Here's what you need to know about this year's United Nations General Assembly, which is happening in New York City this week
New York It sounds like a digestive tract flareup. But that's just how insiders pronounce the acronym for the annual United Nations General Assembly taking place this week: UNGA . And when it ends, global leaders and a cast of thousands will indeed feel like taking some kind of medication.
For just one September week each year, everyone from kings, presidents and prime ministers on down to food tasters fly in to New York City and jam into the United Nations headquarters, in what has become a cliched joke about"diplomatic speed dating." But there's nothing funny about the top priority at this 74th year of UNGA year, which is the world's climate emergency.
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