Every year, the convening of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly does more than spark traffic jams in New York City—it renews debate on the most pressing global challenges, ranging from energy and climate change to disease prevention and conflict deterrence.
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In 2005, the United Nations established an initiative called Responsibility to Protect, predicated on the idea that sovereignty is a responsibility rather than a right, and that gross human rights violations are an abrogation of that responsibility requiring outside intervention.
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