UNGA 2021 latest updates: UAE urges bigger role for Arab states in Iran nuclear talks

Khalifa Al Marar says regional powers should not be excluded from negotiations on 2015 deal

Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State, delivers a speech before the 76th session United Nations General Assembly. Photo: UAE Mission to the UN

Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, Minister of State, delivers a speech before the 76th session United Nations General Assembly. Photo: UAE Mission to the UN

Yemen's Foreign Minister Ahmad Awad bin Mubarak addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. EPA

Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, minister for Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-sixth session. Photo: United Nations

Syria's foreign minister Faisal Mekdad addresses the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. AP Photo

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz speaks in a prerecorded video during the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Bloomberg

Luis Abinader, the Dominican Republic's president, also speaks via live stream. Bloomberg

A sign informs United Nations employees of coronavirus protocols. AFP

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during the scaled-back meeting. Bloomberg

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, speaks in a prerecorded video. Bloomberg

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the UN General Assembly. AP Photo

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi sent a recorded message. AP Photo

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and First Lady Kim Jung-sook outside the UN headquarters in New York. Reuters

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo speaks at the assembly. AP Photo

Poland's President Andrzej Duda leaves the stage after delivering his speech. Reuters

US President Joe Biden addresses the session. AP Photo

A member of the New York City Fire Department outside the UN headquarters. AP Photo

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks during the meeting. Reuters

Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev addresses world leaders by video. Reuters

Qatari ruler Sheikh Tamim addresses the session. AP Photo

Streets near the UN headquarters in New York were closed ahead of the meeting. AFP

Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih gets ready to address the annual UN General Assembly. AP Photo

Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, addresses the UN General Assembly. Bloomberg

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to world leaders. AP Photo

Delegates listen to speeches. AP Photo

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces Turkey's willingness to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change. EPA

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi attended the session by video from Tehran. AFP

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks. AFP

US President Joe Biden and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres meet at the UN General Assembly. AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. AP

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez. AP

China's President Xi Jinping addresses the UN General Assembly session in a recorded video. AP

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to meet Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. AP

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, centre, walks outside his hotel while in New York for the UN General Assembly. Reuters

Protesters block 2nd Avenue near the UN's headquarters, calling on US President Joe Biden and the international community to help provide wider access to Covid-19 vaccines. EPA

UN staff remove British flags from a podium after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the media at the UN General Assembly. AP

President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, speaks during the General Debate in the UN General Assembly Hall. EPA

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS appear at a Sustainable Development Goals meeting during the UN General Assembly. AP

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks at a Sustainable Development Goals event. Reuters

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