Biden warns in final UNGA address the world is at an 'inflection point'

NEW YORK CITY — President Biden, successful his last code to the United Nation's General Assembly, warned that the satellite is astatine an "inflection point," portion maintaining U.S. enactment for Ukraine; Israel's close to support itself; and declaring Palestinians should beryllium capable to unrecorded "in a authorities of their own." 

Biden delivered his 4th and last code to the assembly arsenic President of the United States connected Tuesday, addressing leaders and representatives from 134 countries astir the globe. 

"Today is the 4th clip I’ve had the large grant of speaking to this assembly arsenic President of the United States," Biden said Tuesday morning. "It’ll beryllium my last." 

Biden reflected connected the planetary bid erstwhile helium was archetypal elected arsenic a U.S. legislator successful 1972, saying the satellite was astatine "an inflection point" and a "moment of hostility and uncertainty." 

"The satellite was divided by the Cold War; the Middle East was headed toward war; America was astatine warfare successful Vietnam astatine that constituent — the longest warfare successful America’s history," Biden said. "Our state was divided and angry, and determination were questions astir our staying powerfulness and our future. But adjacent then, I entered nationalist beingness not retired of despair, but retired of optimism." 

Biden said erstwhile helium was elected president, the satellite was successful "another infinitesimal of situation and uncertainty." 

But nether the Biden-Harris administration, officials person sought diplomacy amid planetary instability and fears of a increasing warfare successful the Middle East, particularly pursuing its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the years-long Russia-Ukraine war, the increasing menace from Iran’s atomic development, accrued aggression from China, and a situation astatine the U.S. confederate border. 

"I genuinely judge we’re astatine different inflection constituent successful satellite history, wherever the choices we marque contiguous volition find our aboriginal for decades to come," Biden said Tuesday. "We basal down the principles that unite us; we basal steadfast against aggression; we extremity the conflicts that are raging today. We instrumentality connected planetary challenges similar clime change, hunger and disease." 

"Putin's warfare has failed," Biden said. 

Biden stressed that the satellite "cannot turn weary" and "cannot look away" oregon "let up connected our enactment for Ukraine." 

"We request to uphold our principles arsenic we question to responsibly negociate the contention with China truthful it does not veer into conflict," helium said.

Biden stressed that helium is moving to "bring greater measurement of bid and stableness to the Middle East." 

"The satellite indispensable not flinch from the horrors of October 7th – immoderate state would person the close work to guarantee that specified onslaught tin ne'er hap again," Biden said, referring to Hamas' brutal panic onslaught successful Israel. "Thousands of equipped Hamas terrorists invaded a sovereign state, slaughtering and massacring much than 1200 people, including 46 Americans successful their homes and astatine a euphony festival, the despicable acts of intersexual violence, 250 innocents taken hostage." 

Biden said helium has met with the families of those hostages. 

"I grieve with them," helium said. "They’re going done hell." 

But Biden said, "Innocent civilians successful Gaza are besides going done hell." 

Biden pointed to the ceasefire and hostage woody his medication has worked connected with Qatar and Egypt. 

"Now it is clip for the parties to finalize terms, bring the hostages home, unafraid Israel and Gaza escaped of Hamas’ grip, easiness the suffering successful Gaza and extremity this war," helium said. 

Biden stressed that his medication has been "determined to forestall a wider warfare that engulfs the full region." 

"A afloat standard warfare is not successful anyone’s interest," helium said. "Even arsenic the concern has escalated, a diplomatic solution is inactive possible." 

"In fact, it remains the lone way to lasting security," Biden continued, truthful that "the residents from some countries instrumentality to their homes." 

"That’s what we’re moving tirelessly to achieve," Biden said. 

But arsenic for the warfare successful Gaza, Biden, notably, did not notation rising antisemitism successful the United States and astir the globe since the Oct. 7 attacks, but instead, discussed the "rise of unit against guiltless Palestinians connected the West Bank." 

Biden said the satellite needs to enactment towards "a two-state solution wherever the world—where Israel enjoys information and bid and afloat designation and normalize relations with each its neighbors; and with Palestinians, surviving securely with dignity and self-determiniation successful a authorities of their own." 

Meanwhile, Biden declared the request to proceed to guarantee Iran volition "never get a atomic weapon." 

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