Crossing Eight Decades, Sharing Destiny Towards the Future

For eighty years, the United Nations has weathered various storms. Outside the UN headquarters in New York, the ‘Swords into Plowshares’ bronze sculpture stands solemnly, serving as a constant reminder to the world that humanity’s wisdom and power should be used for the creation of civilization, not for the destruction of life. The recent 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, themed ‘Moving Forward Together: Promoting Peace, Development, Human Rights for Eight Decades, Continuing the Past, and Writing a New Chapter,’ saw nearly 150 heads of state and government gathering at the UN headquarters in New York for a series of high-level meetings.