World leaders are set converge on New York City for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly — with high-level debate scheduled to start Tuesday and wrap up the following Monday.
What You Need To Know • World leaders will converge on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly – with debate scheduled to start Tuesday and wrap up the following Monday • Ahead of next week’s gathering, member countries voted overwhelmingly Friday to allow Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to address the gathering with a pre-recorded video. • President Donald Trump was slated to be one of the first speakers to address the gathering of heads of state and government Tuesday, as of a provisional schedule dated Sept. 5 • The Senate voted to confirm Mike Waltz to serve as U.S. am