World leaders from all over the world have come together in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
It is a meeting held every year to discuss many of the world’s problems … and to try to find solutions to them.
The United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly is held every year towards the end of September.
It is the U.N.’s biggest annual meeting. The Assembly takes place at the U.N.’s headquarters in New York City and lasts for about 2 weeks.
This year’s general debate was highlighted by a very strong speech from Donald Trump, the President of the United States. In his speech he Mocked the leader of North Korea, calling him a ‘rocket man’ and saying that the US would “totally destroy” the country if forced to defend itself or its allies.
North Korea has tested nuclear bombs and missiles in defiance of the UN.
WHAT IS THE UN?
The U.N. was formally set up, or founded, just after the end of the Second World War in 1945. It replaced the League of Nations. This organization was formed after the end of the First World War (1914 – 1918). Its main purpose was to stop any future wars from happening. Yet the League was not successful and it failed to prevent the start of the Second World War in 1939. Towards the end of the war it was decided to replace the League with a new organization, called the United Nations.
Today the U.N. has 193 member countries. All are invited to attend the General Assembly.
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I wish Donald Trump was a bit more sensible.
I just knew trump would do something like this! He’ll kill his citizen’s messing with that psycho Kim chong un! Luckily for us,them big country’s don’t pay attention to us,and we are safe. Phew! That’s why we get loads of refugees
This is a very important event in the world. They don’t just go to talk about Kim Jong Un. They come to talk about other pressing issues such as Global Warming etc.
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