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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama delivers remark…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Closing Session: Post-2015 Development Agenda, in General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York, N.Y. Sept. 27, 2015.
United Nations General Assembly Visit 2015
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Closing Session: Post-2015 Development Agenda, in General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York, N.Y. Sept. 27, 2015.

United Nations General Assembly Visit 2015

Event TypeIntergovernmental Summit
September 28, 2015 - September 29, 2015
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The seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly ran from September 15, 2015 to September 13, 2016 and was presided over by Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark. The theme of the seventieth session was "The United Nations at 70: the road ahead for peace, security and human rights.”

President Barack Obama attended the assembly from September 28 to September 29, 2015. President Obama presented a speech to the General Assembly on September 28, 2015 in which he vowed to resolve the Syrian Civil War, addressed sanctions against Russia, and urged collective action against religious extremism. President Obama also took part in various meetings and councils.

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A video of President Barack Obama addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015 was posted on the Obama White House YouTube account: "The President Addresses the 70th United Nations General Assembly"  
The text of President Obama’s remarks at the United Nations General Assembly on September 28, 2015 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by President Obama to the United Nations General Assembly"
Additional information about President Obama’s visit to the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Why Diplomacy Matters: Follow Along as the President Heads to the 70th UN General Assembly"