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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama talks with Turk…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gül at a luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations, New York, N. Y., Sept. 23, 2010. (P092310PS-0460)
United Nations General Assembly Visit 2010
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama talks with Turkish President Abdullah Gül at a luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations, New York, N. Y., Sept. 23, 2010. (P092310PS-0460)

United Nations General Assembly Visit 2010

Event TypeIntergovernmental Summit
September 22, 2010 - September 24, 2010
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The sixty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly ran from September 14, 2010 to September 12, 2011 and was presided over by Joseph Deiss of Switzerland. The theme of the sixty-fifth session was "Reaffirming the central role of the United Nations in global governance.”

President Barack Obama attended the assembly from September 22 to September 24, 2010. President Obama presented a speech to the General Assembly on September 23, 2010 in which he discussed the challenges facing America, the world, and particularly Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
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Photos from President Obama’s visit to the 2010 United Nations General Assembly were posted on the archived Obama White House Flickr account: "September 2010"  
A video of President Barack Obama addressing the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2010 was posted on the Obama White House YouTube account: "President Obama Addresses the United Nations" 
The text of President Obama’s remarks at the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2010 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly"