Daily Current Affairs / PM Modi addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Category : National Published on: September 26 2021
· Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
· He is the first world leader to address the UNGA session, which began at 6.30 pm Indian Standard Time (IST).
· The theme of the 2021 UN General Assembly session is '’Building Resilience through Hope - Recovering from COVID-19, Rebuilding Sustainably, Responding to the Needs of the Planet, Respecting People's Rights and Revitalizing the United Nations'’.
· Modi last addressed the UNGA session in 2019.
Important facts
About UN.
v Secretary General: Antonio Guterres
v Founded: 24 October 1945
v Headquarters: New York
v The main organs of the United Nations are
1. The general Assembly,
2. Security Council,
3. Economic and Social Council,
4. Trusteeship Council,
5. International Court of Justice,
6. And the United Nations Secretariat.
v All 6 were established in 1945 when the United Nations was established.
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