Bill Clinton

I urged them to stay the course of economic and political reform.

Your generation has been given an opportunity to build a strong and free nation.

Despite the challenges we face at home, we still must remain engaged in world affairs.

We stand for democracy, want to support it.

I applaud your democratic reforms.

You must decide what to do with your nation and your future.

I commend President Yeltsin for his commitment to continuing the path of economic reform.

President Yeltsin has been unfairly criticized in some quarters for his relationship with the United States.

I believe that Ukraine is a stronger nation today for having done this.

We welcome the accelerating progress toward creation of an open and prosperous world economy and trading system.

We declare our resolute support for the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

I think history is on the side of the reformers.

Yeltsin had made this statement to him that Russia would participate.

We support convening a special conference of the states' parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Biological and Toxin Weapons.

We believe that we've made some progress over the last 24 hours on that issue.

The United States reaffirms its support for democratic reforms in Russia.

Ukraine will increase its authority among nations for doing this.

The Partnership For Peace is a real thing now.

Full guarantees of respect for basic human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons are indispensable for the maintenance of good relations between countries and the strengthening of stability and security in the world.

I believe we have a particular responsibility, the two of us, to try to work toward that vision.

The development of a state founded on the rule of law with an independent, impartial and effective legal system is essential for the respect of human rights.

I want to be an equal partner, because I believe this is a very great nation and that the world, the whole world, and particularly Europe has a real interest in seeing Russia succeed.

We are determined to intensify the coordination of our efforts to promote rapid and peaceful resolution of conflicts.

We support the International Atomic Energy Agency in its efforts to carry out its safeguards responsibilities.

Ukraine has enhanced the security of the United States today by agreeing to remove 1,500 nuclear warheads aimed at our Nation.