Sept. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden will make his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, and is expected to call for unified support for Ukraine and denounce ongoing Russian efforts to destabilize the region.
Biden traveled to New York City on Tuesday and was scheduled to be the seventh speaker during the early session on Wednesday at U.N. headquarters. U.S. presidents traditionally speak on the first day of the General Debate, but Biden put his address off one day because he'd just returned from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday.
The morning session begins at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday.
"He will offer a firm rebuke of Russia's unjust war in Ukraine and make a call to the world to continue to stand against the naked aggression that we've seen these past several months," national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in a preview of Biden's speech on Wednesday.
"He will underscore the importance of strengthening the United Nations and reaffirm core tenets of its charter at a time when a permanent member of the Security Council has struck at the very heart of the charter by challenging the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty."