Trump to address world leaders at United Nations today

One uncommon sight on the U.N. Common Meeting’s annual periods is the presence of world leaders who’ve chilly and even hostile relationships with the USA.

Underneath a 1947 agreement, the U.S. is usually anticipated to grant visas to U.N. delegates — even these from U.S. foes — who want to journey to the group’s headquarters in Manhattan. However these will be topic to restrictions.

The State Division said Monday that Iranian delegates who’re on the town for this week’s conferences will solely be allowed to entry “areas strictly essential to transit to and from the UN headquarters district to conduct their official UN enterprise.” Iranian officers are additionally barred from accessing luxurious items or membership shops, in keeping with an announcement from the division.

“We won’t enable the Iranian regime to permit its clerical elites to have a buying spree in New York whereas the Iranian individuals endure poverty, crumbling infrastructure, and dire shortages of water and electrical energy,” the assertion learn.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is predicted to journey to New York for this week’s conferences, Iran’s authorities has stated.

Final month, the State Division stated it might deny visas to members of the Palestinian Authority, which is a U.N. observer quite than a full-fledged member. The division cited nationwide safety and accused the organization of “undermining the prospects for peace.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the Common Meeting in a video.

The Israel-Hamas war is sure to be a frequent topic in this week’s speeches. Last week, the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding resolution that calls for a phased end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and pushes for the creation of a Palestinian state.

As frustration with the war grows, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada formally recognized a Palestinian state over the weekend, and France followed suit at a U.N. meeting on Monday.

The Trump administration disagrees, with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt calling those U.S. allies’ recognition of a Palestinian state “just more talk and not enough action.”

French President Emmanuel Macron announced over the summer that he would recognize a Palestinian state. In an interview last week with CBS News’ Margaret Brennan, he argued the move could disempower Hamas. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called the move “reckless,” a reaction Macron called “excessive.”

Also, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is set to speak on Tuesday, after Israel targeted Hamas leaders in a strike on the Qatari capital of Doha earlier this month. Qatar condemned the move, and Mr. Trump criticized it.

This week’s U.N. General Assembly meeting is the first public test for Mike Waltz, who was approved by the Senate only last week to be the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. 

The U.S. has gone without a confirmed ambassador to the U.N. since the start of Mr. Trump’s second term as president. Mr. Trump originally nominated Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, who gave up her role in congressional leadership for the job, but the president pulled her nomination in March, saying he needed her in Congress due to the GOP’s razor-thin majority. 

Waltz previously served as Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, but he was replaced in that role by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in May.

The U.N. General Assembly includes all United Nations member states. As the U.N.’s primary deliberative body, its members consider and vote on recommendations to tackle major world issues, ranging from climate change to human rights. Its resolutions are often nonbinding.

The body meets every year, starting in September. This year’s sessions are also marked by the 80th anniversary of the United Nations’ founding.

The U.N. says the theme for the general debate of this session is “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights.”