UNGA president calls for strengthening women's political participation

President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (C) speaks to journalists during a press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct. 1, 2019. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande on Tuesday urged member states to strengthen women's political participation, as only eight percent of speakers on behalf of member states had been women at the just-concluded the General Debate of the UNGA. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)