At the UN, Biden attacks Russia and announces billion-dollar aid against the climate crisis

This Tuesday (21), the President of the United States, Joe Biden, renewed his criticism of Russia in a speech at the UN General Assembly in New York. The head of state stated that Moscow "shamefully violated the heart of the United Nations Charter" by invading Ukraine and warned of threats of nuclear war. Citing the emergency of the environmental crisis, Biden promeinvest 100 billion dollars in developing countries that combat climate change. Watch the full video of the president's speech.

“This war extinguishes Ukraine’s right to exist as a state, pure and simple,” said Biden in New York this Wednesday (20), denouncing Russia’s invasion of a neighboring country. started about 7 months ago.

“The world needs to see these absurdities for what they are. If nations can pursue their imperial ambitions without consequences, then we put at risk everything this institution stands for.”

Dubbed speech by the US president at the UN. 21/09/22 Credits: CNN

Annexation of new territories

The president said that, this Wednesday (21), Moscow threatened Europe with nuclear weapons, in addition to having called up soldiers for the war in Ukraine. And he reacted to the plebiscite expected to take place in Moscow, which would vote on the incorporation of territories Ukrainians to Russia.

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“Shameful,” said Biden, asking the international community unite to condemn and resist Russian actions.

security advice

The American president accuses Russia of having “blatantly” hurt Paper of the United Nations, basic document for the accession of permanent members do security advice UN. In addition to Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and China are also permanent members of the group.

“A permanent member of the United Nations Security Council invaded his neighbor, tried to erase a sovereign state from the map. Russia has blatantly violated the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter.”

JOE BIDEN, UN

In his second year speaking as US president at the UN rostrum, Biden also said that Russia had not been threatened by anyone, despite claiming otherwise. According to the Democrat, Moscow would be sustaining the conflict alone. “The war in Ukraine is a one-man war,” he said.

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The American also warned about the dangers of investing in nuclear weapons, and cited Russia and China. “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never happen,” he said.

climate crisis

Joe Biden also took advantage of the speech to send a warning to global leaders about the growing threats posed by climate changes which, according to him, are already causing “death and devastation”.

The president announced that the country will invest 100 billion dollars in developing countries to combat the problem.

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Or will we suffer from the merciless march of increasingly worse droughts and floods? With the most intense hurricanes and fires? With longer heat waves and rising sea levels?

JOE BIDEN, UN
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