April 18, 2008 Pope arrives at JFK Airport in NYC Play video

(NECN: New York) - Pope Benedict XVI arrived at JFK Airport in New York City Friday morning. The pontiff will address the United Nations General Assembly. He's expected to call for a human rights agenda that includes religious freedom, and highlight the responsibility first-world nations have to help those still developing.

His speech comes after a visit to Washington in which he put the country's clergy sexual abuse scandal front and center.