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UN General Assembly President Calls for Deeper Reforms to Rebuild Trust

The 81st UN General Assembly’s general debate opened on 22 September at UN headquarters in New York. GA President and Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Rahman said in his opening address that the UN must confront its shortcomings and pursue deep reform so its work becomes more inclusive and regains trust. He added that multilateralism, international law, international humanitarian law, protection of civilians and humanitarian access cannot be applied selectively.

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The framing matters more than the forum: a sitting foreign minister using the GA presidency to name selective application of international law as the trust problem puts the critique inside the institution rather than outside it. For governments and humanitarian actors navigating blocked access, the signal is that the grievance now has an official platform. Whether that translates into anything beyond debate rhetoric is the open question, and the gap between opening addresses and member-state follow-through is where this usually stalls.

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