Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on the world's middle powers and smaller countries to stand up alongside the superpowers, in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

In a wide-ranging speech that touched on topics including climate change, the recognition of a Palestinian state, Australia's expulsion of Iranian ambassadors, and more, Albanese warned the world risked being ruled by dictators and war, as he called for the UN to reform how it operated.

"The creation of the international rules-based order owes much to the post-war leadership of the United States of America," Albanese said.

"For the region Australia calls home, that stability has underpinned a generational economic transformation.

"But we cannot ask – and should not expect - any one nati

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