Young attendees tell Envoy what the actual costs—in money, access, and credibility—of being included in the world’s highest-level rooms are. As world leaders headed to New York for the UN General Assembly last week, young people flocked here too to try to secure a seat at the world’s table, only to find out that getting…
North Korea rejects denuclearization, Antigua and Barbuda makes a disability-rights appeal, and Sudan and the UAE trade accusations. “We have heard the last speaker of the general debate,” the president of the General Assembly said. And with that, UNGA’s general debate came to an end. The final day always feels different. As the speaker list…
Russia declares a new world order, China warns against protectionism, and the Holy See takes aim at autonomous weapons. Welcome to Day Five of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, also known among the UN press corps as the annual Lavrov show. By now, the routine is almost scripted. In recent years, Russian Foreign Minister…
It’s day four of the UN General Assembly, and by now, most delegates still in town are running on little sleep and a lot of coffee. Pakistan’s prime minister was the day’s headliner, using the world stage to return US President Donald Trump’s earlier praise. Several small island developing states also took the rostrum. It…
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, urged the UN body to start small with an agreement every member could sign: a ban on using AI to make biological weapons. By Mercedes Gallego Sam Altman came to yesterday’s historic Security Council meeting determined to avoid controversy. That meant avoiding the press. Reporters had packed the stakeout, waiting for…
On day 2 of UNGA, the biggest draw wasn’t a head of state While eyes were turned toward Washington for the US-China meeting, several influential leaders were speaking at the UN General Assembly, including Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. But the person who attracted the most attention wasn’t a head of state or…
