Biden to push for Ukraine aid, democracy as China and Russia skip UN General Assembly
CNBC 2023-09-18 20:02:48 • 5 mins
Key Points
- Leaders from at least 145 countries are slated to attend with a few notable exceptions: France, the United Kingdom, China and Russia will all be absent.
- A "substantial section" of Biden's speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday will be devoted to the war in Ukraine.
- This will be the first time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has attended the U.N. summit in person since the war began.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (L) and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (R) look on as President Joe Biden speaks about the government response and recovery efforts in Maui, Hawaii, and the ongoing response on Hurricane Idalia, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Aug. 30, 2023.
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President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he plans to promote democracy and advocate for increased support for Ukraine.
For Biden, it's another opportunity to advance the ideas of diplomacy and democracy against those of aggressive autocracies, as he did at the recent Group of 20 Summit earlier this month.
