Obama looks forward to G20 Summit.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon with Barack Obama
The G20 economic summit will take place in Pittsburgh later this week
Barack Obama was unable to get Israeli and Palestinian leaders to agree to open talks, after a three-way summit. Israel refuse to stop constuction in Gaza , and Palestine continue to exerts control in Gaza.
Protesters displays placards during a demonstration against Iran's government
Libyan leader Colonel Moamer Kadhafi. Said Security Council should be renamed Terror Council because of sanctions. Proposed formation of Isratin(Israel+Palestine) to solve Middle East conflicts problems.
US President Barack Obama addresses the UN General Assembly
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Obama gives his first UN speech. Duration: 00:44
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the general debate of the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, 24 Sep 2009
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport in Coraopolis, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. He will be attending the G20 Summit being held in Pittsburgh.
President Barack Obama chairs a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at the United Nations headquarters, in New York, 24 Sep 2009
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, and General Assembly President Ali Abdussalam Treki, of Libya, shake hands after Mr. Ban's opening address to the General Assembly Wednesday
Chinese President Hu Jintao (R Front) arrives in Pittsburgh of the United States Sept. 24, 2009 to attend the Group of 20 summit.
"Although we averted a nuclear nightmare during the Cold War, we now face proliferation of a scope and complexity that demands new strategies and new approaches." -- U.S. President Barack Obama
"Just one nuclear weapon exploded in a city -- be it New York or Moscow, Tokyo or Beijing, London or Paris -- could kill hundreds of thousands of people. And it would badly destabilize our security, our economies, and our very way of life." -- Obama
"I called for this one so that we may address at the highest level fundamental threat to all peoples and all nations, the spread and use of nuclear weapons." -- Obama.
World leaders agreed Thursday on the sweeping goal of a planet free from atomic weapons but faced continued divisions over details of their thorniest challenge, Iran's nuclear program.
The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution proposed by President Barack Obama setting a series of goals to eliminate nuclear weapons, ban production of the fissile material used to make them, outlaw atomic tests and safeguard stockpiles in the meantime.
"We know there are plenty of cynics and that there will be setbacks to prove their point," Obama told the council. "But there will also be days like today that push us forward, days that tell a different story. It is the story of a world that understands that no difference or division is worth destroying all that we have built and all that we love."
The resolution also advocates action against nations that put civilian nuclear technology to military use in violation of the international Non-Proliferation Treaty. While not naming specific countries, the resolution expressed concern over steps by nations such as Iran and North Korea to develop nuclear programs and weapons.
During the course of the Security Council meeting, leaders singled out both countries, with several urging strenuous action to restrain each. North Korea already has tested weapons, while Iran is accused by U.S. officials and their allies of seeking to develop them.
Two immediate nuclear crisis.
"Talk of a nuclear-free future is nice, but we are facing two immediate nuclear crises," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy, naming Iran and North Korea. "Iran is violating the Security Council's resolutions right before our eyes." He was joined by Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who urged "far tougher" sanctions against Iran.
The five permanent members of the Security Council -- the U.S., Britain, France, Russia and China -- along with Germany will meet with Iran next week in Geneva in an effort to start talks over the nuclear program, which Tehran insists is intended for peaceful, civilian purposes.
The Obama administration claimed progress in its push to bring Iran to the negotiating table this week. After a meeting with Obama, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signaled for the first time that Moscow might agree to stiffer economic sanctions against Iran. As one of the country's major trading partners, Russia could exert considerable influence over Iran.
However, China opposes sanctions, urging a peaceful solution to the standoff."We believe that sanctions and exerting pressure are not the way to solve problems and are not conducive for the current diplomatic efforts on the Iran nuclear issue," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a news briefing in Beijing, Reuters reported.
But other world powers are pushing for a short deadline to talks. Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said he favors giving Iran until the end of the year to avoid new sanctions. Italy is the current chair of the wealthy Group of Eight nations.
Sarkozy, whose country is also a member of the G-8, agrees with a December deadline.
For Obama, the issue overshadows another top foreign policy priority, Mideast peace. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that unless Iran is restrained, peace in the region is impossible.
"We want peace," Netanyahu said. "I believe such a peace can be achieved. But only if we roll back the forces of terror, led by Iran, that seek to destroy peace, eliminate Israel and overthrow the world order."
Chavez says he smells hope, not sulfur
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he smells hope, not sulfur, a small compliment for Barack Obama given that he branded then President George W. Bush "the devil" when he last addressed the world body in 2006."It doesn't smell of sulfur. It's gone. It smells of something else. It smells of hope and you have hope in your heart," Chavez said during a rambling, 57-minute address in which he mentioned close friend and former Cuban President Fidel Castro more than Obama or Bush.
Chavez denounced capitalism as being a chief cause of global climate change and accused Obama of making lofty promises but failing to live up to them, asking, "Doesn't it seem like there are two Obamas?"
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