Secretary Rice attended the United Nations 60th General Assembly. Beginning September 12, 2005 in New York City, Secretary Rice conducted a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings with her counterparts as part of her participation in the General Assembly. [photo gallery]
President Bush traveled to New York September 13-14 to participate in the United Nations General Assembly. The President hosted a private reception for leaders on the evening of September 13. On September 14, President Bush addressed the High-Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, which preceded the opening of the General Debate. He also participated in a Security Council Summit; and met with Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Ambassador Jan Eliasson, who assumes the presidency of the General Assembly this month, to discuss a range of issues. During the course of the day, the President stressed the United States' commitment to a broad international agenda that recognizes the connection between freedom, democracy, trade and development, and security. To that end, he met with leaders from democratic states in support of the recently established UN Democracy Fund and signed the Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism, as well as attended a luncheon hosted by the Secretary-General.
Remarks by Secretary Rice
09/20/05 Press Availability after Middle East Quartet Meeting
09/19/05 Interview With Time Magazine Editorial Board
09/19/05 Press Availability at UN
09/19/05 Remarks on Lebanon Ministerial
09/19/05 Statement on Elections in Afghanistan
09/17/05 Remarks at the 60th UN General Assembly
09/17/05 Remarks with Libyan Foreign Minister 09/17/05 Joint Statement with Libyan Secretary
09/15/05 Interview with NBC Editorial Board
09/15/05 Interview with the New York Post Editorial Board
09/15/05 Interview with Newsweek Editors
09/14/05 Interview With Bill O’Reilly on Fox
09/14/05 Interview With the Fox News Editorial Board
09/12/05
