on climate change & a just transition are widespread, certain groups of defenders face particular & often elevated risks, including women human rights defenders, indigenous HRDs & journalists.
#TippingPoints #UNGA80
October 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
On 16 October, I'll present my report on HRDs working on climate change at #UNGA80. In the lead up, I'm sharing this guest blog from a human rights defender raising awareness about climate-triggered displacement in the marshlands of Southern #Iraq.
srdefenders.org/information/...
HRDs, Climate Change and a Just Transition – Guest Blog from an Iraqi human rights defender
[EN/AR] A guest blog by an Iraqi human rights defender working on the climate-triggered displacement that affected the Marshes of Southern Iraq.
srdefenders.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
TODAY at #UNGA80! The UN Member States will elect 14 new members to the Human Rights Council.
🔎 Check out how candidates rate: https://ishr.ch/defenders-toolbox/resources/hrc-elections-scorecards/
📺 Follow the elections live: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k17/k17a01fuh9
#HRCelections2025
General Assembly: 18th plenary meeting, 80th session
General Assembly: 18th plenary meeting, 80th session
webtv.un.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Pleased to inform you that the input received in response to my call for input for the thematic report to #UNGA80 on #surrogacy and #vawg have now been posted online:
www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...
OHCHR | Call for input to the thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the General Assembly 80th session on surrogacy and violence against women and girls
BackgroundSurrogacy is a third-party reproductive practice in which a woman carries a pregnancy and transfers the child to the commissioning party(ies) after birth. In recent years, the global demand ...
www.ohchr.org
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
At #UNGA80, UN WGDAWG Chair Claudia Flores: “Care&support is the hidden engine of our societies—not a private female duty, but a public good. Correcting the unequal distribution of care is a human rights obligation.”

🔗 Rewatch her intervention: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18...
October 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
UN Women champions gender equality and the empowerment of women worldwide. It supports women and girls everywhere, breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for leadership, safety, and equal rights. Together, we build a world where every woman can thrive and shape her own future. #UNGA80
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
OK - back in trial v BNP Paribas for role in Sudan genocide, BNP lawyers now putting on defense case. Inner City Press which reported on and from UN/AU Mission in Darfur before being banned by SG
@AntonioGuterres incl from #UNGA80 will live skeet, thread below
OK - now at trial of BNP Paribas et al for role in Sudan genocide(s) - Inner City Press has been covering the case www.innercitypress.com/sdny91bhelle... and shamefully inept response of UN under SGAntonio Guterres, who bans Press which will live tweet, thread below
October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ahead of the #UNGA80 First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, @rayacheson.bsky.social outlines the demands of activists for disarmament, demilitarisation, peace, and justice for the #HumanitarianDisarmament Blog.
Civil Society Demands Action at the UNGA’s Disarmament Committee
Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will The UN General Assembly’s First Committee will convene at UN headquarters in New York in October 2025 to discuss a range of disarmament issues. | Credit: N…
humanitariandisarmament.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🔈 We're excited to share '10 Ways to Engage Men & Boys to Counter Backlash,' a new guide from the Men, Masculinities and Countering Backlash Collective, including @thesvri.bsky.social and @ids.ac.uk. We launched this resource on the sidelines of #UNGA80. Read in full at www.menengage.org !
October 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
At #UNGA80, Minister Anand represented #Canada’s commitment to a safer, more prosperous world, for Canadians and all people. #UN

Watch the highlights from a week of diplomacy, leadership, and international partnership ⬇️
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Det här lade liksom utrikesministern upp idag. Är hon helt oförmögen att ta in samtiden eller tycker hon bara den e najs?
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM