A lot happened in New York last week. There were bizarre speeches that made little sense except give ample fodder for jokes to last a long time, gestures of solidarity that were long overdue, appearance of social media personalities in Pakistan's official contingent that no one has been able to figure out, and hundreds of side events that are likely to be forgotten by next week. But there was something missing – perhaps not completely – but missing enough that it should make us question what values do we stand up for?

Since April 2023, Sudan has been in the midst of a brutal civil war. This has led to deaths of over 150,000 people, resulted in malnutrition of over 700,000 people and is the largest displacement crisis in the world at the moment, with nearly 15 million people displaced from their homes. Torture and gender-based violence is rampant, and diseases like cholera are widespread with one of the worst outbreaks in the region in........

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