♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ leaders gathered in new york city today for the succession of the un general assembly. ear speeches by un secretary-general. the un general assembly and pleasantly present, this is about an hour. >> general assembly is called to order. we are here on the presentation of the report on the organization on the agenda item 12. i now give the floor to the united nations excellency. [silence] mr. president of the general assembly, excellency, i am here, the world must wake up. we are on the edge and moving in the wrong direction. it's an event never been more divided. we face the greatest prizes in our lifetime. the covid pandemic has supersized inequality, the climate crisis pummeling the planet and people from afghanistan and yemen and beyond. mistrust and misinformation is polarizing people and paralyzing societies. human rights insight is under assault. the economic lifelines too little and too late. solidarity is missing in action just when we need it most. perhaps of all time, the picture we've seen with the covid vaccines in the garbage expired and unused. on the one ha

the general assembly, mr. secretary-general of the united nations, heads of government and other heads of delegation. it is an honor to once again open the united nations general assembly. i come to you to showcase on this. it's great deal in january 2019. for two years, we have had no cases of corruption, belief and god and respect and is loyal to those people and this is a lot, a solid foundation. we were at the brink and financial losses and now they are a profitable company. communist countries with none of these. it's the brazilian itself who honor these committees. represent a new credibility for the world. the largest investment in its history, a program already in place being implemented so far 100 billion u.s. dollars in these investments and $23 billion have been collected. we auctioned the terminals to the private sector. we arty have more in private. we have these systems that bring our model also to the u.s. model. we've received 14 for a new way. $15 billion in private investing under our adminis

president of the general assembly, mr. secretary-general, head of state, head of government, and other heads of the delegation. ladies and gentlemen. it is an honor to open the united nations general assembly. i come here to showcase a different cell -- brazil it has changed a great deal. in january 2019. for two years we have had no case of covid. we believe in god, respect, values, family, and is loyal. this is a law, a solid foundation taking into account that we were at the brink. to concur financial losses, now there are profitable companies who serve as a financing for public works in communist countries with no collateral guarantees. it is the brazilian people who have committed to the cause. i present to you a new brazil whoe credibility -- whose good ability has been proven to the world. -- credibility has been proven to the world. -- being up lamented, -- being implemented. $23 billion have been collected in construction projects. in the infrastructure, there are 29 point dashboard terminals. we have private contr

i take it that the general assembly agrees to proceed accordingly during the general debate of this 76 session. it is so decided. the assembly will hear an address by his excellency, bolsonaro, president of the federated republic of brazil and i request protocol to escort his excellency. on behalf of the general assembly i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellency, bolsonaro, president of the republic of brazil and invite him to address the assembly. ok? >> good morning, one and all. mr. president of the general assembly, mr. secretary-general the united nations, help this state -- heads of state, government, and other heads of state, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to once again open the general assembly. i come here to showcase brazil as opposed to what's portrayed. brazil has changed a great deal after he took office in january of 2019. in two years and eight months we have had no concrete case of corruption. brazil has a president who believes in god, respect, values , and is loyal to the people. this is a solid foundation as we take into account that we w

general assembly. up next, we'll hear speeches by u.n. secretary-general antonio gutierrez, the u.n. general assembly president and the brazilian prime minister. this is -- brazilian president. this is about an hour. >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. first, we will hear a presentation by the secretary general in his annual report on the work of the organization on the agenda item 112. i now give the floor to the secretary general of the united nations, his excellency, antonio gutierrez. >> mr. president of the general assembly, excellencies, i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must if wake up. we are on the edge of an abyssn and moving in the wrong direction. our world has never been more threatened or more divided. we face the greatest cascade of crisis in our lifetimes. covid-19 pandemic has supersized inequalities, the climate crisis is pummeling the planet, and people from afghanistan, yemen and beyond have thwarted peace. a surge of mistrust and misinformation i polarizing people and paralyzing societies. h

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what i said that somebody, that is why that up or upon them in this general assembly. what are some mean overshadowed by the pandemic? but 3 of the very hard, beloved, all the way is calling new world free from the feeling world without imperialism one moment. and you world without any dominant hedge him. and i knew well to feel opperation equal, but i feel that will not belonging to a human community. they deal with a shared dest destiny, though most people are really sent. it is a multi polar clergy centric world on the law for which we yearn for a while when the most not for which we are issuing what a rallying cry with bull people of the world of the food, with the peoples of the south and in level 3, especially in the non aligned movement, dr. another, the rena, sort of the south south doctrine of our doctrine, our vision but obviously sort of commitment and said, i could look that up for you if you need to, you might already thought that by so many countries have strongly supported venezuela. bought offer on that as it has the correct political trouble with the c

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out of the welcome to the program. heads of state from around the world are addressing the un general assembly in new york more than a 100 well leaders turned up after most, stayed away last year, due to the corona virus pandemic. second, general, antonio ted as criticize the obscenity of letting poor nations struggle to source vaccines. us president joe biden spoke of a decisive decade pledging to increase funding to fight climate change. but he avoided stoking tensions with china, saying he was not seeking a new cold war. while china's leadership ping didn't address the u. s. head on. he did say his nation would never seek hedge of money or bully, others on diplomatic editor james baynes, reports from the united nations. leads that you'll see it's. this is gathering of world leaders started on a some been note. the un secretary general highlighting the growing less to global problems. covey 19 the climate crisis and conflicts. all of them. he said, getting worse. i'm here to songs the alarm. the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong direction. our world

unlike you to the last president to address the general assembly. and if china is upset about this as well, joe biden is really alienated and upset swath of the world. very powerful, very important nation. unclear why this nuclear submarine deal was so important to the administration. and why was worth alienating grants, annoying china, and the like. how difficult is it going to be for president biden to come back to france now because i know correspond was saying that we don't know exactly why president mc chrome is not going to be speaking of the general assembly and father for me to be a political golf pad, but the timing is astonishingly come, incidental isn't chadwick. so if he saw that this was going to blow over with from so that's clearly not the case. now how much of a bridge does he need to build with a country that's supposed to be a major ally? it seems like it's going to be quite the bread she's got to work on. and especially with the metro, many representative the you coming to frances defense you know, this is a guy that we were promi

in new york for the un general assembly and in his 1st address to the assembly as us president joe biden, talk with you era of relentless diplomacy. ah, mccloud, this is out there. i'd like to come up, sued on government, says it's foiled, a q attempt by people loyal to to pace president m alpha shift and has arrested the perpetrators. the criminal rejects a european court ruling. this con russia responsible for the death of former spine . alexander junker, the so we begin with our coverage of the united nations general assembly. it's on the way in new york and has opened with a warning from the secretary general, that the world stands on the edge of the best. and what's been called the most serious speech antennae terrace is yet given. he told global leaders, it's time to act on climate change, western conflicts and converse, and excuse him. a few verse. the 76 general assembly in new york is the 1st in person gathering deleted. since a panoramic began. i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong dir

it's not likely that the taliban is going to speak to the general assembly during the big debate here this week. in order for that to happen, the new ambassador would have to be recognized by the credential committee and they are not scheduled to meet until november. at this time. counsel appears to be taking a very slow and cautious approach, going forward and putting unity above a, a unified statement if you will, before a strong or quick response to the situation. they're taking it very slowly. all right, chris, and let me the at the un in new york. kristen, thank you. time for a short break here and i'll just hear when we come back. we'll look at the challenges facing german chancellor anglo merkel party in upcoming election. the she prepared to step down more in the state. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways booted world's best airline of 2021. hello there. let's have a look at the weather in east asia when it's dried up across eastern and central parts of china. we're seeing a lot of warms. come through for shanghai and for

joe biden made the promised string of virtual corona virus summit on the sidelines of the un general assembly from the un. my count reform accompanied by his un ambassador, president biden arrived to launch an unprecedented virtual cove. at 900 summit, he's joined by lead us from around the world. thank you to discuss, among other thing, you know, the vaccine gap between nations, the global shortage of oxygen and the ways in which rich nations can help the poor . g. u. s. has to date distributed 160000000 doses of vaccine to 100 countries. and more is to follow the united states is buying another half 1000000000 doses of pfizer to donate to low and middle income countries around the world. this is another half 1000000000 doses that will all be shipped by this time next year. and it brings our total commitment to a donation of donated vaccines over $1100000000.00 vaccines to be donated, put another way for every one shot we've administered to dayton america. we have now committed to do 3 shots to the rest of the world. all on the call agree that fighting the pandemic is a global rather than na

new york for the you in general assembly and it is 1st addressed to be in general assembly as you, as president to job. i've been told that you're a relentless diplomacy. ah, this is our concern. lie from the host coming up, su dunn's government says it's foil to attempt by people loyal to, to post president bashir, and the rest of the perpetrators. criminal rejects a european court ruling that's found russia responsible for death fullness by alexander lincoln, yankee the the so we begin with our coverage of the united nations general assembly. it's under way your can open with the warning from the 60 general that the world stands on the edge of an abyss in what's been called may sera speech that antonio terrace is yet given. he told global leaders, it's time to act on climate change, western conflicts, and the current of ours and accuse him of hubris. the 76 general assembly in new york is the 1st in pers, gathering of leaders. since append hammock again, i'm here to songs the alarm, the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong direction.

ready news i'm here to sound the alarm a call to action at the un general assembly with a warning that the world must wake up to the triple threat of climate change conflict and the corona virus. ah, hello barbara, sarah, you're watching al jazeera life from london also coming up a failed qu into than more than 20 people arrested, including senior members of the military. u. k. police charge a 3rd russian with the attempted murder of a former spy on british soil. 3 years ago and lava continues to flow from the volcano on spain's la panama island, engulfing everything in it's ah, the united nations general assembly is opened with a stark warning from its secretary general, in what's being labeled the most serious speech he's given yet. and thought he's a parish said the world that stands on the edge of an abyss. good parish told global leaders, it's time to act on global own climate change worsening conflicts. and the corona virus. us president joe biden also spoke of a decisive decade pledging to increase funding to fight climate change. the 76. the general assembly in new york is the

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but all eyes will be on the general assembly hall, because that is where the remarks, the foreign minister will give to the assembled un general assembly body. they're coming up very shortly. that is where we will hear the formal address of russia to the un general assembly. so that's what people are waiting to hear from next in the aftermath of that press conference. yeah, if it goes to schedule, he should be speaking in about 15 minutes. if that happens, that would mean the next time we speak, we should, we should be finding out all about what you have to say. you'll be bringing all the salient points from that. so we'll speak to a little later. kelly, thank you. in the news, french authority say that they haven't covered widespread fraud involving covey health passes, according to the country's health insurance fund, up to 270 medics. all suspected of involvement. and out of that number, just more than half of been prosecuted. 36000 passes also been canceled. people found to have given out fake certificates face up to 5 years in prison, and fines of up to a 150000 euros. and one discove

but when most people oh i guess what you do there are about top stories this and the you in general assembly has opened with the warning from the secretary general that the world stands on the edge of an abyss. attorney terrorist told global lead as it is time to act on climate change, western conflicts and current of our errands. president abraham, where you see address the general assembly for the 1st time. he denounced the united states has no credibility, re seals that said he wants to resume nuclear tours with well powers in order to get us sanction lifted. citizens governing sovereign council says it's foiled, an attentive case. it says the plotters have been arrested and not being questioned . they tried to take control of several governments students, including stake, tv and radio stations. it's not about and says it hopes to allow teenage girls to return to school as soon as possible, given no timeline for allowing them to resume classes or for women to go back to work. the group says it's drafting rules to allow their return under islamic guidelines. and tuesday, the interim govern

this is some of what he said and his general assembly address premium. would you me a fresh example. summit of democracies recently suggested by the us administration, whose participants would be determined by washington itself. of course, by doing that, the u. s. embezzled the right to define the country's compliance with democratic standards. but in fact, this initiative is in the spirit of a cold war, and it declares a new crusade against all those who disagree. this summit will be a step towards a global splits and will divide the world by them. now, prior to addressing the general assembly, the foreign minister of russia held a press conference in which a number of different media outlets were able to ask serious questions and the engage with the foreign minister. now, one issue that came up was joe biden's announcement earlier in the week at the un general assembly that the united states would never be using force again to overthrow governments. but never would. we see unilateral invasions by the united states regime change operation. here is what

it was addressing the un general assembly for the 1st time since taking office. the un secretary general also spoke on tuesday, photo nation to your knife, to tackle what he called the cascade of crises threatening nations on the medic edited james things reports. please thank you'll see it's this is gathering of world leaders started on a some been note. the un secretary general highlighting the growing list of global problems. coven, 19 the climate crisis, and conflicts. all of them. he said, getting worse. i'm here to songs the alarm, the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong direction. oh, well, there's never been more threatened, or more divided. we faced the greatest cascade of cries in our lifetimes. this was the 1st un general assembly, attended by president joe biden speaking just weeks after the taliban takeover and cobble a war that, in effect, led to a u. s. defeat. he laid out his strategy on future u. s. military involvement. u. s. military power must be our tool of last resort, not our 1st, that should not be us

you. >> in the name of god the compassionate, your excellency, president of the united nations general assembly, your excellency, secretary-general of the united nations, excellencies , members of delegations, ladies and gentlemen. may the peace and mercy of god be upon you. this year marks the 73rd anniversary of the -- more than half of the palestinian people were uprooted from their land and disposed of their property. myself, my family and many others still possess the deeds to our land. these deeds are registered as part of the united nations records. here is that deed and many palestinians carry there's -- carry theirs as they still carry the keys to their houses to this day. nevertheless, we have not been able to recover our property due to israeli laws disregard international law and united nations resolutions which affirm the right of the palestinian refugees to return to their homeland, recover their property and received just compensation. as enshrined in resolution 194. in contrast, israel, the occupying power has hold court hearings -- until our neighborhoods in jerusalem, which ca

its appointed a new invoice to the un and requested he be allowed to speak at the general assembly of crispin salumi and new york. we've been seeing intense diplomacy at the united nations on the situation in afghanistan. many meetings taking place, including one between foreign ministers of the permanent 5 members of the security council, and the secretary general of the un. antonio gutierrez, the united kingdom chair, that meeting the new foreign minister liz trust said going into it. that her goal was to get china and russia to take an international approach to the situation there. and what the council is weighing is whether or not to recognise the taliban of the united nations. and on the one hand, there's concern about legitimizing group and a government which has members still on the international sanctions. less to a group that wasn't recognized when they controlled the country from 1996 to 2001 their treatment of women. and girls and ethnic minorities very much a concern for countries in the united nations here. but on the other hand, the united nations is warning that there c

now, when he spoke to the un general assembly, he talked about the danger of the world. once again, being divided into blocks and facing a new cold war, he raise awareness of some dangerous moves by the united states in recent months. this is some of what he said and his general assembly address, usually premier, would you me a fresh example. summit of democracies recently suggested by the us administration, whose participants would be determined by washington itself, of course. and by doing that, the u. s. embezzled the right to define the country's compliance with democratic standards, but in fact, this initiative is in the spirit of the cold war and it declares a new crusade against all those who disagree. this summit will be a step towards a global split and will divide the world by the now prior to addressing the general assembly, the foreign minister of russia held a press conference in which a number of different media outlets were able to ask serious questions and the engage with the foreign minister. now, one issue that came up was jo biden's announcement earlie

in need, ah ha everyone, i'm come all santa maria with the world news from al jazeera, the un general assembly secretary general antonio terrace, says the world must engage with the taliban. mending ties. france will send it back to back to washington after president spies and my crumbs smooth over a diplomatic spat. and the lava continues to flow from a volcano in the spanish island of la palmer, destroying homes and covering towns in ash. ah. however, in the united states says it'll deny another half 1000000000 doses of the 5 that covert 900 vaccine to countries struggling with the pandemic. president joe biden, making that promise during a virtual corona virus summit on the sidelines of the un general assembly. my can, has this report accompanied by as un ambassador, president biden arrives to launch an unprecedented virtual cove at 1900 summit. he's joined by leaders from around the world to discuss, among other things, the vaccine gap between nations, the global shortage of oxygen, and the ways in which rich nations can help the poor. the u. s. has to date, distributed 160000000 doses of

joe biden spoke before the un general assembly in his remarks. he gave a lot of platitudes. he emphasized international cooperation. he talked about how the prosperity and security of one nation is intertwined with the prosperity and security of other nation. he talked about the need for a global fight against climate change. now what's interesting is he specifically talked about ghana stare, and he talked about how the u. s. a withdrawing from afghanistan represented the end of an era he did emphasize, the united states was prepared to defend itself against any terrorist group that might attack that the usa is even better equipped to do so than it was in previous years. and not only that, that it could cut off the financing of terrorist groups, and it could effectively counter their just information and propaganda. joe biden did not touch on the recent air strike that was aimed at icbc, but ended up killing civilians including children. now joe biden also emphasized that the united states would always come to the aid of its allies. it has its back of those countries that ar

lots of speak at the general assembly. and more than 6000 people have left their homes and that a bulk rupture. one of the canary islands, massive flows of lava continuing to make their way across the home and estimated $40000.00 children living in the hall and rose refugee camps. in ne, syria, where violence of the daily threats save the children to situation with any worsening . 62 children means almost to every week have died of different causes so far this year. a report from any other agencies say an estimated $40000.00 children are trapped in the l hall and raj refugee camps. in ne, syria. every day is a struggle for survival and the statistics tell a grand story, save the children says at least 2 have died every week since the start of the year . some were killed from avoidable illnesses, others by fires. poor sanitation malnutrition and even murder. living conditions are tough and daily outbreaks of violence are making them worse. they are witnessing so much trauma around them. they're living through it every day.

it's the final day of the un general assembly in new york. the taliban takeover in galveston is a topic that has dominated many of the speeches. but the, you are an investor, they will not be addressing the assembly. his name was removed from the list of speakers. later on the monday, we'll our diplomatic editor james basie live for said the un. so james, tell us more about that and also what other things the last day of the un general assembly holds? well, it has been a busy day, started off with the israeli prime minister, the new israeli prime minister, natalie bennett, for the 1st time addressing the un general assembly. what he said wasn't particularly new, very similar to the sort of speech that you'd have expected from benjamin netanyahu, and he was the prime minister. he talked a lot about the threat from iran and did not mention the palestinians, a tall we also heard from the french foreign minister joined this last day of the un general assembly, setting out frances global priorities for a year. when president macro has not come her

this was his 1st speech to the un general assembly journalist and author chris. and you also see all america show on contacts says there's a huge distinction between the american boston presents and reality. there is a kind of feigning on the part of the bible ministration that none of this happened . there is a clear rupture and a rupture with traditional allies that has seen nato partners speak of, essentially going it alone. the unilateral actions of the united states, the unilateral decision to pull out of afghanistan, the unilateral decision to essentially betray the french and the french found out by reading it in the newspapers. there was no diplomatic back channel communication beforehand. the whole idea that this is, he speaks about not wanting confrontation and cooperation at a time when he carries out a massive deal in terms of nuclear submarines. basing them, you know, essentially, you know, in the waters that are dominated by china is rationing up tensions. i think there's a disconnect between the world view that biden presented of america of itself.

he was planning to give a pre recorded speech to the un general assembly. and that speech has been canceled and it will be later, it will be much later on monday that we will hear the french foreign minister give remarks on behalf of france to the un general assembly. this is the 1st time since 2005 that the french president has not spoken to the un general assembly, quite a dramatic move. he was on the schedule for later today, and the aftermath of biden's remarks he has been cancelled. now, what is the reason for this abrupt change in the schedule, many or suspecting this, relates to the office deal to frances anger at the united states over the submarine contracts, etc. but that is not yet confirmed. there has not been an official reason given by france for this abrupt change in graduating and, and who will be representing them at the u. n. ga. but it's important to note that it's not just france that is outrage at the united states over the office deal. while we've also heard from the european union chief, it seems like there is some pretty widespread o

this is the last day of the un general assembly. anything else that were waiting for while i think we were waiting for us kind of stone and me on my, they're not going to speak both ambassadors, all from countries that no no longer have government to report to. they've decided to keep the un seats. it's probably best to keep their powder dry at this time, but do watch still to come north korea to speak, and that's always worth watching very closely. it is james bay's diplomatic editor with the latest that from the united nations headquarters in new york. james, thank you. and we are going to have more coverage of the finally of the you in general assembly here in the al jazeera news, our that is coming up in just a few minutes. and you can also get the latest on everything that we have been covering on our website. the address there it is as a 0 dot com stay with us. the narrow spring makes a bid to come into australia still whistling. swells of clouds, the bite areas of low pressure accompanied through sample straight through victo

i think that would be this 76 general assembly of the u. n. some would say it's politicians doing what they love to do. most talking a lot, so might say it's a bit of a grumble, fast country standing up complaining about the things they're not happy about anything, actually get a change or the things that you'd take away from this assembly so far i think that is an opportunity for all the world's leaders to come and to make grandstand speeches because they're talking to their audience at home as well. the other machines are going to be respected, more than 7 world states. speaking of the world stage, the speaking stage and so on. and that's really important to them, so therefore they will in many ways be talking to organs rather than international orange. and of course they will then say problem. they will complain about the actual real estate. and they will call united nations children questions. but we'll publish the written skill of the un is it will talks that take behind killers, doors, and private, and they are very, very important. and

adding the youth voice to the climate debate and showing off i think the stage that is the un general assembly. but the actual meeting, the meet the meeting, the climate round table with global leaders was behind closed doors. and that's because, i think the 2 chairs, which were the un secretary general, british prime minister boris johnson. of course, he's the host of the climate negotiations that taking place in glasgow wanted to be really frank with those that are attending in the british prime minister right now as addressing reporters about the situation. just moments ago, he said that during that closed door meeting, that had countries that were the ones he said that was staring down the barrel of the climate crisis, the mold div, bangladesh and the marshall islands were the 3 singled out pleading with the developed world to do more and he said that really that needed to happen in a short period 6 weeks or so. before that gloss go negotiations trying to get a new global climate deal. he did say potentially there was some good news coming from the us. we may see some new financial commitm

joe biden arriving in new york for his 1st united nations general assembly. as the us president becomes at a time when he faces an array of foreign policy challenges and tension with a key ally. his 1st meeting was with the un secretary general antonio good terrace to discuss climate cobra, 19 and top of the agenda, the situation in afghanistan. the 2nd general is arguing that the international community has no choice but to engage with the taliban. and the un high commissioner for refugees who's just back from cobble is warning. there's a real risk of a catastrophic economic breakdown. the implosion would mean the seizing of the functioning of the vital functions of state like the health system. for example, the public administration who will pay the salaries that you know until now were paid to a combination of bilateral, multilateral funds and national funds. this whole construct has collapsed now. so if that happens, that kind of implosion would push for sure many to leave the country. kobe 19 will also be a key issue this week. protest is here, and there

for changes to the political system, opponent say he's cancelling the constitution at the un general assembly secretary general antonio good paris says the world must engage with the tenable nava continues to flow from a volcano on the finish island of the palmer destroying homes and covering towns and ash ah, vaccine, iniquity becomes the focus that the ongoing un general assembly, the u. s. is that will donation of a half 1000000000 doses of the 5, the coven, 1900 job to countries struggling with the pandemic. president joe biden made the promise during a virtual corona of our summit on the sidelines of the un meeting. my kind of reports from the united nations, accompanied by un ambassador, president biden arrived to launch an unprecedented virtual cove. at 1900 summit, he's joined by leaders from around the world to discuss, among other things, the vaccine gap between nations, the global shortage of oxygen, and the ways in which rich nations can help the poor. the u. s. has to date, distributed 160000000 doses of vaccine to 100 countries. and more is to follow the united states is buying

he will be addressing the general assembly towards the end of the session today. in new york, i would estimate about 10 hours from now. so let's talk about what president biden is up to you today. he's hosting a venture world coven summit today. what can we expect from that? yeah, it's all virtual because they have the, the, the main meeting, the leaders meeting of the general assembly in person, lots of the people here and they've decided all the side meetings should be not in person because of the risk of cove it. i can tell you just don't cove it that the brazilian health minister has tested positive for cobra. 1900 wall here, while meeting dignitaries is even the picture of him shaking hands with the man. i was just discussing the u. k. prime minister boris johnson. so cobra on everyone's minds here, many of those who are here will be attending virtually the summit convened by president biden in washington. we're not going to see it ourselves because we're told it's behind closed doors that i think so they can be frank. so they can push some of the rich countr

we'll not be addressing the un general assembly. that'll be the 1st time that the french president has not addressed the u. n. g, a since 2005. we also understand that the french minister of defense that she canceled her meeting with her british counterpart, we now understand the latest news seems to be that there has been a phone call that took place between joe biden and french president mc crohn in that phone call they exchanged concerns and they intend to try and improve relations. there's going to be a meeting at the end of october between the 2 leaders aimed at improving things and moving ahead. what the falling out seems to be rather intense. now the issue at hand is the fact that the united states put together the office pact, australia, the united kingdom and the united states have entered this security pack and that canceled a very lucrative deal on the part of france to supply australia with diesel electric submarines that canceled it cost a lot of money for france. quite interesting that as we see the united states fight

general assembly.l, president biden and the australian prime minister scott morrison have had their first face-to-face meeting since last week's announcement of the new alliance in nuclear submarine deal. bloomberg's paul allen joins us now. hoping that president biden used his name this time. we're talking about some asia nations raising these concerns over how it upsets the balance of power in the region of the was this addressed? >> yes, it was. and pal shah and indonesia and china and north korea among those that are concerned about how this alliance upsets the balance of power in the region. the words arms race or risk of an arms race have been kicked around. you heard president biden there saying that there was no desire to seek a new cold war but at the same time in the b&e lateral with president biden and scott morrison, scott morrison talked about the aukus agreement going to the freedom. cease which is a clear pointed statement directed toward china and its activities in the south china see.

he made the pledge to virtual curve at 19 summit on the sidelines of the un general assembly. the additional doses will see the total u. s. commitment on vaccines.

as vaccine inequity becomes the focus at the ongoing un general assembly, the u. s. says it will donate another half 1000000000 doses of 5 cove in 1900 jobs to countries struggling with the pandemic. president joe biden made the promise during a virtual corona virus. so much on the sidelines of the un meeting, like had a report from the united nation, accompanied by his un ambassador, president biden arrives to launch an unprecedented virtual cobra, 1900 summit. he's joined by leaders from around the world to discuss, among other things, the vaccine gap between nations, the global shortage of oxygen, and the ways in which rich nations can help the poor. u. s. has to date, distributed 160000000 doses of vaccine to 100 countries. and more is to follow the united states is buying another half 1000000000 doses of pfizer to donate to low and middle income countries around the world. this is another half 1000000000 doses that will all be shipped by this time next year and brings our total commitment to a donation of donated vaccines over $1100000000.00 vaccines to be donat