Brian Laird on 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 guest 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.

Well, 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 spent 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

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