The White House sees the speech to the UN general assembly as a chance to reclaim the global initiative and convince UN member states that “America is back”, as Biden promised when he took office. “It’s an important, consequential week for President Biden and his leadership on the world stage,” a senior administration official said. In his speech, Biden will say he wants to avoid a new cold war with the world divided into blocks. However, at the start of UN general assembly’s summit week, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, expressed concern that US-Chinese rivalry was stopping progress on urgent global issues. Now things are more complex,” the secretary general said.

Source: The Guardian September 20, 2021 19:14 UTC