Remarks by the President at United Nation's Secretary General Luncheon
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
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.