President Biden Addresses U.N. General Assembly

He faced some skepticism from allies, much of it relating to the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the pandemic and a diplomatic spat with France.

President Joe Biden used his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to declare that the world stands at an “inflection point in history” and must move quickly and cooperatively to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuse.

Amid growing China tensions President Biden also declared the U.S. is “not seeking a new Cold War.”

Without mentioning China directly, President Biden acknowledged increasing concerns about rising tensions between the two nations. But he said, “We are not seeking a new Cold War or a world divided into rigid blocs,.”