# UN to protect statehood of disappearing island nations

https://mins.news/en/video/71873

- euronews, 2026-09-24 07:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7e6pcVBKUA

> The UN General Assembly is set to endorse by consensus a landmark declaration intended to ensure that countries made partly or wholly uninhabitable by rising seas retain their statehood and place in the international system.

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