U.N. Live Updates: Iran’s President to Address World Leaders After Trump Threat
“Masoud Pezeshkian will address the U.N. General Assembly while Iran is at war with the U.S. Trump threatened annihilation. Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks first, having gained sanctions relief. The O.E.C.D. forecasts 3 percent growth amid war uncertainty. The Kremlin rejected Burnham’s disinformation claim. Zelensky prepares amid Kyiv strikes. The U.N. requests 15-minute speeches; Gallup finds positive A.I. sentiment.
Masoud Pezeshkian is the first leader whose country is at war with the United States to travel to New York to address the General Assembly. President Trump said he faced a choice over whether to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic.
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Just seven months ago, President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran was running his country from an underground bunker, trying to stay alive as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes rained down.
On Wednesday morning, he is scheduled to address world leaders in New York at the United Nations General Assembly, even as the United States is still at war with his country. Mr. Pezeshkian is being protected by the Secret Service, as per protocol. He has been cruising through Manhattan in convoys of S.U.V.s and holding a marathon of diplomatic meetings.
When President Ahmed al-Sharaa of Syria addressed the United Nations General Assembly last year, he was still in the throes of transforming his imagefrom a rebel leader who once had ties to Al Qaeda into a head of state ushering in a new era in a country ruled for decades by dictatorship.
He returns to New York this year in a much stronger diplomatic position, and is scheduled to be the first speaker before the Assembly on Wednesday morning. Mr. al-Sharaa has secured significant sanctions relief, extended his government’s authority across most of Syria and gained international acceptance among a broad spectrum of foreign leaders, including President Trump.
The global economy has weathered the energy shortages and price hikes caused by the war in Iran, but mounting debts, rising inflation and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are all clouding the outlook, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in its latest assessment.
The O.E.C.D., based in Paris, estimated that global growth would hover at around 3 percent this year and next. But any forecasts are steeped in uncertainties about the duration of the war. Investments in artificial intelligence have been a counterweight to much of the negative economic developments, the O.E.C.D said.
The Kremlin on Wednesday responded to a speech by Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain to the U.N. General Assembly that accused Russia of spreading disinformation. The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, told reporters at a news briefing that Burnham’s address on Tuesday was aimed at maintaining “total Russophobia,” and “in no way can bring us closer to any steps that could lead to a de-escalation of tension on the European continent.”
As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Russian drones have been hammering his country’s capital city.
Air-raid alarms sounded on and off through the night in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Explosions continued in the morning, and thick black smoke was seen in the city as of early afternoon local time.
The United Nations has “kindly reminded” world leaders to keep their addresses this week to the General Assembly to 15 minutes. If history is any guide, many will be just as polite in ignoring the request.
Adhering to the clock is essential, the U.N. says, to schedule nearly 200 speakers over six days. It is also voluntary — a courtesy the organization acknowledges is rarely adhered to.
It may come as a surprise for world leaders discussing artificial intelligence at the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, but a large majority of people surveyed across the globe for a new Gallup poll said they felt mostly positive about A.I.
Gallup, an opinion research organization, interviewed at least 1,000 people in each of 37 countries and found that in 34, positive emotions toward A.I. outweighed negative feelings. An average of 72 percent of respondents said they felt curious, happy or excited about A.I., compared with 41 percent who felt worried, sad or angry.
It takes a lot to faze New Yorkers. This week is doing its darnedest.
Leaders from all over the world have descended on New York City for the weeklong United Nations General Assembly. The hot topics will include Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Gaza, and President Trump and Greenland.“
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