The U.N. General Assembly's general debate begins on Tuesday, expected to bring over 140 leaders to New York.
Tarasov / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via GettyThe United Nations General Assembly’s general debate begins on Tuesday, expected to bring over 140 leaders to New York to discuss this year’s theme of “restoring trust” – and resist Western pressure for the Ukraine war to dominate the conversation.
While its genocidal dictator, Xi Jinping, is not expected to attend the General Assembly, China weighed in on this tension through its state media outlets. The propaganda newspaperin an article on Sunday that “Global South” countries – a term typically used to mean the nations of South Asia, Latin America, and Africa – are “most worried” that “the Ukraine crisis will once again become the dominant topic in the UNGA and shift people’s attention from development issues.
Biden will be missing key allies on the world stage at this year’s General Assembly, however, as French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have both confirmed their absence. Macron and Sunak join dictators Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China in failing to attend the event, meaning only one of five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, America, will have its leader speak to the General Assembly this year.
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