President Obama to UN: I Seek "A World Without Nuclear Weapons"

At his speech to the UN General Assembly, American President Barack Obama reasserted his commitment to securing and, eventually, ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

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To lift the specter of mass destruction, we must come together to pursue the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. Over the last two years, we've begun to walk down that path. Since our Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, nearly 50 nations have taken steps to secure nuclear materials from terrorists and smugglers. Next March, a summit in Seoul will advance our efforts to lock down all of them. The New START Treaty between the United States and Russia will cut our deployed arsenals to the lowest level in half a century, and our nations are pursuing talks on how to achieve even deeper reductions. America will continue to work for a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons and the production of fissile material needed to make them.

And so we have begun to move in the right direction. And the United States is committed to meeting our obligations. But even as we meet our obligations, we've strengthened the treaties and institutions that help stop the spread of these weapons. And to do so, we must continue to hold accountable those nations that flout them.

The Iranian government cannot demonstrate that its program is peaceful. It has not met its obligations and it rejects offers that would provide it with peaceful nuclear power. North Korea has yet to take concrete steps towards abandoning its weapons and continues belligerent action against the South. There's a future of greater opportunity for the people of these nations if their governments meet their international obligations. But if they continue down a path that is outside international law, they must be met with greater pressure and isolation. That is what our commitment to peace and security demands.

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[16unithehedgehog]

I agree nuclear weapons better be banned

[secretus3]

Wars are devoid of memory and no one has the courage to try to understand them, until they were silent all the votes able to talk about what had happened, until the time comes, and the words start to blur, and then come back with another face and another name to absorb what has been.

[secretus3]

Do hiroshima enemies because his best to kill children and civilians. You have the courage to look into the eyes of Japanese soldiers and were afraid to tell them that yes, that have decided to drop the atomic bomb. Example; Steal himself and fight his equal and not attacking the defenseless. Time heals all wounds, people forget but scars are forever. time punish as promises always come true 90% evil and greed 10% of right and justice, so it was, and will

[martin88488]

lol

[GLICKTON]

yes he wants a world without nuclear weapons because they are useless, everyone has them, obama needs to go now before he does anymore damage, he does a lot of damage each day hes president

[wtcwatcher]

your commitment to peace and security should start by not invading sovereign nations on the false pretense of looking for WMD when your only reason is to secure the wealth and assets of these nations why can you not just withdraw all your troops from middle east and secure your own borders and maybe just maybe every country may follow suit prob this is something that was never tried before

[wtcwatcher]

can you really believe the hypocrisy of nations like the u.s.a a nation with enough nuclear weapons to obliterate the earth totally who are the only nation ever to use nuclear weapons when they levelled hiroshima and nagasaki in 1945 killing 100000 men women and children instantly and people are still suffering the effects of it 66 years on israel uk and usa going to start ww3 by invading iran on the same pretence they used in invading iraq the quest for WMD oil is their quest

[woodenmajor]

has there ever been a better looking ,smoother talking POTUS ,its like he came straight out of central casting ..he LOOKS the part ,he SOUNDS the part ..its a crying shame that he is such a USELESS ,gutless nitwit and an anti american waste of space ...

we will be years in trying to recover from all the harm this felonious lieing pretender has inflicted on our economy and our national security .

[dritch1996]

@eastariel oh please