Guterres Returns for a Final General Assembly as Diplomacy Falters

António Guterres returns to New York for his final U.N. General Assembly, with diplomacy faltering over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and the global body facing deep divisions, NPR reports. A last assembly for a sitting secretary-general is a natural occasion for stocktaking, and this one arrives with two live wars on the agenda. The divisions described here belong to the membership rather than to the departing secretary-general, which is why the farewell is a milestone for the office more than a turning point for the institution.