Ri Yong Ho, Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), addresses the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Ri Yong Ho, Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrives to address the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan (front) arrives to address the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem addresses the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem gestures to the Syrian delegation after addressing the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel addresses the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem addresses the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 29, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)