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United Nations – After thousands of speeches, meetings, and receptions next week at the UNGA summit, the United Nations is prepared to announce World Peace at the end of the global event \u2014 err, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If only. The truth is, topics at the two-week summit <\/a>appear more numerous, volatile and hard-to-solve than before any other UN General Assembly: Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine, lethal floods in Libya, multiple coups on the African continent, North versus South economic funding, violent crisis in Haiti, and climate change, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Potentially weakening the impact of the event itself is the fact that US President Joe Biden<\/a> is to be the only leader of the permanent five members of the UN Security Council to attend. French President Emmanuel Macron is staying home ready to greet King Charles and work on deteriorating situations from Niger<\/a> to Sudan<\/a>. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak too has decided to skip \u2013 a rarity for his country \u2013 and Russian President Vladimir Putin now risks arrest when he travels. Chinese leader Xi Jinping never comes. (Some UN old hands say having one out of five is nothing unusual in the history of the UNGA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, 140 heads of state and government are scheduled to attend. Six vice presidents, four deputy prime ministers and over 30 ministers of state and chiefs of delegations will also stand at the rostrum <\/a>to deliver remarks for their nations. Even if you\u2019re not a regular UN observer, consider tuning in to UNTV<\/a> on Tuesday, when Brazil kicks off the speechmaking followed by the US, Ukraine and Cuba, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n