
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 | License Photo

Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Laotian Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Fiji’s prime minister, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Vanuatu’s prime minister, Bob Loughman. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ prime minister, Ralph Gonsalves. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Swaziland’s prime minister, Cleopas Dlamini. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Andorran Prime Minister Xavier Espot Zamora. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris. Pool Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Alexander de Croo. Pool Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Belize’s prime minister, John Brice–o. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan. Pool photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Prime Minister of Ireland, Micheal Martin. Photo by Peter Foley/UPI | License Photo

Mark Rutte, Prime Minister and Minister for General Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Stefan Lofven, Prime Minister, Sweden. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Minister for National Security and the Civil Service. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior, Vice-President, Republic of South Sudan. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Isatou Touray, Vice-President, Republic of the Gambia. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Charles Michel, President of the European Council of the European Union. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Republic of Senegal President Macky Sall. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Nicos Anastasiades, President of Republic of Cyprus. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Czech Republic’s Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanekis. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi is seen on a video screen. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Lesotho’s Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev is seen on a video screen. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Libya’s President Mohamed Younis Menfi stands offstage. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Delegates are seen reflected in the window as a translator works in her booth. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

The President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Iraq, Barham Salih. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Cuba’s President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez speaks via video link. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Comoros, Azali Assoumani. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of North Macedonia, Stevo Pendarovski. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, speaks via video link. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Panama, Laurentino Cortizo. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

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 | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Reenat Sandhu, Secretary West of India, speaks during a meeting of the Security Council. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Inga Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a smaller number of delegates are attending the 76th Session. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Delegates attend the 76th session. Pool photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh remotely addresses the session. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor removes their mask to address the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg remotely addresses the session. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Pool photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro remotely addresses the assembly. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio. Pool Photo by Justin Lane/UPI | License Photo

President of the Republic of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Uruguay’s President Luis Lacalle Pou. Pool Photo by Justin Lane/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema speaks. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Polish President Andrzej Duda makes his exit after speaking. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Romania Klaus Iohannis. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

The President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Polish President Andrzej Duda. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Rowanda’s President Paul Kagame is seen on a video screen as he addresses the session. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte speaks. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

Peru’s President Pedro Castillo. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Delegates listen to speakers. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a video screen as he remotely addresses the session. Pool Photo by Mary Altaffer/UPI | License Photo

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey speaks. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo

Erdoğan told the General Assembly he plans to submit the Paris Agreement to the Turkish Parliament next month. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera remotely addresses the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

Republic of the Congo President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo speaks. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI | License Photo

Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda prepares to make his address. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque speaks. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Seats are marked for social distancing. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI | License Photo

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani addresses the session. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Maldives’ President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih removes his mask to address the assembly. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo


The United Nations building is seen from the outside. Pool Photo by Eduardo Munoz/UPI | License Photo

Biden delivered a message of unity, security and progress on issues including COVID-19 and climate change. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI) | License Photo

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 | License Photo

President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the session. Pool Photo by Timothy A. Clary/UPI | License Photo

President Alexander Van der Bellen of Austria. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

President Azali Assoumani of Comoros. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

President of Switzerland Guy Parmelin. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

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 | License Photo

From left to right, Taehyung/V, Suga and Jin of BTS take turns speaking at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

President of the Economic and Social Council Collen Vixen Kelapile speaks at the SDG Moment event. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

Guterres speaks to reporters after a meeting Johnson. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrives. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo arrives at United Nations headquarters. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Amina J. Mohammed. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo