What Happens at the UN General Assembly?

Every year in September, global leaders gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the U.N. General Assembly. This year, it begins on Tuesday, September 25.   What is the U.N. General Assembly’s general debate?   The so-called “general debate” is the meeting at the beginning of the General Assembly in which representatives from every country take turns delivering speeches. There is no real debating that takes place, rather it is a time for each country to address...

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