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<\/div>\nRussia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter, said Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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US President Joe Biden tore into Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations, saying the Russian leader “shamelessly violated” the UN Charter when he invaded neighbor Ukraine.<\/p>\n
“Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter,” Biden said as he addressed the annual UN General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n
Russian forces have attacked Ukrainian schools, railway stations and hospitals, as part of Moscow’s aim of “extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state,” Biden said.<\/p>\n
While delivering a rebuke to the Kremlin, Biden notably reached out to rivals on issues he said were of global importance, including climate change and nuclear arms control.<\/p>\n
“A nuclear war cannot be won, and must never be fought,” Biden said.<\/p>\n
“We are seeing disturbing trends. Russia (is) making irresponsible nuclear threats to use nuclear weapons,” he said.<\/p>\n
However, “the United States is ready to pursue critical arms control measures.”<\/p>\n
While once again vowing that Washington will not allow Tehran to obtain atomic weapons, Biden also underlined that “diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome.”<\/p>\n
Biden’s language was likewise relatively mild on China, the biggest geopolitical and economic rival to the United States.<\/p>\n
“Let me be direct about the competition between the United States and China,” Biden said. “As we manage shifting geopolitical trends, the United States will conduct itself as a reasonable leader. We do not seek conflict, we do not seek a Cold War.”<\/p>\n
He said that while “the United States will be unabashed in promoting our vision of a free, open, secure and prosperous world,” it will not force countries to “choose” sides.<\/p>\n
The US president expanded his cooperative message in addressing a longtime demand from developing economies around the world to be included in the UN Security Council, which currently only has five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States.<\/p>\n
“The United States supports increasing the number of both permanent and non-permanent representatives of the council,” Biden said.<\/p>\n
“This includes permanent seats for those nations we’ve long supported — permanent seats for countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean. The United States is committed to this vital work,” he added.<\/p>\n
Turning again to Iran, where rare protests have broken out over the death of a young woman arrested by the state’s morality police, Biden said Americans “stand with the brave women. of Iran.”<\/p>\n
“Today we stand with the brave citizens and the brave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights,” he said.<\/p>\n
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