The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making space of the UN, where 193 nations meet to vote on the wide range of global issues the United Nations addresses. Every September, Heads of States, UN leaders, and civil society convene at the General Assembly High Level Week in New York for several days of meetings and Heads of State addresses at the High-Level Debate. You can learn more about the General Assembly’s work here.
Restoring Trust, Managing Transformation: A United Nations that Delivers for All
This 81st session takes place against a backdrop of stalled progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, escalating conflicts, shrinking civic space, rising inequality, rollbacks of gender rights, and accelerating climate impacts.
UNGA81 will be a pivotal political moment. In addition to the High-Level General Debate and negotiations on peace and security, sustainable development, financing, climate action, and global governance, the session will help shape discussions around the future direction of UN reform and the selection of the next United Nations Secretary-General. It will coincide with Climate Week NYC, the United States' G20 Presidency, and France's G7 Presidency, creating important opportunities to influence global debates across multilateral, economic, and climate agendas.
Oxfam’s Key Priorities at UNGA 81
Oxfam leaders, experts, and partners are joining the UN 81st General Assembly and Climate Action week in New York, hosting and attending events focused on UN Reform and Democratic Multilateralism, gender, rights, and justice, climate justice, humanitarian action and conflict prevention, and economic justice. They will be urging global leaders to take bold decisions and action as they deliberate on the pressing issues of our time.
#HandsOffOurSpaces for the UN of Tomorrow
We call on the new United Nations Secretary-General candidates for reversing trends of conflict, inequality, exclusion, and concentrated power; upholding international law; and restoring confidence in international cooperation and solidarity.
