The Heat: UN goals and challenges

The Heat

She’s the fourth woman to be elected president of the United Nations General Assembly – and the first woman from Latin America.

CGTN’s Anand Naidoo sat down with Maria Fernanda Espinosa to discuss her priorities for the 73rd General Assembly and how gender plays a big role.

One of the cornerstones of the United Nations is a commitment to global peace and security.

That’s nowhere more apparent than at the UN Peacekeeping Operation where 14 missions around the world aim to create conditions of lasting peace.

CGTN’s Anand Naidoo spoke to the head of the U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, about the role of peacebuilding around the world.

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