"The madness begins in the weeks leading up to the UN General Assembly when my email inbox is suddenly disgorging invitations to cover "high-level events"  on everything from anti-microbial resistance to climate change," writes AFP's UN correspondent Carole Landry.

"NGOs are offering up  experts to discuss the refugee crisis and a PR firm asks  if we would like to interview the foreign minister of Kazakhstan.  Recep Tayyip Erdogan's wife is inviting reporters to talk about 'the advancement of the Turkish economy and democracy.'  Everyone is in town for UNGA."