At UN General Assembly, President Biden to urge world leaders to defeat COVID-19, tackle climate crisis and defend democracy and human rights

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Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

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At the United Nations General Assembly in New York City this week, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and the U.S. delegation, including Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield will urge the international community to redouble efforts to defeat the coronavirus pandemic, tackle the climate crisis and defend democracy and human rights, an official said on Friday.