Why the UN’s 75th general assembly could be worse than the world’s worst Zoom meeting

The worst parts of UN events will be on display, the endless speechifying first among them, but none of what normally makes the general assembly indispensable

It has been billed as the world's worst Zoom meeting, but the United Nation's 75th general assembly could be even worse than that.

It is called the general debate" but, unlike a Zoom meeting, there will be no discussion - just a week-long procession of pre-recorded video messages from the world's leaders, stating their positions, very much with their domestic audience in mind. They were supposed to have sent their videos at the end of last week. As of Monday, only half had been turned in.