"The World Cup" is occuring at the United Nations this week.

Nations of the world are paying attention to their leaders at the UN this week. It is important. It is a great opportunity to all leaders to be heard among each other. They are not addressing their nations, they are addressing those of other nations.

There is no reason for every American to ignore the importance of the words stated this week. Either agree or disagree in passing judgement, but, better than passing judgement is to understand what is occurring in those nations (on the ground in daily lives) as their leaders speak and the words speak and the importance they convey. It is interesting and informative.
 

By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News

The eyes of the world (click here) will be fixed on a six-block patch of New York City this week as dignitaries and envoys gather at United Nations Headquarters for one of the most pivotal General Assembly meetings in recent history.

Leaders from nearly 200 member states from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe are slated to convene Monday for a high-stakes conference fraught with equal parts promise and peril. The crisis in Syria casts a large shadow over the plenary, as the U.S. and Russia press for a diplomatic disarmament deal even as Washington and Moscow remain deeply divided over how to make sure President Bashar Assad keeps his end of the bargain.

And yet as the General Assembly gets underway, the debate over Syria may not get nearly as much attention as a single handshake in a hallway or nod across a conference table: Analysts and observers will likely watch closely for any encounter between President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — no matter how fleeting — after the recently-elected moderate leader's friendly overtures to the U.S....