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Conflicts in Ukraine, Middle East in focus as world leaders address UN
General Assembly

by VOA News

   The first group of world leaders get their chance to address the U.N.
   General Assembly Tuesday, with the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and along
   the Israel-Lebanon border expected to be among the key topics
   discussed.

   U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak Tuesday, as his administration
   navigates both supporting Ukraine in its battle against a Russian
   invasion and attempts to bring calm to the Middle East.

   Also on the schedule is President Andrzej Duda from Poland, whose
   country has played a key role as a distribution point for aid donations
   to neighboring Ukraine.

   Qatar's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is set to address the
   annual meeting Tuesday amid spiraling violence between Israel and the
   Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group. Qatar, Egypt and the United
   States have led negotiations to try to achieve a cease-fire in the Gaza
   Strip that officials say is necessary to bring the situation in the
   region under control.

   Jordan's King Abdullah II, whose nation has seen the conflict play out
   just over its border and shot down Iranian drones headed for Israel
   earlier this year, will be one of the day's first speakers.

   Tuesday's schedule also includes Turkish President Recep Tayyip
   Erdogan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, South African President
   Cyril Ramaphosa, Vietnamese President To Lam, Serbian President
   Aleksandar Vucic and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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