Dear Colleagues,

After Wednesday morning’s mid-week IHP issue, we continue our focus on #UNGA78 in this Friday edition.

Given the state of the world, it’s perhaps good to go through some analyses on the general backdrop against which this year’s General Assembly is taking place. We already flagged a few in Wednesday’s issue, but you might also want to have a look at  “Reform, climate, and prevention: Three key themes as UNGA kicks off”  (pre- UNGA analysis by Irwin Loy in the New Humanitarian).  A quote on the ‘reform’ part: “… If UN Secretary-General António Guterres has his way, then this general assembly session [will mark] a step forward for multilateralism and solidarity in a polarised world. A big part of regaining trust in the multilateral system, he said, is to address global finance’s long-standing power imbalances, which have saddled countries in the Global South with tougher lending policies, inadequate support after disasters, and rising debt….”  Clearly, that’s...