Washington journal. South america is our immediate neighborhood. For that reason, we have worked for a prosperous south america. We have worked for increasing the integration processes in latin america and the caribbean. Between loser ties and the pacific alliance. Countries make up a market of 470 Million People which accounts for more than 90 of latin american gdp. , is the constant continent where we wish to have increasing cooperation and increased partnerships for development. With europe, we have cultivated a longstanding friendship. There, we have worked to boost trade and investment. In asia and the pacific region, the most vibrant hub of the global economy, we have stepped up our relations with new partners and old ones. This has been our foreign policy. A truly universalist foreign policy. Form is thisersal General Assembly. We can benefit from the broadest and most pluralistic array here, we find the parameters that govern our respectful living together. Here, we shall become more United Nations. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] on behalf of the General Assembly come i wish to thank the president of brazil for the statement just made. I request representatives to remain seated while we greet the president. The assembly will hear an address by his excellency, donald trump, president of United States of america. [applause] on behalf of the general honor to i have the welcome to the United Nations , donald trump. Medulla trum i invite him to address the assembly could. Pres. Trump mr. Secretary wereal, mr. President , leaders and distinct delegates, welcome to new york. It is a profound honor to stand here in my home city as a representative of the American People to address the people of the world. As millions of our citizens continue to suffer the effects of the devastating hurricanes that have struck our country, i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to every leader in this room who has offered assistance and aid. The American People are strong and resilient and they will emerge from these hardships more determined than ever before. Statestely, the united has done very well since election day last november 8. The stock market is at an alltime high, a record. Unemployment is at its lowest level in 16 years. And because of our regulatory and other reforms, we have more people working in the United States today than ever before. Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time and its just been announced that we will be spending almost 700 billion on our military and defense. Our military will soon be the strongest it has ever been. Years of times0 of war and peace, the leaders of nations, movements and religions have stood before this assembly. Like them, i intended to address the very serious threats before us today, but also the enormous potential waiting to be unleashed. We live in a time of extraordinary opportunity. Breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine are curing illnesses and solving problems that prior generations thought impossible to solve. Each day also brings news of growing dangers that threaten everything we cherish and value. Terrorists and extremists have gathered strength and spread to every region of the planet. Rogue regimes represented in this body not only support terror but threaten other nations and their own people with the most destructive weapons known to humanity. Authority and authoritarian powers seek to collapse the values, the systems and alliances that prevented conflict and tilted the world toward freedom since world war ii. International criminal Networks Traffic drugs, weapons, people towards this location in mass migration, threaten our borders and new forms of aggression exploit technology to menace our citizens. T atut it simply, we mee a time of both immense promise and great peril. It is entirely up to us whether we lift the world to new heights or let it fall into a valley of disrepair. Power, shouldour we so choose, to lift millions from poverty, to help our citizens realize their dreams and to ensure that new generations of children are raised free from violence, hatred and fear. Founded inution was the aftermath of two world wars to help shape this better future. It was based on the vision that divers nations could cooperate to preserve their security and promote their prosperity. It was in the same period exactly 70 years ago that the United States developed the Marshall Plan to help restore europe. Those three beautiful pillars, they are pillars of peace. Sovereignty, security and prosperity. The Marshall Plan was built on the noble idea that the whole world is safer when nations are strong, independent and free. As president truman said in his message to congress at that time, our support of the european recovery is in full accord with our support of the United Nations. The success of the United Nations depends upon the independent strength of its members. To overcome the perils of the present and to achieve the wemise of the future, w must begin with the wins of our past. A coalition of strong and independent nations that embrace to promoteeignty, security and prosperity and peace for themselves and for the world. We do not expect divers share the same cultures, traditions or even systems of government, but we expect all nations to uphold these sovereign duties to respect the interests of their own people and the rights of every other sovereign nation. This is the beautiful vision of this institution and this is the foundation for cooperation and success. Nations, divers countries with different values, different cultures and different works not just coexist but sidebyside on the basis of mutual respect. Strong sovereign nations let their people take ownership of the future and control their own destiny. And strong sovereign nations allow individuals to flourish in the fullness of the light intended by god. In america, we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to watch. This week gives our country a special reason to take pride in that example. We are celebrating the 230th anniversary of our beloved constitution, the oldest constitution still in use in the world today. This timeless document has been the foundation of peace, prosperity and freedom for the americans and for countless millions around the globe whose own countries have found it inspiration and respect for human nature, Human Dignity and the rule of law. In the United States constitution is its first three beautiful words. They are we the people. Generations of americans have sacrificed to maintain the promise of those words. The promise of our country and america,eat history in the people govern, the people rule and the people are sovereign. Take power,d not to but to give power to the American People where it belongs. In foreign affairs, we are redoing this principle of sovereignty. Our first duty is to our citizens. To serve their needs, to ensure their safety and to preserve their rights and to defend their values. As president of the United States, i will always put america first. Just like you as the leaders of your countries will always and should always put your countries first. [applause] all responsible leaders have an obligation to serve their own citizens and the nationstate remains the best vehicle for elevating the human condition. But making a better life for our to worklso requires us together in close harmony and unity to create a more safe and peaceful future for all people. The United States will forever be a great friend to the world and especially to its allies. But we can no longer be taken advantage of or enter into a onesided deal where the United States gets nothing in return. As long as i hold this office, i will defend americas interests above all else. But in fulfilling our obligations to our own nations, we also realize that each and everyones interest to seek the future where all nations can be sovereign, prosperous and secure. America does more than speak for the values expressed in the United Nations charter. Our citizens have paid the ultimate price to defend our freedom and the freedom of many nations represented in this great hall. Americas devotion is measured on the battlefield where our young men and women have fought and sacrificed alongside of our allies. From the beaches of europe to the deserts of the middle east , it is angles of asia eternal credit to the american character that even after we and our allies emerged victorious from the bloodiest war in history, we did not seek territorial expansion or attempt lifepose our way of on others. Instead, we helped build institutions such as this one to defend the sovereignty, security and prosperity for all. For the diverse nations of the world, this is our hope. We want harmony and friendship, not conflict and strife. We are guided by outcomes, not ideology. We have a policy of principled realism rooted in shared goals, interests and values. That realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and nation in this room. A question we cannot escape or avoid. We will slide down the path of complacency known to the challenges, threats and even wars that we face. Or, do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers today so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow . If we desire to lift up our to thes, if we aspire approval of history, then we must fulfill our sovereign duties to the people we faithfully represent. Nations,otect our their interests and their futures. We must reject threats to sovereignty from the ukraine to the south china sea. We must uphold and respect the law and respect for borders and respect for culture and the peaceful engagement these allow. Just as the founders of this body intended, we must Work Together and confront together those who threaten us with chaos, turmoil and terror. The scourge of our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that violate every principle on which the United Nations is based. They respect neither their own citizens nor there sovereign rights their sovereign rights of their countries. If the righteous men do not confront the week if you triumph. W, people will evil will triumph. The forces of destruction only gather power and strength. No one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the wellbeing of their own people than the depraved regime in north korea. It is responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of north koreans and for the imprisonment, torture, killing and oppression of countless more. We were all witness to the regimes deadly abuse when an innocent American College otton, wasuto war returned to america, only to die a few days later. We saw it in the assassination of the dictators brother using banned nerve agents and international airport. International airport. They cannot a japanese girl from the beaches of her own country to enslave her as a language tutor for north koreas spies. North koreas reckless pursuit of Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life. It is an outrage that nations trade withnly such a regime, but would financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear consequence. No nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals armed itself with Nuclear Weapons and missiles. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and for his regime. The United States is ready, willing and able, but hopefully this will not be necessary. Thats what the United Nations is all about. The United Nations is for. Lets see how they do. Its time for north korea to realize that the de nuclearization is its only acceptable future. United Nations Security Council unanimouseld two votes adopting hardhitting resolutions against north korea. I want to thank china and russia for joining the vote to impose sanctions along with all the other members of the Security Council. Thank you to all involved. We must do much more. Its time for all nations to Work Together to isolate the kim regime until it ceases its hostile behavior. We face this decision not only in north korea. It is far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime. One that speaks openly of mass murder, vowing death to america, destruction to israel and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room. The iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind a false guise of a democracy. It has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and chaos. The longest suffering victims of irans leaders are in fact its own people. Rather than use its resources to improve iranian lives, its oil profits go to fund hezbollah and other terrorists that kill innocent muslims and attack their peaceful arab and israeli neighbors. Wealt also goes toh shore up bashar alassads dictatorship, fuel yemens civil war and undermines peace throughout the entire middle east. Regimeot let a murderous continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles and we cannot abide by the agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program. [applause] pres. Trump the iran deal was one of the worst and most onesided transactions the United States has ever entered into. Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States and i dont think youve heard the last of it, believe me. It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that irans government end its pursuit of death and destruction. Its time for the regime to free all americans and citizens of other nations that they have unjustly detained. Above all, irans government must stop supporting terrorists and begin serving its own people and respect the sovereign rights of its neighbors. The entire world understands that the good people of iran one change want change. Other than the vast military power of the United States, irans people are what their leaders fear the most. This is what causes the regime to restrict internet access, tea shoot satellite dishes, unarmed student protesters and imprison political reformers. Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever. The day will come when the people will face a choice. Will they continue down the path of poverty, bloodshed and terror . Or will the iranian people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization, culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again . Supporty and regimes for terror is in stark contrast to the recent commitments of many of its neighbors to fight terrorism and halt its financing. I wasdi arabia last year, greatly honored to address the leaders of more than 50 arab and muslim nations. We agreed that all responsible nations must Work Together to confront terrorists and the islamic extremism that inspires them. We will stop radical islamic terrorism because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and indeed to tear up the entire world. We must deny the terrorists safe haven, transit, funding and any form of support for their vile and sinister ideology. We must drive them out of our nation. It is time to expose and hold responsible those countries ofse support and finance terror groups like hezbollah, the taliban and and others that slaughter innocent people. United states and our allies are working together throughout the middle east to crush the loser terrorists and stop the reemergence of safe havens they use to launch attacks on all of our people. A newonth, i announced strategy for victory in the fight against this evil in afghanistan. Our security interests will dictate the length and scope of military operations, not arbitrary benchmarks and timetables set up by politicians. I have also totally changed the rules of engagement in our fight against the taliban and other terrorist groups. We have madeiraq, big gains toward lasting defeat of isis. Country has achieved more against isis in the last eight in many, many has years combined. Escalation of the syrian conflict and a political solution that honors the will of the Syrian People. The actions of the criminal alassad,bashar including the use of chemical weapons against his own citizens, even innocent children, shocked the conscience of every decent person. No society can be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to spread. That is why the United States carried out a missile strike on the air base that launched the attack. We appreciate the efforts of the United Nations agencies that are providing vital humanitarian assistance in areas liberated s and we especially thank jordan, turkey and lebanon for their role in hosting refugees from the syrian conflict. Is anited states compassionate nation and has spent billions and billions of dollars in helping to support this effort. We seek an approach to Refugee Resettlement that is designed to help these horribly treated and which enables their eventual return to their home countries to be part of the rebuilding process. For the cost of resettling one refugee