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On this day, June 26, 1945, President Harry Truman addressed the closing session of the United Nations Conference spoke in San Francisco.
“The Charter of the United Nations which you have just signed,” said President Truman in addressing the final session, “is a solid structure upon which we can build a better world. History will honor you for it. Between the victory in Europe and the final victory, in this most destructive of all wars, you have won a victory against war itself... With this Charter the world can begin to look forward to the time when all worthy human beings may be permitted to live decently as free people.”
Read the full speech here: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=12391 #UN70
8 mins ·
On this day, June 26, 1945, President Harry Truman addressed the closing session of the United Nations Conference spoke in San Francisco.
“The Charter of the United Nations which you have just signed,” said President Truman in addressing the final session, “is a solid structure upon which we can build a better world. History will honor you for it. Between the victory in Europe and the final victory, in this most destructive of all wars, you have won a victory against war itself... With this Charter the world can begin to look forward to the time when all worthy human beings may be permitted to live decently as free people.”
Read the full speech here: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=12391 #UN70
“The Charter of the United Nations which you have just signed,” said President Truman in addressing the final session, “is a solid structure upon which we can build a better world. History will honor you for it. Between the victory in Europe and the final victory, in this most destructive of all wars, you have won a victory against war itself... With this Charter the world can begin to look forward to the time when all worthy human beings may be permitted to live decently as free people.”
Read the full speech here: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=12391 #UN70
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