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President Joe Biden defended the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan on Tuesday in a speech to the United Nations, arguing it was a necessary step to pivot US policy to focus on a global challenge from anti-democratic systems, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change. Biden said the world is facing a decisive decade and that addressing a variety of challenges "will hinge on our ability to recognise our common humanity." He said that "instead of continuing to fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes" on challenges such as the global pandemic, addressing climate change, cyber threats and managing the shift of "global power dynamics."
Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi told the United Nations on Wednesday that his country was not seeking an atomic weapon and demanded US guarantees it would abide by any revived nuclear deal. Watch our replay.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for a "dignified way out" of the seven-month crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "Together, we need to find a reasonably practical diplomatic solution that will give both sides a dignified way out of the crisis," Erdogan told the opening session of the 77th United Nations General Assembly.
Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders gather at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major war since World War II. For the first time in three years, leaders will be delivering their speeches in person in the vast General Assembly. Watch our replay of Senegalese President, AU Chief Macky Sall's address.
In his UN General Assembly opening speech, Secretary General Antonio Gueterres cites climate, coronavirus pandemic and calls on the world to 'wake up'.
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