# Macron urges world to ‘stand firm’ against ‘abuse of power by empires’ in final UN speech

https://mins.news/en/item/69556

- France 24, 2026-09-22 20:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260922-macron-urges-world-stand-firm-against-abuse-of-power-by-empires-final-un-speech

> In his final address to the UN General Assembly as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron urged countries to stand with the United Nations against a resurgent “law of the jungle.” He also called for a moratorium on strikes against civilian and energy infrastructure in the Russia-Ukraine war, and for an “open-source” frontier AI model independent of China and the United States.

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