Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is also attending the event for the first time, but no sideline meeting with Mr Trump is scheduled. "As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body are seeking to unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state," Mr Trump said. "It's too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them," he said. "I never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalising the deal." Mr Trump is a consistent critic of the UN, and he has cut US funding to some of its bodies.