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Remarks by Ambassador Power before the Presentation of her Credentials to the Secretary General
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August 6, 2013

Ambassador Power meets with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN in New York
Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Before the Presentation of Credentials to the UN Secretary General

New York, NY
August 5, 2013

 

Ambassador Power: Hello everybody. I’m Samantha Power. I’m totally delighted to be here-so honored, so thrilled to have started work as the U.S. Ambassador to United Nations. As many of you know, I’m going to meet with the Secretary-General so as to present my credentials. I’ve worked with the Secretary-General over the last few years at the White House-worked very effectively with him-and I’m looking very much forward to a close working relationship now that I am up here in New York.

As I make clear in my testimony before the Senate, the United Nations is critical to a range of U.S. interests, and U.S. leadership at the United Nations is indispensable to making progress on those interests. We have a lot to discuss upstairs and even more to do-whether it’s terrorism or the broader range of security concerns; mass atrocities in Syria; South Sudan; the effort to alleviate global poverty; the crackdown on civil society around the world. There are just so many issues where the United States and the United Nations have to work together to achieve progress.

Again, I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to come to New York, to sit behind the placard that says the United States and very fortunate to be able to work with each of you in the months ahead. So I thank you for coming out, and I look forward to a journey together.

Thank you.