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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24-- World leaders attending the ongoing General Debate of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 74) on Tuesday voiced strong support for multilateralism and called for international cooperation to tackle common threats and challenges together. Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said that "joining forces" should be the fairly simple way to respond adequately to emerging threats. "It is upon us to address the greatest challenges of the globalized 21th century: climate change, sustainable development, migration, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and new technologies," said the Croatian president. South Korean President Moon Jae-in also called for international cooperation, noting that "the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and the Paris Agreement on climate change are major tasks that we must achieve through multilateral cooperation." "We come here in recognition of a simple reality - this General Assembly is vital to meet the dangers and seize the opportunities of our world," said King Abdullah II of Jordan. Collective action is "the promise" of the United Nations, he said. "This organization was created by the specific, individual actions of member countries, coming together to shape a better future," the king added. "And today, we still urgently need each and every member country to act - to act together with our global neighbors and achieve the better, safer world all of us need," he said. | 
