President Obama’s second day at the UN

Connie Lawn’s Column

President Obama’s second day at the UN

September 24, 2009

President Obama finished his second full day at the United Nations. He was joined by several hundred of his new, closest friends, but tried his best to avoid the leaders of Iran, Libya, and other countries on the outs with the United States. He also managed to avoid many of the thousands of protestors. The UN at this time is a loud, passionate, maximum security place. One commentator, the NBC news anchor, said it looked like the bar fight from Star Wars!

President Obama began his day in a breakfast meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan. Than he delivered his first speech to the UN General Assembly, as President of the United States. He reached out to all nations to help the US in the fight against terrorism, nuclear proliferation, economic problems, climate change, and other major issues. He cited Iran and North Korea for their nuclear development.
The President said the US cannot do it alone, and sincerely wants to work with other countries. Most delegates stayed in the Hall and listened, although the leader of Iran (for the moment) looked bored.PresidentObama and his team left the Hall before the Libyan leader took to the podium.Many UN speeches are boring, but he won the prize for a long, disjoined, rambling tirade!

As the day wore on, President Obama met with the Russian Prime Minister privately and many other leaders. Russia indicated it would join in some sanctions against Iran. In the evening, President Obama hosted a lavish reception for many of the leaders. Prime Minister and Mrs. Key were among the invited guests at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. By this time, the Iranian ruler was rambling on in the UN GeneralAssembly Hall, but few delegates stayed in the room to listen to him. He was not invited anyway. He has very few supporters now in the UN, and both he and the Libyan had trouble finding any place where they were welcome to sleep and eat.Did they get the message yet?

More meetings continue in New York, and then about 20 leaders and their entourage move onto Pittsburgh for the G –20 economic summit. All this might make Barak Obama wonder why he worked so hard to become President!

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