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UNGA lingo: A guide to UN General Assembly meeting acronyms, buzzwords and more

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The U.N. General Assembly is about to host its yearly meeting of world leaders. With that gathering in New York comes a confounding array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms. For starters, the event is known as UNGA — and yes, people do pronounce it “UN’-gah.” That's short for the U.N.

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    The U.N. General Assembly is about to host its yearly meeting of world leaders. With that gathering in New York comes a confounding array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms. For starters, the event is known as UNGA — and yes, people do pronounce it “UN’-gah.” That's short for the U.N.

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