China News Agency, United Nations, September 15 (Reporter Madlin) On September 15, local time, the United Nations Headquarters in New York successively held the closing meeting of the 74th UN General Assembly and the opening meeting of the 75th UN General Assembly.

　　In the afternoon, the closing meeting of the 74th UN General Assembly was held first.

Under the witness of UN Secretary-General Guterres, the 74th UN General Assembly President Tijani Mohamed-Bandi from Nigeria handed the gavel symbolizing the power of the UN General Assembly to the 75th UN General Assembly President and Turkish diplomat Wall. Kan Bozkir (Volkan Bozkir).

After that, Bozker knocked the "Gavel" on the podium to announce the official opening of the 75th UN General Assembly.

　　As usual, the United Nations generally holds the closing meeting of the previous session of the General Assembly on the day before the opening of the current session of the General Assembly.

However, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, the United Nations has adjusted many meeting arrangements including the 75th session of the UN General Assembly. By reasonably setting meeting time, reducing the number of meetings, online meetings, etc., the number of times representatives from various countries enter and exit the UN headquarters and reduce the infection risk.

The general debate of the UN General Assembly, which has received the most attention, also uses video presentations.

　　Bozker spoke at the closing meeting and was sworn in before the UN Charter.

He said that promoting international cooperation to fight the epidemic, revitalizing multilateralism, protecting human rights, realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Development Goals, and gender equality will become the focus of his work during his tenure.

　　Guterres spoke separately at the closing and opening meetings.

He said that 2020 is a crucial year since the founding of the United Nations.

In response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the United Nations must vigorously strengthen its support to the health system to ensure the development and fair distribution of new crown pneumonia treatment methods and vaccines.

On the basis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, the United Nations should also prepare to start a strong post-epidemic recovery.

At the same time, the General Assembly will continue to address global challenges such as peace and security, disarmament, human rights, gender equality, and sustainable development.

　　At the opening meeting, Bozker announced the main meeting arrangements during the UN General Assembly, especially the epidemic prevention measures during the meeting.

　　Due to epidemic prevention measures, the scene of the closing and opening meetings is unprecedented.

As the largest conference hall in the United Nations Headquarters, the United Nations General Assembly Hall can accommodate a total of more than 1,800 people. In previous years, the opening of the United Nations General Assembly was always full of representatives of various countries and international organizations.

But this year, each country and international organization sent only one representative to participate in the conference. Representatives were seated in the venue at a large interval, and they wore masks throughout the process and rarely talked with each other.

At the end of the meeting, representatives of various countries will leave the venue in alphabetical order by country names to reduce the flow of exporters.

　　The general debate of this session of the UN General Assembly will be held from September 22 to 26 and 29.

Guterres said that due to the use of video speeches, the number of heads of state and government participating in this general debate may far exceed previous years.

　　In addition, the current session of the UN General Assembly will hold more than ten high-level meetings or activities from September 18 to October 5, themes covering response to the epidemic, sustainable development, commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, gender equality, national and regional hot spots problem.

Most of them will be held online.

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