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UN Chief Delivers Opening Remarks at General Assembly

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“AL. BECOMES FOCAL POINT AT UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY”

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“BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT LULA DELIVERS REMARKS AT UNITED NATION”

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2020 UNGA was the 1st ever held virtually — leaders sent videos.

Due to COVID-19, the 75th UN General Assembly in Sept. 2020 replaced live podium speeches with pre-recorded videos — the only time in the body's then-75-year history this ever occurred.

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The UN General Assembly first met in London, not New York, in 1946!

The inaugural session opened Jan. 10, 1946 at Westminster Central Hall in London, with 51 nations present. The UN didn't move to its permanent NYC headquarters until 1952.

Trump once made the UN General Assembly burst into laughter!

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