Sep 25 Watch: Trump’s boast draws laughter at United Nations By Associated Press President Donald Trump is highlighted U.S. gains under his watch as he opened his address to the U.N. General Assembly — and provoked a laugh. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 5:41 Trump and South Korea’s Moon sound positive notes on North Korea progress By Nick Schifrin At the annual United Nations General Assembly, President Trump met Monday with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to talk about trade and the auto industry, as well as diplomatic outreach to North Korea. Nick Schifrin joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Sep 20 WATCH: Melania Trump to UN: ‘Step up’ to protect children By Steve Peoples, Associated Press NEW YORK — First lady Melania Trump on Wednesday called on world leaders to come together for the good of their children, delivering her first public remarks at the United Nations as the White House works to strengthen its relationships… Continue reading
Sep 20 WATCH LIVE: Day 2 of UN General Assembly debate By News Desk World leaders deliver speeches for a second day at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. You can watch them all here. Continue reading
Sep 18 WATCH: Trump delivers his first address to the U.N. General Assembly By Erica R. Hendry World leaders will begin addressing the assembly at 9 a.m. ET. Mr. Trump is expected to address the U.N. around 10:30 a.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Sep 14 What to watch in Trump’s first meeting with the UN General Assembly By Larisa Epatko Speeches start Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. What is in store for the international body and the “America first” president?… Continue reading
Sep 22 US, Russia attack each other over Syria conflict during UN By Matthew Lee, Associated Press After a fractious meeting of the council on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov were set to duel again at a gathering of foreign ministers from the roughly 20 nations that have interests in… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 4:12 Dangers of isolationism, Syria top Obama’s last UN address By PBS News Hour President Obama gave his final speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. He spoke about the “growing contest” between authoritarianism and democracy in the face of terror and the refugee crisis. He appealed to the world to do… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch 6:59 UN issues unprecedented declaration on refugee crisis By PBS News Hour An estimated 65 million people worldwide are considered refugees and migrants. On Monday, the United Nations General Assembly's began its first summit on the growing global issue. The session yielded an unprecedented declaration of commitment to organization and cooperation in… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch Ahmadinejad Rails Against ‘Arrogant’ U.N. Saying the issue of his country's nuclear program was now "closed," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad derided the United Nations for allowing world powers to bully others. It was the latest in a string of controversial comments from the leader during… Continue watching