NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations (all times local):

President Donald Trump says the United States will have no choice but to “totally destroy” North Korea if the U.S. is forced to defend itself or its allies against the North’s aggression. In his first address to the U.N. General Assembly, Trump says the North Korean government is a “depraved regime.”

Trump is calling on other nations to work together to isolate North Korea until its ceases what he says is its hostile behavior. But if forced to defend itself or its allies against North Korea’s continued threats, Trump says “we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”

President Donald Trump says “it is a massive source of embarrassment for the United Nations” that some countries with human rights violations sit on the international body’s human rights panel. Trump made the remark in his debut address to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, part of a broader call for the UN to make reforms. He said, “It is a massive source of embarrassment for the United Nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the U.N. Human Rights Council.” The panel’s 47 members include, for example, China and Saudi Arabia. This year marks the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly and the General Debate’s theme is “Making the United Nations Relevant to All People: Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Peaceful, Equitable and Sustainable Societies.”

Scroll down to learn more about the UN General Assembly and this year’s General Debate. The president says “no society can be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to spread.” He is calling for a peaceful solution that honors the will of the Syrian people. In April, Trump ordered the firing of dozens of Tomahawk missiles at an air base in central Syria, marking the first time the U.S. has directly struck Assad’s forces during the country’s six-year civil war. We have learned that, over the long term, uncontrolled migration is deeply unfair to both the sending and the receiving countries. For the sending countries, it reduces domestic pressure to pursue needed political and economic reform, and drains them of the human capital necessary to motivate and implement those reforms. For the receiving countries, the substantial costs of uncontrolled migration are borne overwhelmingly by low-income citizens whose concerns are often ignored by both media and government. The United States continues to lead the world in humanitarian assistance, including famine prevention and relief in South Sudan, Somalia, and northern Nigeria and Yemen. President Donald Trump says “strong sovereign nations” are necessary for diverse countries to “work side by side.”

Trump is making his debut address to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday. Strong, sovereign nations let diverse countries with different values, different cultures, and different dreams not just coexist, but work side by side on the basis of mutual respect. But he says countries must respect their people and the “rights of every other sovereign nation.”

Trump frequently belittled the U.N. as a candidate and some within his White House believe the U.N acts as a global bureaucracy that infringes on the sovereignty of individual countries. It has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. We cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles, and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program. He also criticized a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers that capped Tehran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions. He says world leaders “cannot abide” by the agreement if it “provides cover” for Iran to eventually build its nuclear program. The administration last week extended sanctions relief to Iran, avoiding imminent action that could implode the landmark agreement. President Donald Trump is talking tough on terror as he delivers his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly. It is time to expose and hold responsible those countries who support and finance terror groups like al Qaeda, Hezbollah, the Taliban and others that slaughter innocent people. He says all responsible nations must work together to confront terrorists and “the Islamic extremist that inspires them.”

He says: “We will stop radical Islamic terrorism, because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and, indeed, to tear up the entire world.”

President Donald Trump says the United States seeks harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife on the world stage. Trump says: “The United States will forever be a great friend to the world.” But he’s warning that his country must not be taken advantage of. He’s also touting the benefits of his “principled realism” philosophy and says actions must be guided by outcomes and not ideology. President Ilham Aliyev, his spouse attend opening of General Debate of UN General Assembly in New York (PHOTO)

General Debate of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations has opened in New York. President Donald Trump says the world must reject threats to sovereignty. And he is lumping in Ukraine as an example, in a rarely implied criticism of Russia. Russia in 2014 annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region. It also has backed separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. We must reject threats to sovereignty, from the Ukraine to the South China Sea. There, China has aggressively asserted control over disputed waters and islands. But he says countries must respect their people and the “rights of every other sovereign nation.”

Trump frequently belittled the U.N. during the election, and some aides within his White House believe the U.N acts as a global bureaucracy that infringes on the sovereignty of individual countries. President Donald Trump is telling the United Nations General Assembly that he will “always put America first” and the U.S. can no longer be taken advantage of in its dealings around the globe. Trump says he will “defend America’s interests above all else.” He says the U.S. will “forever be a great friend to the world,” including its allies, but the U.S. can no longer be taken advantage of and get nothing in return. The president was making his first address to the U.N. General Assembly and giving world leaders his view of the “America first” mantra that he used as a candidate in the 2016 election. President Donald Trump is opening his maiden address in front of the United Nationals General Assembly by praising his accomplishments in office so far. As millions of our citizens continue to suffer the effects of the devastating hurricanes that have struck our country, I want to begin by expressing my appreciation to every leader in this room who has offered assistance and aid. They are: “We the people.”

Generations of Americans have sacrificed to maintain the promise of those words, the promise of our country, and of our great history. He’s pointing to the stock market and the employment rate and says the U.S. military will soon be the strongest it has ever been.
The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly commences its General Debate at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York.