President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark.

President Biden spoke about avoiding conflicts between the U.S. and Russia and China his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday: PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: In our time, the center has held.