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President Joe Biden will attend the United Nations General Assembly from 18 to 20 of September, the White House confirmed this Thursday.
representative will travel on Sunday 13, to attend the Session 77 of the UN General Assembly.
It is the second time that the president attends that meeting, after his first attendance in September of 2021, where he gave a speech focused on the challenges of global recovery from the COVID-pandemic 19.
Biden also discussed the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, an action that affected his popularity, which began to fall in the month of May of 2021, but whose decline intensified with the economic situation economy of the country.
However, on this occasion, in addition to the public health challenges that continue with the pandemic and the smallpox outbreak of the monkey, the president could focus on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine , as well as the economic effects that has unleashed worldwide.
It could also address security issues in the world with the challenge posed by a power like China in the Asian region and Indo-Pacific, after the tension over the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (California), to Taiwan, which sparked criticism from the Xi Jinping government.
The General Assembly begins sessions on 13 of September with a provisional agenda of various issues, where the economic aspect stands out.
“Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the recent conferences of the United Nations”, indicates the initial section of the provisional agenda of the meeting.
The work report of the Security Council, where the Ukraine-Russia conflict is expected to stand out.
“The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”, says point 61 of the provisional agenda.
The 24 August marked six months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, something that the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, described as a “absurd war”.