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U.N. cancels usual summit of world leaders

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations will not summon world leaders to its annual gathering for the first time in its 75-year history.

,   and  John Heilprin
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The U.N. General Assembly's main chamber in New York
The U.N. General Assembly's main chamber in New York (AN/Ron Cogswell)

UNITED NATIONS (AN) — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations will not summon world leaders to its annual gathering for the first time in its 75-year history, U.N. General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande announced on Monday.

Heads of state and government leaders from the world body's 193 member nations may be asked to deliver their speeches virtually or in video messages rather than physically attend the assembly's usual high-level session at New York in late September, Muhammad-Bande told a virtual news conference.

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