US Believes In UN, Its Value: Joe Biden Tells Chief Antonio Guterres
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Joe Biden met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres after arriving in New York for his first address to the UN General Assembly session as US President.
The US believes in the United Nations and its value, President Joe Biden has told UN chief Antonio Guterres, underlining that the strong bonds between America and the world body are more important than ever as current challenges like the COVID-19 and climate crisis can only be met with global solutions.
Biden met UN Secretary General Guterres after arriving in New York on Monday for his first address to the high-level UN General Assembly session as American President.
Biden will address world leaders in-person from the iconic General Assembly hall on Tuesday on day one of the week-long General Debate, describing his address to the General Assembly as "a great honour."
"America is back. We believe in the United Nations and its value. Because of the challenges we face today in ending COVID-19 and dealing with the gravest threat to humanity we've ever seen, which is the whole climate crisis...we're undergoing that can only be met with global solutions, no one country can - no 10 countries can do it," Biden said.
