Barack Obama

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, we play a key role in crafting and authorizing each operation's mandate.

I have to say that those ideals are ones that he not only gives lip service to, but he also acts on.

The United States will also seek to provide direct contributions and enabling support to UN peace operations.

Multilateral peace operations, particularly United Nations (UN) peace operations, will, therefore, continue to be among the primary international tools that we use to address conflict-related crises.

The cynics were wrong.

We mean it when we say that all are created equal.

We should make sure that no American lives in fear of being fired just because of who they love.

At our core, we really do believe in everybody having a shot.

It’s getting better for all of us.

Development is threatened by climate change.

This country has come too far, and people of good will in both political parties are too plentiful to turn back now.

We have a responsibility to stand up to bigotry, not just against us, but against anybody, anywhere.

One of the best indicators of whether a country will succeed is how it treats its women.

We must commit ourselves to new sustainable development goals, including our goal of ending extreme poverty in our world.

Today, U.S. global development investments are now better targeted to achieve sustainable development outcomes and impact.

Communities that give their daughters the same opportunities as their sons, they are more peaceful, they are more prosperous, they develop faster, they are more likely to succeed.

To be an ally to the marginalized, to the dispossessed, to the discriminated against.

We commit ourselves—to standing with families like Eva's as they work and strive for a better life.

Supporting development is not charity, but is instead one of the smartest investments we can make in our own future.

Today we set aside the skepticism, and we lift up the hope that is available to us through collective action.

Through the adoption of this historic framework, the United States joins with countries around the world in pledging to leave no one behind by ending extreme poverty.

Women’s rights are human rights and that empowered women and educated girls are critical to achieving lasting peace, security, and prosperity.

We emphasized the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.

Development is threatened by bad governance.

The United States is deeply committed to promoting gender equality and advancing the rights of women and girls around the world.