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 As A Global Community We're Challenged By Urgent And Looming Crises Wherein Lie Enormous Opportunities If We Can Summon The Will And Resolve To Seize These Opportunities Will 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 While 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.
In his first address to the United Nations, US President Joe Biden pledged cooperation with allies through "a decade set for our world."
His assurances come amid tensions over his return to Afghanistan and a major diplomatic dispute with France over a submarine deal.
"I believe we should work together like never before," the president said.
The 76th General Assembly in New York City takes place against the backdrop of the climate crisis and the one-time epidemic of the century, both of which have intensified global divisions.
The Merciless March Of Ever Worsening Droughts And Floods More Intense Fires And Hurricanes Longer Heat Waves And Rising Seas Will We Affirm And Uphold The Human Dignity And Human Rights Under Which Nations And Common Cause More Than Seven Decades Ago Formed This Institution Will We Apply And Strengthen The Core Tenets Of Internet 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 Helped 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 But 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 And Multilateral Institutions Like The United Nations To Amplify Our Collective Strength And Speed Our Progress Toward Dealing With His Global Challenges Is The Fundamental Truth Of The 21st Century Within Each Of Our Countries And As A Global Community That Our Own Success Is Bound Up In Others Succeeding As Well To Deliver For Our Own People Must Also Engage Deeply With The Rest Of The World To Ensure That Our Own Future We Must Work Together With Other Partners Our Partners Toward A Shared Future Our Security Our Prosperity And Our Very Freedoms Are Interconnected In My View As Never Before And So I Believe We Must Work Together As Never Before.
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