23rd
September
2009
Keith Porter
07:25 am
07:25 am
UN General Assembly Opens
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will deliver opening remarks to the General Assembly in New York beginning at approximately 9 a.m. ET this morning.
United States President Barack Obama will speak at approximately 9:45 a.m. ET
You can view live coverage online at: www.un.org/webcast
Update: President Obama said, “Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world’s problems alone.” His full remarks are here.
Update 2: Muammar Qaddafi’s scheduled 15 minute speech ran for 100 minutes. Joshua Keating at ForeignPolicy.com has an insightful summary.
Update 3: Full text of all UNGA opening session speeches are available here.
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