With global support for a Palestinian state growing, Israel's devastating war in Gaza is expected to take centre stage as the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders gets into full gear on Tuesday.

But humanity's myriad conflicts will also be in the spotlight as nearly a week of speeches is launched at the United Nations General Assembly.

Almost all UN member nations have signed up to take their turn during the assembly's six-day-long speechfest. The speakers' list so far includes 89 heads of state, 43 heads of government, 10 people who are vice-presidents or deputy prime ministers, and 45 foreign ministers and other ministerial-level officials.

Brazil leads off the speeches Tuesday in a decades-long tradition dating to when it was the only nation that volunteered to speak fir

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