The Take: A year of unprecedented war looms over UNGA
The UN General Assembly is meeting after a year of unprecedented war, as Israel escalates its attack on Lebanon.

It’s the first United Nations General Assembly since October 7, in a year marked by the unprecedented escalation of violence in Gaza and war throughout the world. As world leaders take their time on the world stage, how has it all exposed the weaknesses of the United Nations?
In this episode:
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- Biesan Abu-Kwaik (@BiesanAK), Al Jazeera Arabic UN correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Amy Walters, and Sonia Bhagat with Sarí el-Khalili, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenberg and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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