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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 22-- World leaders attending the UN General Assembly here have reached an unseen degree of unity and solidarity on two major things: firmly protecting and upholding multilateralism and the Paris Agreement on climate change as they believe only by pooling efforts of all countries can they tackle the uNPRecedented challenges and threats facing the human beings. MULTILATERALISM: ON LIPS OF LEADERS Multilateralism was a major theme of the speech delivered by French President Emmanuel Macron when he addressed the General Debate of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. He noted that the world's greatest problems, from climate change to the problems of "unregulated capitalism," could only be solved by nations working together. "We can only try and address those challenges through multilateralism, not through the law of the survival of the fittest," he said. Macron's perspective and determination were echoed by almost all presidents, prime ministers and other senior national representatives gathering at the UN's annual most important event discussing ways and solutions to thorny problems facing the world. President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, said Thursday that multilateralism is "the only way to preserve the planet." Anastasiades spoke extensively about multilateralism in his speech, stressing that sticking to the path of multilateralism is the only way "to preserve the planet; peacefully resolve conflicts; end terrorism and extremism; prevent natural disasters and alleviate humanitarian crises around the world." | 
