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| UN general assembly: what to watch for, from Massive Monday onward | UN general assembly: what to watch for, from Massive Monday onward |
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| Diplomacy’s Massive Monday: Within the space of about two hours on Monday morning, the general assembly will be addressed by the presidents of Brazil, the US, China, Russia, Iran and France, who will all have very different views on solving some of the world’s worst problems. Expect tension and high drama. Begins 9am eastern time on Monday. | Diplomacy’s Massive Monday: Within the space of about two hours on Monday morning, the general assembly will be addressed by the presidents of Brazil, the US, China, Russia, Iran and France, who will all have very different views on solving some of the world’s worst problems. Expect tension and high drama. Begins 9am eastern time on Monday. |
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| The Obama-Putin summit: Arguably the most critical, and least predictable, meeting of the ‘high-level week’ is expected later on Monday, when the US and Russian leaders talk face-to-face for the first time in ten months. The edginess of the encounter is illustrated by the fact that both sides deny having asked for it. Probably after 5pm on Monday. | The Obama-Putin summit: Arguably the most critical, and least predictable, meeting of the ‘high-level week’ is expected later on Monday, when the US and Russian leaders talk face-to-face for the first time in ten months. The edginess of the encounter is illustrated by the fact that both sides deny having asked for it. Probably after 5pm on Monday. |
| Anti-Isis summit: Obama will host a leaders’ session on how to defeat the Islamic State and other violent extremists on Tuesday. The leaders will have to confront the failure of their efforts, pledged at last year’s UNGA, to stem the flow of foreign fighters, and to respond to Isis’s web-driven global recruitment drive. Putin and Rouhani are expected to be among notable absentees. 10.30am to 2pm on Tuesday. | |
| Raising the Palestinian flag: After an overwhelming vote in the general assembly in support of the move, the Palestinian flag will be raised in the United Nations garden, in the latest incremental, albeit symbolic, step towards full UN membership. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius will be among the dignitaries in attendance. 1.30pm on Wednesday. | Raising the Palestinian flag: After an overwhelming vote in the general assembly in support of the move, the Palestinian flag will be raised in the United Nations garden, in the latest incremental, albeit symbolic, step towards full UN membership. French foreign minister Laurent Fabius will be among the dignitaries in attendance. 1.30pm on Wednesday. |
| Raúl Castro makes UNGA debut: The UN will be expecting a conciliatory message from the Cuban leader following his mold-breaking meeting with Obama in April and the restoration of diplomatic ties in August. Probably Tuesday morning. | |
| Related: Countries to pledge troops to bolster UN peacekeepers after intense US pressure | Related: Countries to pledge troops to bolster UN peacekeepers after intense US pressure |
| Peacekeeping summit: Obama, Ban Ki-moon and other leaders will host a session on Monday afternoon aimed at beefing up UN peacekeeping, through the return of troops from western armies. Washington has let allied capitals know that they will gain US favour by offering soldiers. The UK will be making a pledge, as will others. 3pm on Monday. | Peacekeeping summit: Obama, Ban Ki-moon and other leaders will host a session on Monday afternoon aimed at beefing up UN peacekeeping, through the return of troops from western armies. Washington has let allied capitals know that they will gain US favour by offering soldiers. The UK will be making a pledge, as will others. 3pm on Monday. |
| France urges suspension of veto powers: On Wednesday morning, Fabius will host a ministerial meeting to press Paris’s proposal that the five permanent members of the UN security council should suspend their veto rights in situations where genocide and other mass atrocities are happening. It is unlikely to get very far in the face of adamant Russian opposition, but Paris is looking for widespread support in the general assembly with the aim of isolating Moscow on the issue. 11am on Wednesday. | France urges suspension of veto powers: On Wednesday morning, Fabius will host a ministerial meeting to press Paris’s proposal that the five permanent members of the UN security council should suspend their veto rights in situations where genocide and other mass atrocities are happening. It is unlikely to get very far in the face of adamant Russian opposition, but Paris is looking for widespread support in the general assembly with the aim of isolating Moscow on the issue. 11am on Wednesday. |