the united states will work with every nation that is willing to do its part so that we can come together in paris to decisively confront this challenge. and finally, our vision for the future of this assembly, my belief in moving forward rather than backwards, requires us to defend the democratic principles that allow societies to succeed. let me start from a simple premise, ka tacatastrophes likee seeing in syria do not take place in countries where they're universal democracy and the values this institution is supposed to defend. [ applause ]