Ronald Reagan: “Respect for human rights is the first and fundamental mission of this…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 1988

Respect for human rights is the first and fundamental mission of this body.

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Republican · California

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Address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York

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