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Palestine. martha: thank you, john bolton. >> mr. president, mr. secretary-general, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, this is a great honor for me to be here today. i would like to talk to you about a subject that is at the heart of the united nations, the pursuit of peace in an imperfect world. war and conflict have been with us since the beginning of civilizations but in the first part of the 20th century, the advance of modern weaponry led to death on a staggering scale. with this killing that compelled the founders of this body to build an institution that was focused not just on end...

Because those who came before us believed that peace is preferable to war, and freedom is preferable to suppression and prosperity is preferable to poverty. that's the message that comes not from capitols but from citizens, from our people. in the corner -- when the cornerstone of this building was put in place, president truman came here to new york and said the united nations is essentially an expression of the moral nature of man's aspirations. the moral nature of man's aspirations. as we live in a world that is changing at breath taking pace, that's the lesson that we must never forget. pe...

Because those who came before us believed that peace is p preferable to war and peace is preferable to oppression, and peace is preferable to poverty, a hand that is not from the capitals, but from the people. and when this building was put in place, president truman came to new york and said that the united nations is simply an expression of the moral nature of man's aspirations. the moral nature of man's aspirations, as we live in a world that is changing at a breath-taking pace. that is a lesson that we must never forget. peace is hard, but we know that it is possible. so, together, let us ...

released from a prison there, but we're also hearing they're still in the prison. our sources in iran say they don't actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was released last september. om omani government offi...

for state hood. this hour, the president is expected to meet with palestinian authority president abbas. he held a separate meeting just a little while ago with benjamin netanyahu. let's bring in our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin. she's covering this from new york. the president also delivered a major address before the u.n. general assembly. >> that's rig, wolf. the palestinians continue pressing their case here at the united nations and it was the most dramatic issue the president addressed in his speech today with repeated the theme, peace is hard. the president ...