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Al Jazeera Staff

Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments

Cuba's Fidel Castro delivered a four-and-a-half-hour speech at the United Nations General Assembly in 1960 [File: AP Photo]

Washington, DC – Since its first session in 1946, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has served as a platform for world leaders and diplomats to spell out their countries’ priorities and offer assessments of the problems and needs of humanity.

UNGA meetings, particularly the general debate, have brought sworn enemies to the same building and allowed some of the United States’ most hostile adversaries to visit New York, where the UN headquarters are located.

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