Statement of the United States of America at the General Assembly General Debate, September, 2016.

Statement of the United States of America at the General Assembly General Debate, September 2016

Extracts to this Statement: 

Statement of the United States, September 2016.

Extract: 

“But because of our democratic Constitution, because of our Bill of Rights, because of our ideals, ordinary people were able to organize, and march, and protest, and ultimately, those ideals won out -- opened doors for women and minorities and workers in ways that made our economy more productive and turned our diversity into a strength [...].”

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation

Statement of the United States, September 2016.

Extract: 

“Surely, we can sustain our unique traditions while giving women their full and rightful role in the politics and economics of a nation.”

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Participation

Statement of the United States, September 2016.

Extract: 

“Because in the eyes of innocent men and women and children who, through no fault of their own, have had to flee everything that they know, everything that they love, we have to have the empathy to see ourselves.”

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes: 
Displacement and Humanitarian Response