Remarks to the United Nations Security Council in New York City.(Transcript)

From: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | Date: September 11, 2000 | Copyright information

September 7, 2000

Thank you very much. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, members of the Security Council. We come together in this historic session to discuss the role of the United Nations in maintaining peace and security. I thank President Konare for the moment of silence for the U.N. workers who died in West Timor yesterday and ask the Indonesian authorities to bring those responsible to justice, to disarm and disband the militias, and to take all necessary steps...

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