Austrian Representatives at the UN General Assembly in New York

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: September 19, 2023; 22:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

The UN General Assembly, which is taking place in New York this year, will see strong representation from Austria. With Federal President Alexander van der Bellen and Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg at the forefront, Austria wants to convey its messages clearly.

Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen attended the 78th SDG Summit. / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner/HBF

In his speech at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit, Federal President Van der Bellen underlined the importance of achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. However, he sees one of these goals, namely to eliminate hunger, in danger.

As concrete support, he announced an additional payment of 60 million euros for 2023 to 2025 to the World Food Program.…