Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, president of the 74th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, speaks to Xinhua during an interview at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 12, 2019. Speaking at an interview with Chinese media at the UN headquarters, Muhammad-Bande said, "the emergence in 1949 of the People's Republic of China on the world stage was a significant one, since then it has played a very important role in world affairs. It is still unfolding." (Xinhua/Li Muzi)