Analysis by Richard Roth and Tara John, CNN

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Published 1:00 AM EDT, Sat September 21, 2024

View of the UN Security Council as they meet on the situation in the Middle East on September 16, 2024 in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty ImagesUnited NationsCNN — 

It’s time for UNGA 79!

Quick explanation: the United Nations General Assembly is an annual world leaders’ summit that has gone on for nearly eight decades since the international body’s founding in San Francisco. It’s a place for long speeches, private country-to-country whisper sessions, and group meetings on everything from regulating artificial intelligence to global conflicts.

This year features a UN once again caught in a debate over its relevancy while attempting to stem wars in Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan. All of which its Secretary General Antonio Guterres is keen to remedy.

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