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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 12, 2002
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1:39 P.M. EDT
PRESIDENT BUSH: Mr. Secretary General, and distinguished members of the United Nations community, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to New York. My country is honored to be the home of the United Nations. And I'm honored to be with you today for the opening week of the 57th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
We gather in a city that was changed forever by the events of one year and one day ago. Secretary General, the people of the United States will never forget your leadership in the days following September the 11th. Within a day, the General Assembly strongly condemned the terror, and very quickly the U.N. took strong action to support and strengthen a global coalition against global terror. The United States is grateful to the U.N. and to every person and every nation that has joined this cause.
We gather to address the urgent challenges of a world awakened to danger. Mr. Secretary General, thanks to your leadership, the U.N. is playing a valuable role in meeting these challenges. The U.N. Charter commits each nation here to promoting social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom. Today, we rededicate ourselves to these ideals.
Mr. Secretary General, I offer a toast to you to continued cooperation between the United States and the United Nations.
(A toast is offered.)
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you. Let's eat. (Applause.)
END 1:43 P.M. EDT
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