UNGA78: UN chief brushes off key leaders' absence, says delivery paramount

By UN News

Sep 16, 2023 6:02 am

With several high-profile world leaders opting out of the UN General Assembly's annual opening session next week, Secretary-General António Guterres has said that he cares less about who comes to New York and more about what gets done, especially to revive the lagging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

'This is not a Vanity Fair. This is a political body in which governments are represented,' he told UN News in an exclusive interview.

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