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Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•SPEECHES AND REMARKSUnited Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It’s my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States.
We meet this year in a moment of — intermingled with great pain and extraordinary possibility. We’ve lost so much to this devastating — this devastating pandemic that continues to claim lives around the world and impact so much on our existence.
We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background. Each death is an individual heartbreak. But our shared grief is a poignant reminder that our collective future will hinge on our ability to recognize our common humanity and to act together.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the clear and urgent choice that we face here at the dawning of what must be a decisive decade for our world — a decade that will quite literally determine our futures.
a global community, we’re challenged by urgent and looming crises wherein lie enormous opportunities if — if — we can summon the will and resolve to seize these opportunities.
we work together to save lives, defeat COVID-19 everywhere, and take the necessary steps to prepare ourselves for the next pandemic? For there will be another one. Or will we fail to harness the tools at our disposal as the more virulent and dangerous variants take hold?
Will we meet the threat of challenging climate — the challenging climate we’re all feeling already ravaging every part of our world with extreme weather? Or will we suffer the merciless march of ever-worsening droughts and floods, more intense fires and hurricanes, longer heatwaves and rising seas?
Will we affirm and uphold the human dignity and human rights under which nations in common cause, more than seven decades ago, formed this institution?
Will we apply and strengthen the core tenets of inter- — of the international system, including the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats? Or will we allow these universal — those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power?
In my view, how we answer these questions in this moment — whether we choose to fight for our shared future or not — will reverberate for generations yet to come.
Simply put: We stand, in my view, at an inflection point in history. And I’m here today to share with you how the United States intends to work with partners and allies to answer these questions and the commitment of my new administration to help lead the world toward a more peaceful, prosperous future for all people.
Instead of continuing to fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future: ending this pandemic; addressing the climate crisis; managing the shifts in global power dynamics; shaping the rules of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies; and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today.
We’ve ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan. And as we close this period of relentless war, we’re opening a new era of relentless diplomacy; of using the power of our development aid to invest in new ways of lifting people up around the world; of renewing and defending democracy; of proving that no matter how challenging or how complex the problems we’re going to face, government by and for the people is still the best way to deliver for all of our people.
And as the United States turns our focus to the priorities and the regions of the world, like the Indo-Pacific, that are most consequential today and tomorrow, we’ll do so with our allies and partners, through cooperation at multilateral institutions like the United Nations, to amplify our collective strength and speed, our progress toward dealing with these global challenges.
There’s a fundamental truth of the 21st century within each of our own countries and as a global community that our own success is bound up with others succeeding as well.
To deliver for our own people, we must also engage deeply with the rest of the world... more
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•SPEECHES AND REMARKSUnited Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It’s my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States.
We meet this year in a moment of — intermingled with great pain and extraordinary possibility. We’ve lost so much to this devastating — this devastating pandemic that continues to claim lives around the world and impact so much on our existence.
We’re mourning more than 4.5 million people — people of every nation from every background. Each death is an individual heartbreak. But our shared grief is a poignant reminder that our collective future will hinge on our ability to recognize our common humanity and to act together.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the clear and urgent choice that we face here at the dawning of what must be a decisive decade for our world — a decade that will quite literally determine our futures.
a global community, we’re challenged by urgent and looming crises wherein lie enormous opportunities if — if — we can summon the will and resolve to seize these opportunities.
we work together to save lives, defeat COVID-19 everywhere, and take the necessary steps to prepare ourselves for the next pandemic? For there will be another one. Or will we fail to harness the tools at our disposal as the more virulent and dangerous variants take hold?
Will we meet the threat of challenging climate — the challenging climate we’re all feeling already ravaging every part of our world with extreme weather? Or will we suffer the merciless march of ever-worsening droughts and floods, more intense fires and hurricanes, longer heatwaves and rising seas?
Will we affirm and uphold the human dignity and human rights under which nations in common cause, more than seven decades ago, formed this institution?
Will we apply and strengthen the core tenets of inter- — of the international system, including the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as we seek to shape the emergence of new technologies and deter new threats? Or will we allow these universal — those universal principles to be trampled and twisted in the pursuit of naked political power?
In my view, how we answer these questions in this moment — whether we choose to fight for our shared future or not — will reverberate for generations yet to come.
Simply put: We stand, in my view, at an inflection point in history. And I’m here today to share with you how the United States intends to work with partners and allies to answer these questions and the commitment of my new administration to help lead the world toward a more peaceful, prosperous future for all people.
Instead of continuing to fight the wars of the past, we are fixing our eyes on devoting our resources to the challenges that hold the keys to our collective future: ending this pandemic; addressing the climate crisis; managing the shifts in global power dynamics; shaping the rules of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies; and facing the threat of terrorism as it stands today.
We’ve ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan. And as we close this period of relentless war, we’re opening a new era of relentless diplomacy; of using the power of our development aid to invest in new ways of lifting people up around the world; of renewing and defending democracy; of proving that no matter how challenging or how complex the problems we’re going to face, government by and for the people is still the best way to deliver for all of our people.
And as the United States turns our focus to the priorities and the regions of the world, like the Indo-Pacific, that are most consequential today and tomorrow, we’ll do so with our allies and partners, through cooperation at multilateral institutions like the United Nations, to amplify our collective strength and speed, our progress toward dealing with these global challenges.
There’s a fundamental truth of the 21st century within each of our own countries and as a global community that our own success is bound up with others succeeding as well.
To deliver for our own people, we must also engage deeply with the rest of the world... more
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
President Biden Addresses U.N. General Assembly
President Biden delivered remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. Topics he touched on included the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. military power, climate change, human rights and emerging technologies.
President Biden Addresses U.N. General Assembly
President Biden delivered remarks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City. Topics he touched on included the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. military power, climate change, human rights and emerging technologies.
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
President Biden met today with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and celebrated the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Australia Alliance. The leaders affirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, based on shared values and mutual interests, and agreed on the importance of working with allies and partners around the world, including through historic partnerships and organizations and new configurations, to defend against threats to the international rules based order. They discussed the critical role European allies and partners, including NATO and the EU, play in the Indo-Pacific and ways to deepen that cooperation and joint work. The President and Prime Minister Morrison committed to take steps to strengthen the resilience of our respective economies and their mutual commitment to work through the Quad. They also discussed the upcoming Quad Leaders Summit, including efforts to expand access to vaccines in the Indo-Pacific and to cooperate to address the climate crisis.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
President Biden met today with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and celebrated the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-Australia Alliance. The leaders affirmed their commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, based on shared values and mutual interests, and agreed on the importance of working with allies and partners around the world, including through historic partnerships and organizations and new configurations, to defend against threats to the international rules based order. They discussed the critical role European allies and partners, including NATO and the EU, play in the Indo-Pacific and ways to deepen that cooperation and joint work. The President and Prime Minister Morrison committed to take steps to strengthen the resilience of our respective economies and their mutual commitment to work through the Quad. They also discussed the upcoming Quad Leaders Summit, including efforts to expand access to vaccines in the Indo-Pacific and to cooperate to address the climate crisis.
Joe Biden, Boris Johnson stress action on climate change, advancing cooperation in Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific
NEWS AGENCIES| Updated on: 22 September 2021, 8:03 IST
US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (local time) stressed upon climate change and agreed to continue cooperation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific in Oval Office meeting on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
"Earlier today I addressed the United Nations General Assembly and I made clear the climate has to be the core area of action for all of us, and as we look ahead to the UK hosted COP26, which I'm really anxious to attend in Glasgow in November," Biden said.
"Our economies have to work together, including through our build back better world initiative that we launched in Cardiff Bay, and today we're going to discuss the next steps on all of this and as well as how the US and UK can continue our cooperation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific and around the world and I want to thank you again, Boris, for making the effort to be here," he added.
Johnson thanked President Biden for America's cooperation on a number of fronts including lifting a ban on British beef, travel restrictions and most importantly climate change, reported CNN.
"I think the most important thing today has been your speech Joe to UNGA where you made a commitment on supporting the world to adapt to climate change, doubling the American commitment," Johnson said, calling it fantastic to see the US stepping up and leading on the issue.
Johnson also discussed the new trilateral partnership among the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, saying it "has great potential to benefit the whole of the world with security."
Asked if Britain was still at "the back of the queue" for a free trade deal, the President said he would talk about trade with Johnson today and they will "have to work that through." Biden said he does feel very strongly about the Irish Accords and keeping those in place amid Brexit.
"We spent an enormous amount of time and effort in the United States. It was a major bipartisan effort made and I would not at all like to see, nor I might add would many of my Republican colleagues, like to see a change in the Irish Accords, the end result having a closed border again," Biden said, drawing an agreement from Johnson.
Biden also briefly weighed in on the possible extradition of Anne Sacoolas, the US woman accused of killing 19-year-old Harry Dunn in August 2019 while she was driving on the wrong side of the road in England, saying the case is being worked on and he believes there had been a civil settlement reached. He said he doesn't know the status of the case right now but he would follow up, reported CNN. source
NEWS AGENCIES| Updated on: 22 September 2021, 8:03 IST
US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday (local time) stressed upon climate change and agreed to continue cooperation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific in Oval Office meeting on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.
"Earlier today I addressed the United Nations General Assembly and I made clear the climate has to be the core area of action for all of us, and as we look ahead to the UK hosted COP26, which I'm really anxious to attend in Glasgow in November," Biden said.
"Our economies have to work together, including through our build back better world initiative that we launched in Cardiff Bay, and today we're going to discuss the next steps on all of this and as well as how the US and UK can continue our cooperation in Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific and around the world and I want to thank you again, Boris, for making the effort to be here," he added.
Johnson thanked President Biden for America's cooperation on a number of fronts including lifting a ban on British beef, travel restrictions and most importantly climate change, reported CNN.
"I think the most important thing today has been your speech Joe to UNGA where you made a commitment on supporting the world to adapt to climate change, doubling the American commitment," Johnson said, calling it fantastic to see the US stepping up and leading on the issue.
Johnson also discussed the new trilateral partnership among the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom to help Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, saying it "has great potential to benefit the whole of the world with security."
Asked if Britain was still at "the back of the queue" for a free trade deal, the President said he would talk about trade with Johnson today and they will "have to work that through." Biden said he does feel very strongly about the Irish Accords and keeping those in place amid Brexit.
"We spent an enormous amount of time and effort in the United States. It was a major bipartisan effort made and I would not at all like to see, nor I might add would many of my Republican colleagues, like to see a change in the Irish Accords, the end result having a closed border again," Biden said, drawing an agreement from Johnson.
Biden also briefly weighed in on the possible extradition of Anne Sacoolas, the US woman accused of killing 19-year-old Harry Dunn in August 2019 while she was driving on the wrong side of the road in England, saying the case is being worked on and he believes there had been a civil settlement reached. He said he doesn't know the status of the case right now but he would follow up, reported CNN. source
Readout of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
President Biden met today with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom at the White House. This meeting reaffirmed the strong bond between the United States and the United Kingdom, as the leaders agreed to continue working together to fulfill the vision set forward in the Atlantic Charter. President Biden and Prime Minister Johnson reviewed our cooperation on shared global challenges, including building consensus for action to address the climate crisis, promoting global health security, supporting democracy and human rights, and developing a more inclusive economic future for all countries. The leaders also discussed our ongoing work on Afghanistan, as well as developments in the Indo-Pacific and the critical role of European allies and partners, including NATO and the EU, in the region. They also discussed Northern Ireland, and President Biden reiterated his longstanding support for a secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021•STATEMENTS AND RELEASES
President Biden met today with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom at the White House. This meeting reaffirmed the strong bond between the United States and the United Kingdom, as the leaders agreed to continue working together to fulfill the vision set forward in the Atlantic Charter. President Biden and Prime Minister Johnson reviewed our cooperation on shared global challenges, including building consensus for action to address the climate crisis, promoting global health security, supporting democracy and human rights, and developing a more inclusive economic future for all countries. The leaders also discussed our ongoing work on Afghanistan, as well as developments in the Indo-Pacific and the critical role of European allies and partners, including NATO and the EU, in the region. They also discussed Northern Ireland, and President Biden reiterated his longstanding support for a secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace.
Hit by Afghan Crisis, Covid Surge, Biden’s Quad Summit Aim is to Bring Back Focus on China
The September 24 summit was announced in March this year when the first-ever Quad summit took place virtually, writes Maha Siddiqui from Washington DC.
Sep. 22 - It’s been a tough time for US President Joe Biden. The botched-up troop pull-out from Afghanistan has seen him be criticised not just by political rivals but has also led to a dip in his approval ratings. A move that was meant to cater to the domestic constituency didn’t yield desired results with visuals of desperate Afghans trying to flee finding their way across the world and in America too.
The Covid-19 numbers have been rising in America once again, leading to record hospitalisations. This, despite the fact the US has vaccinated a vast majority of its population. Many argue that the numbers are being driven by the anti-vaxxers. Nonetheless, it has put a question mark on the Biden administration’s ability to control the raging pandemic.
So, despite the Covid crisis, President Biden has pushed through an in-person Quad Summit. The summit which is to take place on September 24 was announced in March this year when the first-ever Quad summit took place virtually and the leaders came out with some concrete proposals – one in fact on countering China’s indigenous vaccine push as well. As the four important leaders of the Indo-Pacific region – President Biden, PM Narendra Modi, PM Yoshihide Suga and PM Scott Morrison meet in Washington DC, clearly the US effort would be to take the focus away from Afghanistan and back to China... more
The September 24 summit was announced in March this year when the first-ever Quad summit took place virtually, writes Maha Siddiqui from Washington DC.
Sep. 22 - It’s been a tough time for US President Joe Biden. The botched-up troop pull-out from Afghanistan has seen him be criticised not just by political rivals but has also led to a dip in his approval ratings. A move that was meant to cater to the domestic constituency didn’t yield desired results with visuals of desperate Afghans trying to flee finding their way across the world and in America too.
The Covid-19 numbers have been rising in America once again, leading to record hospitalisations. This, despite the fact the US has vaccinated a vast majority of its population. Many argue that the numbers are being driven by the anti-vaxxers. Nonetheless, it has put a question mark on the Biden administration’s ability to control the raging pandemic.
So, despite the Covid crisis, President Biden has pushed through an in-person Quad Summit. The summit which is to take place on September 24 was announced in March this year when the first-ever Quad summit took place virtually and the leaders came out with some concrete proposals – one in fact on countering China’s indigenous vaccine push as well. As the four important leaders of the Indo-Pacific region – President Biden, PM Narendra Modi, PM Yoshihide Suga and PM Scott Morrison meet in Washington DC, clearly the US effort would be to take the focus away from Afghanistan and back to China... more
