Adressing the United Nations as the first time as President of the United States,Barack Obama gave a blunt and sober message to the assembly of world leaders: The US cannot fix the worlds problems alone.
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“We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world,” Obama said, echoing the cooperative theme he promised as a candidate and has since used as a pillar of his foreign policy. “Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility.”
He said if the world is honest with itself, it has fallen woefully short.
“Extremists sowing terror in pockets of the world,” Obama said. “Protracted conflicts that grind on and on. Genocide and mass atrocities. More and more nations with nuclear weapons. Melting ice caps and ravaged populations. Persistent poverty and pandemic disease.”
Obama is also expected to meet with the leaders of China and Russia to discuss security concerns.
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