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The United States is determined to continue pushing for expanding the UN Security Council to have more voices and perspectives at the table, President Joe Biden said during his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.

"Last year, I announced the United States will support expanding the Security Council, increasing the number of permanent and non-permanent members … The United States has undertaken a series of consultations with many member states. We will continue to do our part to push more reform efforts forward," Biden said.

The world needs to be able to "break the gridlock that too often stymies progress and blocks consensus in the council," the US president said.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he will appoint a new panel on artificial intelligence (AI), which will be tasked with delivering recommendations on addressing the new technology by the end of the year.

"Now AI is on everyone’s lips - a subject of both awe, and fear. Even some of those who developed generative AI are calling for greater regulation," Guterres said during remarks to the General Assembly. "To help advance the search for concrete governance solutions, I will appoint this month a High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence - which will provide recommendations by the end of this year."

The UN needs a Global Digital Compact between governments, the private sector and civil society to mitigate the risks of new technologies and help utilize them to the benefit of humankind, Guterres said.