🇮🇸 Iceland – Minister for Foreign Affairs Addresses General Debate, 75th Session

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Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of the Republic of Iceland, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 22 – 29 September 2020). ———– Watch Other Addresses to the General Debate of the General Assembly (in English) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoDFQJEq_0aJH_BvTusC_a48Ac9_rN-q Watch General Debate of the General Assembly (in original language) https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_FL متابعة باللغة العربية أعمال المداولات العامة رفيعة المستوى للجمعيه العامة https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_AR 敬请收看联合国大会一般性辩论(中文同声传译) https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_ZH Suivez le débat de l’Assemblée générale (en français) https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_FR Transmisión del debate de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas (en español) https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_ES Смотрите Общие прения Генеральной Ассамблеи (на русском) https://unwebtv.live/75_UNGA_RU #UNGA #UnitedNations #UNGA75

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