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The 76th session of the UN General Assembly will open in New York on 20 September, under the theme "Building Resilience through hope to recover from COVID-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people, and revitalise the United Nations."

Today, Friday 3 September, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès and her fellow ministers met at the invitation of the Slovenian presidency in Brdo, Slovenia, for a Gymnich, a half-yearly informal meeting of the Council of Foreign Affairs.

Today, Friday 20 August, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Sophie Wilmès attended NATO's extraordinary Foreign Affairs ministerial meeting by video conference, which was organised following the situation in Afghanistan.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Sophie Wilmès attended an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Tuesday 17 August by video conference, which was organised following the latest developments in Afghanistan, where the radical-Islamist Taliban have gained control of the country after a rapid advance.

On Monday 12 July, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmès, and her European counterparts met in Brussels for the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Wilmès took the floor during the Equal Rights Coalition. She stressed that combating discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and gender characteristics, as well as strengthening the safety of LGBTIQ persons are priorities for Belgium.

Introductory speech by Sophie Wilmès, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Seminar on the EU Strategic Compass.

Deputy Prime Minister Wilmès took the floor during the Generation Equality Forum. She announced that Belgium will further strengthen measures to combat gender-based violence, by developing a 6th National Action Plan against gender-based violence based on the Istanbul Convention, as well as a 4th National Action Plan 'Women, Peace and Security'.

18 European Union Member States, at the initiative of Belgium, expressed their deep concern in a joint declaration about the adoption by the Hungarian Parliament of amendments that discriminate against LGBTIQ people and violate the right to freedom of expression under the pretext of protecting children.

On Monday 21 June, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmès, met her European counterparts in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès made a bilateral visit to Spain on Wednesday 2 June.

On Tuesday 1 June, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sophie Wilmès, participated in a video conference at the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting, which sought to prepare the discussions of the Summit of Heads of State and Government on 14 June in Brussels, and in particular the actions that will be implemented within the framework of the NATO 2030 initiative to strengthen the alliance and prepare it for the security challenges of the future.