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President Obama's last address to world leaders at the United Nations also offered an appeal to U.S. voters ahead of November's presidential election.

President Trump is addressing the United Nations General Assembly. Watch his remarks live starting at around 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, September 25.

As the United Nations continues its regular five-year review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Iran's foreign minister tells conference participants that his country is determined to develop nuclear technology, including a process to enrich uranium that some observers worry could lead to an arms program.

The Bush administration circulates a draft resolution that outlines a larger role for the United Nations in post-war Iraq. It's an effort to convince more countries to contribute troops and resources to the stabilization of Iraq, but the resolution maintains a lead role for the United States in the country's affairs. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Russia's President Putin hosts a meeting in St. Petersburg with French President Chirac and German Chancellor Schroeder. The three leaders, who led opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, now seek a prominent role for the United Nations in governing and rebuilding Iraq. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Lawrence Sheets.

"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here. I should be back in school, on the other side of the ocean," activist Greta Thunberg tells leaders at a U.N. climate conference.

Come ride with us in the MINI Cooper S and the Kia Sportage Hybrid.

The UN secretary-general has called on countries to continue funding the main agency that provides aid in Gaza, following claims that some of its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80. Annan served as the seventh Secretary-General, for two terms between 1997 and 2006.

While President Biden has been working with world leaders on the pressing issue of climate change, his domestic plans for more funding still face holdouts.