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The Astana Times (24 September 2020)

George Baumgarten

New-York

In his second appearance before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as Kazakhstan’s Head of State, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev spoke both as one of Asia’s rising young leaders, and also as the Head of State of one of the rising powers on the continent. Last year (2019) had been his “debut appearance.” This time he appeared as one who was already one of the “shining stars” of Asia’s rising generation.

The President lost no time identifying this as a “dramatic and critical time” to be celebrating the UN’s 75th anniversary. He referred to the Covid-19 Pandemic as both an “unprecedented human tragedy” and a “stress test” for all humanity. He lauded the selfless work of health workers around the world, and extended his “profound gratitude” to all the world’s medical professionals and other health workers, who are protecting all of us in this time of “global disfunction”.

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