In a powerful address at the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden declared a firm commitment to supporting Ukraine amidst ongoing conflict and challenges posed by Russia. Emphasising the significance of unity among nations, he asserted that “Putin’s war has failed,” highlighting the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the international community's dedication to upholding sovereignty and democracy. This speech marks a pivotal moment in Biden’s presidency, reinforcing his administration's stance on global security and the necessity of collective action against aggression. As world leaders listened attentively, Biden's remarks underscored the importance of continued military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, signing that the U.S. will remain steadfast in its support for its allies in the face of adversity.
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00:00Putin's war has failed at his core aim.
00:05He set out to destroy Ukraine, but Ukraine is still free.
00:09He set out to weaken NATO, but NATO is bigger, stronger, more united than ever before
00:15with two new members, Finland and Sweden.
00:19We cannot grow weary. We cannot look away.
00:24And we will not let up on our support for Ukraine.
00:27Not if Ukraine wins with just a durable peace in the UN Charter.
00:32The world must not flinch from the horrors of October 7th.
00:36Any country, any country, would have the right and responsibility to ensure
00:41that such an attack can never happen again.
00:44Innocent civilians in Gaza are also going through hell.
00:48Thousands and thousands killed, including aid workers.
00:52Too many families dislocated, crowding in the tents, facing a dire humanitarian situation.
00:59They did not ask for this war that Hamas started.
01:04My fellow leaders, today is the fourth time I've had the great honor of speaking
01:11to this Assembly as President of the United States.
01:15It will be my last.
01:18I've seen a remarkable sweep of history.
01:21I was first elected to the office of the United States of America's U.S. Senator in 1972.
01:28Now, I know I look like I'm only 40. I know that.
01:31I was 29 years old.
01:36Back then, we were living through an inflection point, a moment of tension and uncertainty.
01:43The world was divided by the Cold War.
01:48The Middle East was headed toward war.
01:52America was at war in Vietnam, and at that point, the longest war in America's history.
01:59Our country was divided and angry, and there were questions about our staying power and our future.
02:07But even then, I entered public life not out of despair, but out of optimism.
02:15The United States and the world got through that moment.
02:20It wasn't easy or simple without significant setbacks.
02:25But we would go on to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons through arms control
02:30and then go on to bring the Cold War itself to an end.
02:35Israel and Egypt went to war, but then forged a historic peace.
02:40We ended the war in Vietnam.
02:43The last year in Hanoi, I was met with Vietnamese leadership.
02:48We elevated our partnership to the highest level.
02:51It's a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the capacity for reconciliation.
02:57Today, the United States and Vietnam are partners and friends,
03:02and it's proof that even from the horrors of war, there's a way forward.
03:07Things can get better.
03:10We should never forget that.
03:13I've seen that throughout my career.
03:16In the 1980s, I spoke out against apartheid in South Africa,
03:20and then I watched the racist regime fall.
03:24In the 1990s, I worked to hold Milosevic accountable for war crimes.
03:29He was held accountable.
03:31At home, I wrote and passed the Violence Against Women Act
03:34to end the scourge of violence against women and girls,
03:37not only in America but across the world, as many of you have as well.
03:42But we have so much more to do, especially against rape and sexual violence
03:47as weapons of war and terror.
03:51We were attacked on 9-11 by al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
03:56We brought him justice.
03:58Then I came to the presidency in another moment of crisis and uncertainty.
04:03I believed America had to look forward.
04:06New challenges, new threats, new opportunities were in front of us.
04:11We needed to put ourselves in a position to see the threats,
04:16to deal with the challenges, and to seize the opportunities as well.
04:21We needed to end the era of war that began on 9-11.
04:26As Vice President to President Obama,
04:29he asked me to work to wind down the military operations in Iraq,
04:33and we did, painful as it was.
04:36When I came to office as President, Afghanistan had replaced Vietnam
04:40as America's longest war.
04:43I was determined to end it, and I did.
04:47It was a hard decision, but the right decision.
04:50Four American presidents had faced that decision,
04:53but I was determined not to leave it to the fifth.
04:57It was a decision accompanied by tragedy.
05:00Thirteen brave Americans lost their lives,
05:02along with hundreds of Afghans in a suicide bomb.
05:06I think those lost lives, and I think of them every day.
05:10I think of all the 2,461 U.S. military deaths
05:14over a long 20 years of that war.
05:1720,744 American servicemen wounded in action.
05:22I think of their service, their sacrifice, and their heroism.
05:26I know other countries lost their own men and women fighting alongside us.
05:30We honor their sacrifices as well.
05:33To face the future, I was also determined to rebuild
05:36my country's alliances and partnerships
05:39to a level not previously seen.
05:42We did. We did just that, from traditional treaty alliances
05:46to new partnerships like the Quad with the United States, Japan,
05:50Australia, and India.
05:53I know, I know many look at the world today
05:56and see difficulties and react with despair,
06:00but I do not. I won't.
06:03As leaders, we don't have the luxury.
06:06I recognize the challenges from Ukraine to Gaza to Sudan and beyond.
06:11War, hunger, terrorism, brutality,
06:16record displacement of people, the climate crisis,
06:20democracy at risk, strangeness in our societies,
06:25the promise of artificial intelligence and its significant risk.
06:29The list goes on, but maybe because of all I've seen
06:34and all we have done together over the decades, I have hope.
06:38I know there is a way forward.
06:42In 1919, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats
06:47described a world, and I quote,
06:51where things fall apart, the center cannot hold.
06:55Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, end of quote.
06:59Some may say those words describe the world not just in 1919,
07:04but in 2024.
07:07Well, I see a critical distinction.
07:10In our time, the center has held.
07:13Leaders and people from every region and across the political spectrum
07:16have stood together, turned the page.
07:20We turned the page in the worst pandemic in a century.
07:24We made sure COVID no longer controls our lives.
07:28We defended the U.N. Charter
07:31and ensured the survival of Ukraine as a free nation.
07:34My country made the largest investment in climate,
07:37clean energy ever anywhere in history.
07:41There will always be forces that pull our countries apart
07:44and the world apart.
07:46Aggression, extremism, chaos, and cynicism.
07:50A desire to retreat from the world and go it alone.
07:55Our task, our test, is to make sure
07:59that the forces holding us together are stronger
08:02than those that are pulling us apart.
08:05That the principles of partnership
08:08that we came here each year to uphold
08:11can withstand the challenges
08:14that the center holds once again.
08:17My fellow leaders, I truly believe
08:20we're at another inflection point in world history.
08:23The choices we make today
08:26will determine our future for decades to come.
08:29Will we stand behind the principles that unite us?
08:32Will we stand firm against aggression?
08:35Will we end the conflicts that are raging today?
08:38Will we take on global challenges like climate change,
08:41hunger, and disease?
08:44Will we plan now for the opportunities
08:47and risk of revolutionary new technologies?
08:50I want to talk today about each of these decisions
08:53and the actions, in my view, we must take.
08:56To start, each of us in this body
08:59has made a commitment to the principles of the UN Charter
09:02to stand up against aggression.
09:05When Russia invaded Ukraine,
09:08we could have stood by and merely protested.
09:11But Vice President Harris and I understood
09:14that that was an assault on everything this institution
09:17was supposed to stand for.
09:20And so, in my direction, America stepped into the breach,
09:23providing massive security and economic and humanitarian assistance.
09:26Our NATO allies and partners
09:29in 50-plus nations stood up as well.
09:32But most importantly,
09:35the Ukrainian people stood up.
09:38I ask the people of this chamber to stand up for them.
09:41The good news is
09:44Putin's war has failed
09:47at his core aim.
09:50He set out to destroy Ukraine, but Ukraine is still free.
09:53He set out to weaken NATO,
09:56but NATO is bigger, stronger, and more united than ever before
10:00with two new members, Finland and Sweden.
10:03But we cannot let up.
10:06The world now has another choice to make.
10:09Will we sustain our support
10:12to help Ukraine win this war and preserve its freedom,
10:15or walk away and let aggression
10:18be renewed and a nation be destroyed?
10:21I know my answer.
10:24We cannot grow weary.
10:27We cannot look away.
10:30And we will not let up on our support for Ukraine,
10:33not until Ukraine wins a just and durable peace
10:36in the U.N. Charter.
10:46We also need to uphold our principles
10:49as we seek to responsibly manage
10:52the competition with China
10:55and veer into conflict.
10:58We stand ready to cooperate on urgent challenges
11:01for the good of our people and the people everywhere.
11:04We recently resumed cooperation with China
11:07to stop the flow of deadly synthetic narcotics.
11:10I appreciate the collaboration.
11:13It matters for the people of my country
11:16and many others around the world.
11:19On matters of conviction, the United States is unabashed
11:23against military coercion of other nations
11:26in the South China Sea and maintaining peace
11:29and stability across the Taiwan Straits
11:32and protecting our most advanced technologies
11:35so they cannot be used against us or any of our partners.
11:38At the same time, we're going to continue to strengthen
11:41our network of alliances and partnerships
11:44across the Indo-Pacific.
11:47These partnerships are not against any nation.
11:50We're not fighting for a box,
11:53we're for a free, open, secure, and peaceful Indo-Pacific.
11:56We're also working to bring greater measure of peace
11:59and stability to the Middle East.
12:02The world must not flinch from the horrors of October 7th.
12:05Any country, any country would have the right
12:08and responsibility to ensure that such an attack
12:11can never happen again.
12:14Thousands of armed Hamas terrorists invaded
12:17slaughtering and massacring more than 1,200 people,
12:20including 46 Americans, in their homes
12:23and at a music festival.
12:26Despicable acts of sexual violence.
12:29250 innocents taken hostage.
12:32I've met with the families of those hostages.
12:35I've grieved with them. They're going through hell.
12:38Innocent civilians in Gaza
12:41are also going through hell.
12:44More than 1,000 killed, including aid workers.
12:47Too many families dislocated, crowding into tents,
12:50facing a dire humanitarian situation.
12:53They did not ask for this war that Hamas started.
12:56I put forward with Qatar and Egypt
12:59a ceasefire and hostage deal.
13:02It's been endorsed by the U.N. Security Council.
13:05Now is the time for the parties to finalize its terms.
13:08Bring the hostages home
13:12and secure security for Israel and Gaza
13:15free of Hamas' grip.
13:18Ease the suffering in Gaza and end this war.
13:21On October 7th.
13:29Since October 7th,
13:32we've also been determined
13:35to prevent a wider war that engulfs the entire region.
13:38Hezbollah, unprovoked
13:41during the October 7th attack
13:44launching rockets into Israel.
13:47Almost a year later, too many on each side
13:50of the Israeli-Lebanon border remained displaced.
13:53A full-scale war is not in anyone's interest.
13:56Even as the situation has escalated,
13:59a diplomatic solution is still possible.
14:02In fact, it remains the only path to lasting security
14:05to allow the residents from both countries
14:08to return to their homes and the border safely.
14:11And that's what we're working tirelessly to achieve.
14:14As we look ahead,
14:17we must also address the rise of violence
14:20against innocent Palestinians on the West Bank
14:23and set the conditions for a better future,
14:26including a two-state solution
14:29where the world, where Israel enjoys security and peace
14:32and normalized relations with all its neighbors,
14:35where Palestinians live in security, dignity,
14:38and self-determination in a state of their own.
14:49Progress toward peace will put us in a stronger position
14:52to deal with the ongoing threat posed by Iran.
14:55Together, we must deny oxygen to its terrorist proxies,
14:58which have called for more October 7th attacks
15:02and ensure that Iran will never, ever obtain a nuclear weapon.
15:07Gaza is not the only conflict that deserves our outrage.
15:11In Sudan, a bloody civil war
15:14unleashed one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
15:17Eight million.
15:20Eight million on the brink of famine.
15:23Hundreds of thousands already there.
15:26Atrocities are for and elsewhere.
15:29The United States has led the world in providing humanitarian aid to Sudan
15:32and with our partners,
15:35we've led diplomatic talks to try to silence the guns
15:38and avert a wider famine.
15:41The world needs to stop arming the generals
15:44to speak with one voice and tell them,
15:47stop tearing your country apart.
15:50Stop blocking aid to the Sudanese people.
15:53End this war now.
16:00But people need more than the absence of war.
16:03They need a chance,
16:06a chance to live in dignity.
16:09They need to be protected from the ravages of climate change,
16:12hunger, and disease.
16:15Our administration has arrived and has invested
16:18over $150 billion to make progress
16:21and other sustainable development goals.
16:24It includes $20 billion for food security
16:28and over $50 billion for global health.
16:31We've mobilized billions more in private sector investment.
16:34We've taken the most ambitious climate action in history.
16:37We've moved to rejoin the Paris Agreement
16:40on day one.
16:43And today, my country is finally on track
16:46to cut emissions in half by 2030.
16:49On track to honor my pledge
16:52to quadruple climate financing to developing nations
16:56with $11 billion thus far this year.
16:59We've rejoined the World Health Organization
17:02donating nearly 700 million doses of COVID vaccine
17:05to 117 countries.
17:08We must now move quickly to face MPOX,
17:11outbreak in Africa.
17:14We're prepared to commit $500 million
17:17to help African countries prevent and respond to MPOX
17:20and to donate 1 million doses of MPOX vaccine now.
17:24We call on our partners
17:27to match our pledge
17:30and make this a billion-dollar commitment
17:33to the people of Africa.
17:36Beyond the core necessities of food and health,
17:39the United States, the G7, and our partners
17:42have embarked on an ambitious initiative
17:45to mobilize and deliver significant finance
17:48to the developing world.
17:51To build out the infrastructure,
17:54to clean energy transition,
17:57to the digital transformation,
18:00to lay new economic foundations for a prosperous future.
18:03It's called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment.
18:06We've already started to see the fruits of this emerge
18:09in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia
18:12and in the Americas.
18:15We have to keep it going.
18:18In order to do that,
18:21we must build a stronger, more effective,
18:24and more inclusive United Nations.
18:27The UN needs to adapt and bring new voices
18:30and new perspectives.
18:33That's why we support reforming and expanding
18:36the membership of the UN Security Council.
18:39Our UN ambassador just laid out
18:42our detailed vision to reflect today's world,
18:46not yesterday's.
18:49It's time to move forward.
18:52The Security Council, like the UN itself,
18:55needs to go back to the job of making peace,
18:58of brokering deals to end wars and suffering.
19:01And to stop the spread
19:04of the most dangerous weapons,
19:07of stabilizing troubled regions in East Africa,
19:10from East Africa to Haiti,
19:13and for the United Nations people to turn the tide.
19:16We also have a responsibility
19:19to prepare our citizens for the future.
19:22We'll see more technological change, I argue,
19:25in the next two to 10 years than we have
19:28in the last 50 years.
19:31Artificial intelligence is going to change our ways of life,
19:34our ways of work, and our ways of war.
19:37It could usher in scientific progress
19:40at a pace never seen before,
19:43and much of it could make our lives better.
19:46But AI also brings profound risks,
19:49from deep fakes to disinformation
19:52to novel pathogens to bioweapons.
19:55We've worked at home and abroad
19:58to define the new norms and standards.
20:01This year, we achieved the first-ever
20:04General Assembly resolution on AI
20:07to start developing global rules,
20:10global rules of the road.
20:13We also announced a declaration on the responsible use
20:16of AI, joined by 60 countries
20:19in this chamber.
20:22But let's be honest, this is just the tip of the iceberg
20:25of what we need to do to manage this new technology.
20:28Nothing is certain about how AI will evolve
20:31or how it will be deployed.
20:34No one knows all the answers.
20:37My fellow leaders, it's with humility
20:40I offer two questions.
20:43First, how do we, as an international community,
20:46govern AI?
20:49As countries and companies race to uncertain frontiers,
20:52we need an equally urgent effort
20:55to ensure AI's safety, security, and trustworthiness.
20:58As AI grows more powerful,
21:01it must grow more responsive
21:04to our collective needs and values.
21:07Benefits of all must be shared equitably.
21:10It should be harnessed to a narrow,
21:13not deepened digital divide.
21:16Second, will we ensure that AI supports
21:19rather than undermines the core principles
21:22that human life has value
21:25and all humans deserve dignity?
21:28Some capabilities of AI will be used to uplift
21:31and empower everyday people,
21:34not to give dictators more powerful shackles
21:37on the human spirit.
21:40In the years ahead, there may well be
21:43no greater test of our leadership
21:46than how we deal with AI.
21:49Let me close with this.
21:52Even as we navigate so much change,
21:55we must not change.
21:58We must never forget who we're here to represent.
22:01We the people.
22:04These are the first words of our Constitution,
22:07the very idea of America.
22:10They inspired the opening words of the UN Charter.
22:13I made the preservation of democracy
22:16the central cause of my presidency.
22:19This summer, I faced a decision
22:22to be president.
22:25It was a difficult decision.
22:28Being president has been the honor of my life.
22:31There's so much more I want to get done.
22:34As much as I love the job, I love my country more.
22:37I decided after 50 years of public service,
22:40it's time for a new generation of leadership
22:43to take my nation forward.
22:46My fellow leaders, let us never forget
22:49that the future is more important
22:52than staying in power.
22:55It's your people.
22:58It's your people
23:01that matter the most.
23:04Never forget,
23:07we are here to serve the people,
23:10not the other way around.
23:13Because the future will be won
23:16by those who unleash the full potential of their people
23:19to breathe free, to think freely,
23:22to innovate, to educate,
23:25to live and love openly without fear.
23:28That's the soul of democracy.
23:31It does not belong to any one country.
23:34I've seen it all around the world.
23:37The brave men and women who ended apartheid,
23:40brought down the Berlin Wall,
23:43we saw it, that universal yearning
23:46for rights and freedom in Venezuela,
23:49where millions cast their vote for change
23:52that hadn't been recognized, but it can't be denied.
23:55The world knows the truth.
23:58We saw it in Uganda, LBGT activists
24:01demanding safety and recognition of their common humanity.
24:04We've seen citizens across the world
24:07peacefully choosing their future,
24:10from India to South Korea,
24:13nations representing one quarter of humanity
24:16who will hold elections this year alone.
24:19It's remarkable, the power of we the people
24:22that makes me more optimistic about the future
24:25than I've ever been.
24:28Since I was first elected to the United States Senate in 1972,
24:31every age faces its challenges.
24:34I saw it as a young man.
24:37But we are stronger than we think.
24:40We're stronger together than alone.
24:43And what the people call impossible
24:46is just an illusion.
24:49Nelson Mandela taught us, and I quote,
24:52it always seems impossible until it's done.
24:55It always seems impossible until it's done.
24:58My fellow leaders,
25:01there's nothing that's beyond our capacity
25:04if we work together.
25:07Let's work together.
25:10God bless you all, and may God protect all those who seek peace.