Indian PM Modi touches on Afghanistan, pandemic in U.N. address

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Saturday. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Laotian Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Fiji's prime minister, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Vanuatu's prime minister, Bob Loughman. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI St. Vincent and the Grenadines' prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Swaziland's prime minister, Cleopas Dlamini. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Andorran Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris. Pool Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness addresses, via prerecorded video, the General Debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Friday. Pool Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Alexander de Croo. Pool Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Belize's prime minister, John Brice–o. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of Japan, Suga Yoshihide, addresses via prerecorded video at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Friday. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI Mark Rutte, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Stefan Lofven, Prime Minister, Sweden. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Civil Service. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior, Vice-President, Republic of South Sudan. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Isatou Touray, Vice-President, Republic of the Gambia. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Charles Michel, President of the European Council of the European Union. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Republic of Senegal President Macky Sall. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Nicos Anastasiades, President of Republic of Cyprus. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg speaks at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on Thursday. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanekis. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi is seen on a video screen. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Lesotho's Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Azerbaijan's President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev is seen on a video screen. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Libya's President Mohamed Younis Menfi stands offstage. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Delegates are seen reflected in the window as a translator works in her booth. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI A delegate, stands in the aisle to take a picture of Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye as he addresses the session. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Iraq, Barham Salih. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Cuba's President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks via video link. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Comoros, Azali Assoumani. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, speaks via video link. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Zhang Jun, permanent representative of China to the United Nations, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Seats remain empty in the press gallery as COVID-19 prevention protocols are observed during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Tariq Ahmad, United Kingdom Minister of State for the Commonwealth and Development (L) and Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State, speak during United Nations Security Council. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Reenat Sandhu, Secretary West of India, speaks during a meeting of the Security Council. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a smaller number of delegates are attending the 76th Session. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Delegates attend the 76th session. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Nguyen Xuan Phuc, president of Vietnam, right, before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Thursday, September 23, 2021, during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a thumb up after addressing the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh remotely addresses the session. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor removes their mask to address the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg remotely addresses the session. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro remotely addresses the assembly. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio. Pool Photo by Justin Lane/UPI President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou. Pool Photo by Justin Lane/UPI Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo speaks during the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema speaks. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Polish President Andrzej Duda makes his exit after speaking. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Romania Klaus Iohannis. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI The President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Polish President Andrzej Duda. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Rowanda's President Paul Kagame is seen on a video screen as he addresses the session. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speaks. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI Peru's President Pedro Castillo. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI Delegates listen to speakers. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI 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 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 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 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 Finland Sauli Niinistö. 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