World leaders are gathering for the high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly as crises in the Gulf, Gaza and Sudan compete for diplomatic attention. The race to choose the next secretary-general adds to the pressures on an organization that one longtime UN watcher described as stuck in “an open-ended crisis.” The assembly’s session has already opened, but the leaders’ general debate begins on Tuesday, with speeches scheduled through Sept. 26 and again on Sept. 28. Inside UN headquarters,

Source: Arab News