the united states will work with every nation that is willing to do its part so that we can come together in paris to decisively confront this challenge. and finally, our vision for the future of this assembly, my belief in moving forward rather than backwards, requires us to defend the democratic principles that allow societies to succeed. let me start from a simple premise, ka tacatastrophes likee seeing in syria do not take place in countries where they re universal democracy and the values this institution is supposed to defend. [ applause ]
as we wait to talk to our correspondents, it is about putin putting down his leverage, trying to outflank the united states. the addresses will include major speeches. our commentatorcommentators, th some of them, are standing by to break it down. there s a lot to coverage over the next several hours. we ll begin our coverage with jim sciutto, our chief national correspondent. we ll see so many of the foreign policy challenges facing the u.s. and the world confronted on this stage at the u.n. issues in ukraine, in syria, climate change, u.s. relations with cuba, and the president speaking today to many of the issues. he ll start with climate change, a new agreement with china, coming from their state visit this past week. russia s intervention in ukraine. recent development upcoming, concerning many u.s. officials. russia s intervention in syria,
i ve said before and i will repeat, there s no room for accommodating an apocalyptic cult like isil and the united states makes no apology for use our military as a broad coalition to go after them. we do so with the determination to ensure there will never be a safe haven for terrorists who carry out these krimsz. and we have demonstrated over more than a decade of relentless pursuit of al qaeda, we will not be outlasted by extremists. but while military power is necessary, it is not sufficient to resolve the situation in syria. lasting stability can only take hold when the people of syria forge an agreement to live together peacefully. the united states is prepared to work with any nation, including russia and iran, to resolve the conflict.
to be about this week, secretary kerry just con vereen had a today, they re trying to decide this this week. how much leverage does the united states have to push the agenda with russia? christiane, you had an important interview with the president of iran, dealing with all these issues, and it was revealing. indeed. look, this is how far this non-diplomacy and non-intervention by the west has brought to the west. a switch of tactics on two levels. one, we are actually going to invite the iranians around the table, having said no for the last several years. that s one of the benefits of the iran nuclear deal. it also furthers the agenda of russia and iran in syria. they have divorced the idea of wanting assad to go to a narrow fighting of isis.
syrians, iran and iraq on an intelligence-sharing regime, which means the russian intelligence services are going to have a broader, more deeper involvement in those regions. if you think about the dramatic change of that, 12 months ago you would have not it would have been very difficult for russian intelligence to operate freely in iraq in any capacity. now they ve got this three-country region and i think putin feels he s large and this charge. this intelligence piece is going to be very, very important. mike, we ve just seen the motorcade, the heavily armored motorcade of president obama come past us. he s obviously going to be walking in very soon and starting his speech. you have just made a commercial and sort of power play response to what putin is trying to do. in terms of what the west is interested in, will it stop the war? how about isis? who s going to end up on top in syria in the foreseeable future? if you look at the facts we