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1.教皇抵达联合国（1） Pope Francis arrives at the U.N. on September 25th, just hours ahead of the opening of a major anti-poverty summit. He will address the U.N. staff and have a private meeting with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whom he has met three times before at the Vatican. We have been discussing many issues, including poverty eradication and migration, refugee issues, last time, and most importantly, climate change. The pope will then give a highly anticipated address in the General Assembly Hall. Remarkably, he seems to have emerged as a real voice of global moral authority on things like refugees and climate change. So a lot of people will be looking to him and what he has to say about the state of the world. Then its down to business with the worlds toughest problems. There is going to be a lot of self-congratulation about the Iran nuclear deal, but that will be overshadowed by the humanitarian crisis in Europe and the continued power of the Islamic State in the Middle East. 2.教皇抵达联合国（2） On September 30th, there will be a high-level meeting on the refugee crisis in Europe. The secretary-general says he hopes to mobilize a humane and effective response. The majority of refugees are Syrians, fleeing nearly five years of civil war. Russias recent increase in military support to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has raised tensions with Washington. President Vladimir Putin, who has not attended a General Assembly in nearly a decade, may bring a new strategy on Syria, but it may not be to everyones liking. But there is a fundamental division with the U.S. and Europeans over Assad, and Moscows continuing support for Assad, and so its likely to be a diplomatic breakdown rather than a breakthrough. President Obama will preside over a meeting on combating terrorism. The presidents gonna convene a meeting to look at countering violent extremism, to look at what the coalition has achieved and where the gaps are. This years General Assembly may be the biggest ever, both in t