President Barack Obama on Wednesday makes his first address before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Obama then has a busy schedule of meetings, including one bringing together leaders of countries that contribute troops to U.N. peacekeeping efforts.

In the afternoon, he takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony for fallen U.N. staff members. He will then attend a leaders luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

The president will also be conducting separate meetings with Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, as well as Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev.

In the evening, the president and first lady Michelle Obama host a reception for heads of state at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.