During United Nations Speech, President Biden Mentioned "Diplomacy" Four Times And "Engage" Seven Times. Openings For Cuba?

United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
21 September 2021

Remarks by President Biden Before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly  

Excerpts:  

We’ve ended 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan.  And as we close this period of relentless war, we’re opening a new era of relentless diplomacy; of using the power of our development aid to invest in new ways of lifting people up around the world; of renewing and defending democracy; of proving that no matter how challenging or how complex the problems we’re going to face, government by and for the people is still the best way to deliver for all of our people. 

To deliver for our own people, we must also engage deeply with the rest of the world.  

We renewed our engagement with the European Union, a fundamental partner in tackling the full range of significant issues facing our world today.  

We’re engaging with regional institutions — from ASEAN to the African Union to the Organization of American States — to focus on people’s urgent needs for better health and better economic outcomes.  

We are reengaged at the World Health Organization and working in close partnership with COVAX to deliver lifesaving vaccines around the world.  

We’ll continue to uphold the longstanding rules and norms that have formed the guardrails of international engagement for decades that have been essential to the development of nations around the world — bedrock commitments like freedom of navigation, adherence to international laws and treaties, support for arms control measures that reduce the res- — the risk and enhance transparency. 

We are working with the P5+1 to engage Iran diplomatically and seek a return to the JCPOA.  We’re prepared to return to full compliance if Iran does the same.  

Similarly, we seek serious and sustained diplomacy to pursue the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. 

Done the right way, however, with transparent, sustainable investment in projects that respond to the country’s needs and engage their local workers to maintain high labor and environmental standards, infrastructure can be a strong foundation that allows societies in low- and middle-income countries to grow and to prosper. 

We must redouble our diplomacy and commit to political negotiations, not violence, as the tool of first resort to manage tensions around the world. 

As we pursue diplomacy across the board, the United States will champion the democratic values that go to the very heart of who we are as a nation and a people: freedom, equality, opportunity, and a belief in the universal rights of all people.

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We’ll stand up for our allies and our friends and oppose attempts by stronger countries to dominate weaker ones, whether through changes to territory by force, economic coercion, technological exploitation, or disinformation. But we’re not seeking — I’ll say it again — we are not seeking a new Cold War or a world divided into rigid blocs. The United States is ready to work with any nation that steps up and pursues peaceful resolution to shared challenges, even if we have intense disagreements in other areas — because we’ll all suffer the consequences of our failure if we do not come together to address the urgent threats like COVID-19 and climate change or enduring threats like nuclear proliferation.