New York — US President Donald Trump makes his debut at the United Nations on Monday, with an address on UN reform as a week of intense diplomacy kicks off. The week of General Assembly, Security Council and other meetings is expected to be dominated by concern about North Korea, Iran and Myanmar. Trump, who once disparaged the world body as a "club" for "people to get together, talk and have a good time", will lay out his views on how to improve the United Nations a day before he makes his first address to the General Assembly. About 130 world leaders are attending this year’s global gathering, but all eyes will be on Trump, whose "America First" agenda has alarmed both allies and foes. The US is the UN’s number one financial backer and has threatened deep cuts to UN funding that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said will create an "unsolvable problem" for the world body. Guterres, who is pushing for an overhaul of the UN bureaucracy, will also address the event at which lead...
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