Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan urges “return to basics” for UN system amid “deficit of global leadership”

Balakrishnan delivered Singapore’s national statement at the General Debate of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on 28 September 2024. In this speech, he reiterated several times that Singapore was a “small state” and, as such, saw a rules-based world as an absolute necessity, not an optional luxury.

India abstains from voting on UN resolution demanding Israel leave Palestinian lands within 12 months

The Palestinian-drafted resolution also strongly deplored the alleged disregard and breaches by the Government of Israel of its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the relevant United Nations resolutions.

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