World leaders assemble at United Nations
Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a video screen as he remotely addresses the session. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey speaks. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI
Erdoğan told the General Assembly he plans to submit the Paris Agreement to the Turkish Parliament next month. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Erdoğan said, "Whoever has harmed Earth most, brutally exploited natural resources should also do the most to fight climate change." Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Chile's President Sebastian Pinera remotely addresses the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Iran's President's Ebrahim Raisi remotely addresses the session. He accused the United States of using sanctions as a new form of warfare. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Republic of the Congo President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo speaks. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI
Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda prepares to make his address. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Colombia's President Ivan Duque speaks. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Seats are marked for social distancing. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Maldives' President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih removes his mask to address the assembly. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
U.S. President
addresses the assembly. Biden promised continued cooperation to help other countries with access to coronavirus vaccines. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
The United Nations building is seen from the outside. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
Biden delivered a message of unity, security and progress on issues including COVID-19 and climate change. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI)
Biden called for Iran to rejoin the nuclear deal and said the Islamic country must never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI
President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the session. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI
President Pedro Castillo of Peru. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President Azali Assoumani of Comoros. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Bolsonaro arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of Switzerland Guy Parmelin. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Members of South Korean boy band BTS take turns speaking at the Sustainability Development Goals Moment event as part of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Monday. Sustainable Development Goals are a blueprint for fighting poverty and hunger and confronting the climate crisis. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
From left to right, Taehyung/V, Suga and Jin of BTS take turns speaking at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
President of the Economic and Social Council Collen Vixen Kelapile speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to reporters after meeting with Antonio Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Guterres speaks to reporters after a meeting Johnson. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo arrives at United Nations headquarters. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI
