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This is the thread where we will place and can discuss the UN speeches of the Presidents of the United States.

September 25, 2013

President Barack Obama delivers speech to the UN General Assembly:

Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cg9wE...

http://youtu.be/9Cg9wEVQZCA

Here are both on Politico: (video and full transcript)

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09...

Kennedy: September 25, 1961:

President Kennedy’s address to the United Nations General Assembly in September 1961 was given at a critical moment in the life of that body, one week after the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld who had had been killed in a plane crash in the Congo. Some counseled the President to cancel his plans to address the opening of the General Assembly on September 25. But the President believed the UN had to have a future and he decided to speak forcefully on the real issues confronting the Assembly and the world: a stronger United Nations – disarmament and a nuclear test ban – cooperation on outer space and economic development – an end to colonialism – and recognition of the Communist threats to peace over Berlin and Southeast Asia. On September 25, 1961, President Kennedy stood before the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, endorsing a complete and general disarmament, and challenging the Soviet Union to a “peace race.”

http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewe...

Yes, thank you very much Bryan - please feel free to add any of the others you might be familiar with. That is the plan for this thread. These speeches and the State of the Union ones are very good historical speeches which undercut the historical events of that particular time and underscore what was really on their minds during that time period.

I agree, Bentley, thanks for setting it up.

You are welcome and thanks for the add.

George W. Bush made more than one speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

This was one of the first.

President George W. Bush's Speech to the United Nations
Nov 10, 2001

In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly President Bush talked about joint counterterrorism efforts and the global threat of terrorism. He also talked about Israeli-PLO peace talks, referring to an independent state of “Palestine” as an outcome of the talks.

Note: This one was right after the September 11th attacks.

Source - C-Span

Video:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/16...

President Nixon's Address to the United Nations - September 10, 1969

Follow this link:

http://www.state.gov/p/io/potusunga/2...

President Trump's Speech to the United Nations

FULL SPEECH: Trump addresses world problems at the 72nd UN General Assembly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF6QW...

Note: This site neither agrees nor disagrees with this presentation - the HBC simply posts the presentation for members information.

Source: Youtube