The new president of the U.N. General Assembly says the year ahead will be momentous for the United Nations as it marks its 70th anniversary. He says his priority will be to ensure agreement on new U.N. goals that fight poverty and preserve the environment.
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Sam Kutsea, the foreign minister of Uganda who will preside at next week’s gathering of more than 140 world leaders at the U.N., said Tuesday that the meeting is happening at a “tumultuous” time when the world is beset by poverty, hunger, unemployment, armed conflicts, faltering education systems and climate change.
The largely ceremonial but prestigious job of president rotates annually by region. Kutesa takes over from John Ashe of Antigua.
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