UNITED NATIONS — When U.S. President Joe Biden takes the famed speakers rostrum at the United Nations Assembly Hall on Wednesday, he will do so under immense international scrutiny.
Biden's address to the 77th United Nations General Assembly comes as Russia's war in Ukraine marches past its 200th day, while governments continue to grapple with the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and as climate change uncertainties mount.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Biden's Ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters on Friday that a U.S. delegation will meet with a Ukrainian delegation on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
What they're interested in is continuing to raise this unprovoked war on Ukraine," she told reporters during a press briefing at the United Nations.
Michele Sison, assistant secretary for International Organization Affairs at the State Department, said the Biden administration did not view this year's General Assembly "as business as usual."