Joe Biden Addresses UN General Debate, 76th Session

Biden Gives First Address to UN General Assembly as Some U.S. Alliances Face Tensions Joe Biden delivered his first address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday morning, declaring that the United States is “back at the table.” “We’re back at the table in international forums, especially the United Nations, to focus attention and to spur global action on shared challenges,” he told the assembly, emphasizing alliances within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and others. Much of his speech was dedicated to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Bombs and…