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(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden will present remarks earlier the United Nations General Assembly arsenic the assemblage gathers for its 79th session.
It volition beryllium the past clip Biden addresses the UN arsenic president, having elected to retreat from the November predetermination and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic the Democratic nominee.
His remarks travel arsenic Secretary-General António Guterres has called the satellite a "powder keg" and said the existent situation, including geopolitical divides, clime change, inequality, ongoing wars and threats from atomic weapons, is unsustainable.
But, helium said, “the challenges we look are solvable” if the planetary assemblage confronts the uncertainty of unmanaged risks, the inequality that underlies injustices and grievances and the impunity that undermines planetary instrumentality and the U.N.‘s founding principles.
“Today, a increasing fig of governments and others consciousness entitled to a "get retired of jailhouse free’ card,” helium said successful a notation to the classical committee crippled Monopoly.
The gathering is acceptable to statesman aft hundreds were reported killed pursuing Israeli strikes connected Lebanon. Israel has ramped up attacks connected Hezbollah successful caller days, raising the hazard that the warfare successful Gaza, present astir a twelvemonth long, could spiral into a wider determination conflict.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 1 of the leaders acceptable to code the UN this week, arsenic is Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is besides acceptable to code the UN arsenic his state continues to combat backmost against Russian penetration successful different ongoing war.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
