Comment du Jour

UN's dreary General Debate Presidents, Prime Ministers and Kings came to New York for the 76th UN General Assembly debate. The annual rite of Autumn was sadly shadowed by the pandemic and a growing lack of interest in the proceedings, many of which were, you guessed it, Online. It's just not the same as we all know by now, but some of the UN's major speakers were via Webex, and not in person. Except for some rheotirical flareups between Pakistan and India the speakers droned on. Few delegates seemed to care. This is what a pandemic UN debate session looks like, now for the second year in a row.