UN General Assembly: five global clashes to watch out for

From climate change denial to the Kashmir conflict, this year’s meeting looks set to be a tense affair

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The annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) is set to take place this week, with at least 60 world leaders due to descend on the body’s New York City headquarters for a series of talks on topics ranging from climate change to the Middle East.

The stakes have rarely been higher. “Trade wars, migration, energy supplies, climate change and the eradication of poverty underpin the basic themes of the 193-member General Assembly agenda,” the New York Times says of this year’s assembly.

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