What you need to know as U.N. General Assembly meets
September 19th, 2011
09:27 AM ET

What you need to know as U.N. General Assembly meets

World leaders converge on the United Nations in New York this week for the 66th annual session of the General Assembly. Of 193 member nations, South Sudan being newly inducted this past July, 121 heads of state and government are expected to attend the six-day event.

We're helping break down the week's events to give you a viewer's guide to key topics this week.

Our GPS blog breaks down the top five stories on the agenda this week in New York, ranked in descending order of likely media interest. And our Security Clearance blog provides a viewer's guide to the events listed below:

MONDAY

The U.N. kicks off events with a two-day first-ever high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases that cumulatively kill three in five people worldwide. It will focus on combating cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung diseases and diabetes. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is looking to "broker an international commitment that puts noncommunicable diseases high on the development agenda."

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  1. michaelfury

    http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/as-the-crow-flies/

    September 19, 2011 at 9:40 am | Report abuse |
    • mochaelfurry

      http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/michael-fury-blows-dead-goats/

      September 19, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Report abuse |
  2. BOND, JAMES

    This would be a likely terrdrist target?

    September 19, 2011 at 10:39 am | Report abuse |
  3. BOND, JAMES

    That damn public school education again

    September 19, 2011 at 10:42 am | Report abuse |
  4. too nice

    Why wont they let us Mormons attend? Is it racism?

    September 19, 2011 at 10:53 am | Report abuse |
  5. THE ONE AND ONLY DRAKOREX1

    THATS JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING,JAMES. ONLY I WAS THINKING MAYBE TERRORIST MADE MORE SENCE.

    September 19, 2011 at 11:00 am | Report abuse |
  6. amish abrahim

    I wish we would pull out of the UN. They are very unfriendly to the US.

    September 19, 2011 at 11:44 am | Report abuse |
    • Bimbo the Birthday Clown

      Frank Burns: "Get us out of the UN."
      Korean group: "ged usss out of da OO Enn."

      Frank Burns: "Don't contaminate our drinking water with fluoridation."
      Korean group: "Don condamamanan garble zabble........"

      September 19, 2011 at 12:07 pm | Report abuse |
  7. Bimbo the Birthdy Clown

    Why no mention of thew 6.9 Himalaya earthquake yesterday? Some people actually died, 53 at last count, unlike the previous few earthquakes reported on this blog.

    September 19, 2011 at 12:21 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Athelda Ensley

    The eyes of the world will be watching. It will be interesting to see if we keep our regular stance or move into this century.

    http://speedoflife-times.blogspot.com/

    September 19, 2011 at 1:28 pm | Report abuse |
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