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
Polish President Andrzej Duda. Pool Photo by Spencer Platt/UPI | License Photo
The President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. 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 Pedro Castillo of Peru. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/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
Bolsonaro 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
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 | 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 the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo
President of Finland Sauli Niinistö. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo
President of Costa Rica Carlos Alvarado Quesada. Pool Photo by John Minchillo/UPI | License Photo
Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid. 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
