As Leaders Gather, Nigerian Assumes Top UN General Assembly Post

A veteran African diplomat is front-and-center this week as presidents convene at the United Nations to debate climate change, universal health care and poverty eradication - and take turns deliver the usual speeches on world affairs.

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General Assembly President-elect Tijjani Muhammad Bande speaks to UN News.

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