These Stories Will Drive the Agenda During UNGA78
A preview of the most important week of international diplomacy
UNGA78 is here! Hundreds of world leaders are gathered in New York for the opening of the 78th United Nations General Assembly. I’ve covered 18 of those 78 as a journalist, stretching back to 2005. I’d like to think this gives me a modicum of expertise on all things UNGA, so here are some of the key stories that will drive the agenda during what is known around the UN as “High Level Week.”
From Monday to Thursday this week, I will be covering these stories and more in a special daily Global Dispatches podcast series. Episodes will be availably around 4pm ET each day. Be sure to subscribe/follow Global Dispatches— World News That Matters to get those episodes as soon as they are released.
Ukraine + The Black Sea Grain Initiative
UNGA78 will be the first time that Volodymyr Zelenskyy sets foot in United Nations since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He is scheduled to deliver his General Assembly address on Tuesday, just a couple hours after President Biden. …
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