All five of the declared nuclear weapons states (China, the US, Russia, Britain and France) signed on to US-drafted Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament Resolution, UNSC Resolution 1887. As President Obama signals that the United States will lead by example, and make serious efforts in deed and not just words, much of the world has responded [...]
THE PRESIDENT: The 6191st meeting of the Security Council is called to order. The provisional agenda for this meeting is before the Council in document S/Agenda/6191, which reads, “Maintenance of international peace and security, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear disarmament.” Unless I hear any objection, I shall consider the agenda adopted. Agenda is adopted.
I wish to [...]
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
10:10 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to address you for the first time as the 44th President of the United States. (Applause.) I come before you humbled by [...]
Thank you very much. Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our generation’s response to this [...]
Wednesday, September 23 through Sept. 25 People’s Voices North Side (PDF file)THURSDAY, Sept. 24:
Dignitaries arrive at the David L. Lawrence Convention center.
On Thursday evening, President and Mrs. Obama welcome leaders and spouses at the outstanding Phipps Conservatory, one of the world’s greenest public gardens. Mrs. Obama will host the G20 leader spouses for dining at Rosemont Farm, the [...]
September 21, 2009
Remarks of President Barack Obama—As Prepared for Delivery
Innovation and Sustainable Growth
Troy, New York
September 21, 2009
Thank you, Jill. Dr. Jill Biden has been a teacher for almost three decades and she’s spent most of that time in community colleges. She understands, as you do, the power of these institutions to prepare students for 21st [...]
Sept 21 Hudson Valley Community College Troy NY 11:00 am Students, tech workers, only
Sept 22 Speech To UN Meeting On Climate Change?
Luncheon For Leaders of sub-Saharan Africa
Sept 23 Speech to the UN General Assembly
Meeting With Japanese President
UN Peacekeeping Meeting
US Hosted Reception For Heads of State
Sept 24 Summit-level meeting of the United [...]
President Obama previewed the Ken Burns program, The National Parks:
America’s Best Idea, filmed over the course of six years Acclaimed by the Orlando Sentinel as "the most beautiful program ever to air on American television", it was
viewed in the White House Movie Room before its PBS debut on Sept 26.
Burns and his longtime colleague Dayton [...]
On Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, President Barack Obama will join former President George H. W. Bush to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the vision of a thousand “Points of Light,” by hosting a presidential forum on community service at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University. The Library event will bring [...]
Proclaiming today as National POW/MIA Recognition Day, President Barack Obama issued a statement urging Americans “to observe this day of honor and remembrance with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
The black-and-white POW-MIA banner, according to a White House news release, will be flown today over the White House, the Capitol, the departments of State, Defense and Veterans [...]
