Biden gives final UN address, with focus on conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine

President Joe Biden warned against a full-scale warfare successful Lebanon and said it is clip to extremity the struggle successful Gaza, arsenic helium delivered his last code Tuesday to hundreds of leaders astatine the United Nations General Assembly.

“A full-scale warfare is not successful anyone’s interest,” Biden said, referring to the escalating struggle betwixt Israel and Hezbollah. He said a diplomatic solution is inactive possible.

On the astir one-year-old struggle betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza, Biden urged the parties to “finalize the terms” of a cease-fire and hostage woody that has been endorsed by the U.N. Security Council.

On Ukraine's efforts to combat disconnected Russia’s invasion, Biden said, “We cannot turn weary. We cannot look away, and we volition not fto up connected our enactment for Ukraine, not until Ukraine wins with a conscionable and durable peace."

Biden's code comes astatine a clutch moment, according to U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

"We accidental this each year, but this UNGA could not travel astatine a much captious and much challenging moment,” she said successful a briefing past week astatine the U.N. “The database of crises and conflicts that request attraction and enactment lone look to turn and grow."

Atop that list: Gaza. The U.S. presumption is not successful enactment with the remainder of the wide assembly, which past week overwhelmingly passed a solution demanding that Israel extremity its concern of Palestinian territory wrong the adjacent 12 months. The United States was among the 14 nary votes.

Thomas-Greenfield said the U.S. ballot is successful enactment with Washington’s absorption to "unilateral measures that undermine the imaginable of a two-state solution.”

Biden has spotlighted these conflicts arsenic large challenges arsenic helium ends his presidency.

“With the Middle East, this looks like, you know, ‘How bash you support the lid connected this and anticipation the struggle doesn't spiral retired of power into a determination war?’” said Jim Kessler, enforcement vice president for argumentation astatine Washington-based deliberation vessel Third Way. “And I deliberation that's anybody's champion guess, astir what's going to happen.”

One happening is painfully clear: As the Israel-Hamas struggle nears the one-year mark, astir 100 hostages are thought to stay successful Hamas’ custody. The White House says bringing them location is its apical priority, and the cardinal pillar of a woody to halt the warring betwixt Israel and the U.S.-designated violent group.

For months, Biden’s emissaries person raced betwixt Qatar and Cairo to effort to bring the sides together. And for months, they person appeared to beryllium connected the precipice of a deal, lone for it to autumn apart.

Kim Lewis contributed from Washington.