Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “I can commit to you that I will be a leader on this issue in New York.”

We have used the Security Council, we have used the General Assembly to isolate Russia, to condemn Russia, to kick Russia off of the Human Rights Council.

The alliance is strong. NATO is stronger than it`s ever been, and the European alliance and partnership with the United States is stronger than it`s ever been.

We plan to have solid support for it. And then we will move it to the General Assembly if we have to, as we did in the past.

What Putin is doing is convincing people all over the world that we are the reason that millions are food insecure.