UN General Assembly – 26 September 2025 & third update

This is the stream for today, if you’d like to pick up a speech or two.  We start with Israel, then Pakistan and China is third today.

‼️ More than half the delegates leave the room when Netanyahu starts speaking.

The zionist-israeli press:  “By order of the Prime Minister’s Office: Giant loudspeakers will broadcast Netanyahu’s UN speech to the residents of Gaza.”

There may be some speeches that you may want to pick up. Today’s full lineup is here:

https://gadebate.un.org/en

And for older speeches, they can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/@unitednations/videos

This will be the last post that is dedicated to General Speeches.  There are more as the proceedings continue through Saturday, 27 September, and conclude on Monday, 29 September 2025.

A MAJOR WALKOUT when Netanyahu takes the podium.  Delegations from more than 100 countries walked out.

Netanyahu, your time is up!

While the State of Israel takes the floor of the UN General Assembly, the Hague Group holds a simultaneous Ministerial Meeting of 34 states to deliberate a joint action plan to halt the Gaza genocide.  I have not heard much about this meeting.

The only address of significance that we are currently waiting for is Mr. Lavrov’s speech.  The Chinese envoy was very muted.

Delegates are now exercising their rights of reply.

Overall, there is no change to my original assessment that most addresses from world leaders can be divided into four categories:

– The war against the Palestinians has to stop, as well as the other wars in Africa, and the immeasurable damage that Netanyahu’s wars are causing to the region as a whole is acknowledged.  Every single speech (excepting Netanyahu, who spoke to an empty room) expressed outrage against the war on the Palestinians and the sheer horror.  Most condemned Israel, and some in strong terms.
– For Russia against Ukraine:  This is muted, and we would not have had much interest if it were not for NATO and the EU trying to make a case that Russia is encroaching on airspace here and there.  The overall effect was moderate, and it was clear that this idea was a manufactured construct.  It did not even reverberate.  The only reverb that there was was Trump’s comment to shoot down these ‘offending’ Russian aircraft.
– For Ukraine (the NATO and EU contingent) against Russia:  Again, this was relatively muted.  The same old shouts that Ukraine must be supported from the same old voices are heard, and fatigue has set in.  What is not so muted is that Europe is arming itself again, led by Germany.
– Climate change was often mentioned as an issue, specifically from the African countries and the small island states.  Women’s empowerment was discussed, but at a much lower profile than climate change.   Surprisingly, the world economy did not have a great profile, except for Lula da Silva’s initial speech.

As expected, this UNGA was materially different from the previous one.  The influence of multipolarity is evident, and some speeches acknowledged that we are now in a multipolar world.  Compared to the previous year, that was never even mentioned.  Multilateralism came up more frequently than multipolarity.  I do like the Prime Minister of Barbados, who always makes sense.  The rules-based order she speaks about is not the Western rules-based order, but rather the rules-based order for organizations such as the WTO, which is still not fully functional.  Many disputes between WTO members remain unresolved as the U.S. continues to block appointments to the body responsible for reviewing appeals, resulting in a lack of a quorum.  The US, against which most disputes are lodged, cannot be judged.

The Western members of the Security Council vetoed a Russia/China resolution on the Iranian snapback (i.e., sanctions) regime.

Votes in favor:
China, Russia, Pakistan, and Algeria

Votes against:
France, UK, USA, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Denmark, Panama, Somalia, and Greece

Abstentions:
Guyana and South Korea

It was a non-complicated resolution for buying time.  Russia/China stated in a joint statement that this snapback is illegal and unjust, and they will not implement sanctions against Iran.  This is a remarkable departure from the norm, suggesting that the US and Western countries are losing their relevance.

When I watch these great meetings striving for Global Governance where appropriate, and Local Sovereignty, I always end up disappointed at the level of ability of the leaders to govern.  This time, I observe changes.  With a BRICS meeting on the sidelines and several other meetings underway, the growth of what Mr. Lavrov now refers to as the majority population has become visible.  The changes we were expecting from BRICS, SCO, and other new world organizations are clearly visible.  What is also visible is that the West has declared a fight on all cylinders and is utilizing all methods to stave off the process of its own irrelevance.  The fallout of this will become clearer in the next few months.  The West is now suffering the word NO, more and more frequently.

On Gaza and the Palestinians, there is a 17-point agreement that was reached between the US and the Gulf States.  We don’t have that agreement yet, except in zionist-israeli press, and I prefer to wait for more reliable coverage.  So far, from all the sources, a few elements are missing.  There were no Palestinians there, so, at the outset, it would be imposed.  It is the old cry, Hamas must go.  I am not entirely sure about it, but it appears that the West is attempting to maintain its influence in West Asia, and its proxy, Netanyahu, has just failed.  All that remains for him is to continue his killing spree, and he is doing precisely that.

So far, so good while slogging through a snodrift.  These leaders are fearful of the overall state of the world.   The citizenry is up in arms, demanding their rights and pressuring their governments, and we will no doubt see more “Charlie Kirk”- style events, as well as color revolution-style events.

At least we can enjoy Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Public Service, and Minister for Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment of Barbados, who even quoted a little Bob Marley.