Under a cloud of the persistent COVID-19 pandemic and low vaccination rates in many countries, leaders convene for the 76th annual U.N. General Assembly. Day One will feature U.S. President Joe Biden, in his first speech to the assembly as president.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov chairs a U.N. Security Council meeting. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the meeting that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine is ‘causing massive suffering and devastation to the country and its people.’ 

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