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U.S. will focus on tackling climate crisis, COVID at UN meeting -State Dept

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Tourists walk past the United Nations Headquarters in New York, March 24, 2008. At left is the U.N. General Assembly building and at right is the U.N. Secretariat building. REUTERS/Mike Segar

WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The United States will focus next week at the United Nations General Assembly meeting, along with other countries, on an agenda including tackling climate change and countering the COVID-19 pandemic, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told a briefing on Wednesday.

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