In his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama is expected to challenge the global community by saying it's failing its people and that fixing the world's problems is not "solely America's endeavor."
"Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world's problems alone," Obama said in prepared remarks scheduled for delivery at 10 a.m. EDT.
The White House released excerpts in advance of Obama's address Wednesday to the world body that carried a remarkably blunt tone. In essence, Obama's message is that he expects plenty in return for reaching out.
"We have sought in word and deed a new era of engagement with the world," Obama will say, echoing the cooperative theme he promised as a candidate and has since used as a pillar of his foreign policy. "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility."
He said if the world is honest with itself, it has fallen woefully short.
"Extremists sowing terror in pockets of the world," Obama said. "Protracted conflicts that grind on and on. Genocide and mass atrocities. More and more nations with nuclear weapons. Melting ice caps and ravaged populations. Persistent poverty and pandemic disease."
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