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UNGA General Debate Ends

It is a wrap, as they say in the movie business.

Cameras stopped rolling but the action continues.

The UN General Assembly High-Level Debate wraps-up, but the work is just beginning. Secretary of State Blinken said it well, cracking a joke at the press briefing on Friday, “We are now closing the 27th day of the GA…”. It felt like it, a month’s work compressed in a week, seasons went by and the days in a flash. Talk, hope, more talk, p…