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The Takeaway Day 6: General Debate ends with call to turn words into action

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After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace.

This final edition of The Takeaway distils the messages he said reverberated through the Assembly Hall and looks at where the 193-member body goes from here.

Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman said leaders had confronted a world of conflict, stalled development, deepening inequality and rapidly accelerating technological change. But amid sharply differing perspectives, he heard a common conviction: the United Nations remains indispensable.
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