At the UN, Emmanuel Macron calls for no longer to be satisfied with "multilateralism of words"
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Tuesday September 22 via video link at the UN General Assembly.
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Text by: Valérie Gas Follow
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It is from a distance like all heads of state and government that Emmanuel Macron spoke to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday evening, September 22.
A 50-minute recorded speech to evoke a world struck by the Covid-19 pandemic and to talk about the multilateralism he has defended since taking office.
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Every year at the UN, Emmanuel Macron defends his vision of the world.
This year, when the health situation prevented world leaders from going to New York, the French president gave his analysis of the impact of the epidemic.
“
It is not a parenthesis that has opened and would close, it is the pursuit of a world crossed by deep crises which are also due to our interdependencies.
"
For
Emmanuel Macron
, the Covid-19 crisis reveals even more the need for collective action, "
because the world as it is today cannot be reduced to the rivalry between China and the United States.
".
United States, China and Russia to which the head of state also wanted to show the "
red line
" by evoking the Navalny affair.
“
I reiterate here to Russia the need for full light to be shed on the attempted assassination of a political opponent using a nerve agent.
"
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To read: UN General Assembly: Washington and Beijing engage in a new pass of arms
Emmanuel Macron also tried, as he does in each of his interventions at the UN platform, to give a human dimension to his speech.
“
I remember the look of a Lebanese child I met a few days ago who had lost everything.
It is the same memory for the young French people murdered in Niger because they believed in a world of humanity, solidarity and fraternity which obliges us to act
. ”
Act, because "
we can no longer be satisfied with multilateralism of words
", said the president.
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To read: The 75th UN General Assembly turned upside down by the Covid-19
Statement for the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
https://t.co/qyCb4GtkAh
Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 22, 2020
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