Listen to Support it, WNYc, the 79th session of the UN General Assembly has been in New York this week and as

world leaders met in New York City, they spoke about at least three humanitarian crises in the world involving war and displacement.

Not sure they made any progress on those things.

We'll hear what our guests thinks. So joining us now to debrief the

UN General Assembly with an eye on the humanitarian crises in Gaza, in South Sudan, and in Ukraine is the CEO of Oxfam America, Abby Maxman.

Abby, welcome back to WNYC.

Thank you for joining us.

Thanks so much, Brian.

Great to be here.

We'll start with Ukraine.

You recently traveled, I see, throughout Ukraine, to meet with Oxfam's partners there.

What did you see while you were there?

How would you describe the humanitarian situation?

We spend so much time talking about the politics of the war,

Zelensky and Putin and Trump and Biden and all of that.

Yeah, well, what I saw was immense devastation

throughout the country. homes destroyed without roofs, windows, abandoned villages.

While I was there, I experienced what all Ukrainians are experienced every day, frequent air alarms through the night, power cuts,

so being wakened with incoming drones and missiles warning so that people could try to seek safety and shelter.

And the scenes really offered me a glimpse of what Ukrainians have endured for two and a half years.

And I also saw incredible resilience and strength of the more than 40 partners we work with serving marginalized communities who really need all the support that they can get and that we offer.

So here's a clip of Ukrainian President Zelensky at the General Assembly on Wednesday talking

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