Trump changes his mind and does not go to the UN General Assembly scene
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on the 17th that US President Donald Trump will not go to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly on the 22nd, and is preparing to deliver a speech at the White House and send a video to the General Assembly.
Meadows told reporters on the US presidential plane "Air Force One": "He is not going (on the spot)." Trump was flying to Wisconsin to hold a campaign rally.
Lim Abaza, the spokesperson of the last UN General Assembly President Tijani Mohamed-Bandi, confirmed in July that in view of the seriousness of the new crown epidemic, the general debate of this year's UN General Assembly will not invite heads of state and government to attend the scene at the UN headquarters in New York. Instead, they are invited to participate in the meeting by submitting speech recordings. This situation is unprecedented in the history of the United Nations.
Agence France-Presse reported that Trump revealed in August that even if leaders of other countries were unable to visit the UN General Assembly due to the risk of the epidemic, he also intended to go to New York for a meeting, but now he has changed his mind.
The current conference will be held from September 15 to 30 and will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. As a "highlight", the general debate session in which leaders of various countries will give speeches in turn will last from the 22nd to the 29th. As usual, the United States is ranked second after Brazil.
In his opening speech on the 15th, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that this year's conference will focus on global cooperation in the fight against the epidemic as well as other issues