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United Nations General Assembly 2014

The Prime Minister is leading a delegation to the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. 

A key priority for the UK government at UNGA will be building broad-based support for the new Iraqi government and for international action to confront ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) and tackle Islamic extremism. Read about the UK government response to ISIL.

Alongside the Prime Minister, ministers from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department of Energy and Climate Change and Department for International Development are attending UNGA.

There will be events and discussions about how the international community tackles the threat from ISIL and foreign fighters; as well as climate change, Ebola, the post-2015 development agenda and how we secure an EU-US trade deal.

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Social media

Follow these Twitter accounts to get the latest from UNGA:

Relevant hastags: #UNGA, #UNGA69, #MDGCountdown, #MDGMomentum, #Climate2014, #TimeToAct, #HeForShe, #EbolaResponse, #WCIP2014 (World Conference on Indigenous People), #SocialGoodSummit, #FreeAndEqual (LGBT rights), #ZeroHunger, #ChildrenOfSyria, #ChildrenNotSoldiers, #NoLostGeneration

Follow the UK Mission to the UN’s Instagram account athttp://instagram.com/ukun

Read more about UNGA

Find out more about the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly on the UN website

Channel website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change

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