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These Are The Stories We'll Be Following At UNGA

Our annual UN Week preview

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Did you catch Anjali on NPR? To Save Us From Hell, was name-checked this week in an All Things Considered segment about the upcoming UN General Assembly.

But why settle for three minutes of insights when you can get a full episode? As world leaders descend on New York for the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, our latest episode of To Save Us From Hell gives you a complete preview of the key storylines, encounters, events, and (potential) shenanigans we’ll be watching at UNGA this year.

High-Level Week—and the parade of speeches from world leaders—kicks off next Monday, the 22nd. Consider this your official UNGA preview. Behind the paywall we discuss:

  • A key meeting hosted by France and Saudi Arabia dedicated to the recognition of the State of Palestine and its aspirations for full membership at the UN.

  • What the Secretary General’s UN80 initiative is all about.

  • What to expect from Donald Trump during UNGA.

  • The key “High Level Meetings” that we’ll be following, which constitute the substantive core of UNGA.

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