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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-25-B
ST04, KN08
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-25-A
ST04
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-09-12-A
AR10, ST04, KN07
Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-FTP-01
This interview focuses on Adlai Stevenson’s appointment as Ambassador to the United Nations, United Nations negotiations that occurred during the Kennedy administration, and the relationship of the United States mission to the White House.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-218
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations. In his speech the President discusses the recently signed treaty banning atmospheric nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty), remarking that peace may be attainable when two nations with incompatible ideologies successfully negotiate. The President famously asks, "Space offers no problems of sovereignty…Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition?" President Kennedy also explains that the task of maintaining peace and decreasing global tension must be shared by all nations. He proposes ways for the United Nations to increase and improve their efforts in developing countries, specifically focusing on health, human rights, agriculture, communication, and the environment.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-217-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks at the swearing-in ceremony of the United States delegates and alternate delegates to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations in the Cabinet Room of the White House.
Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-050
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s address before the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the recent death of U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, presents six proposals for a new disarmament program, and provides information on the current crises in Laos, South Vietnam, and Berlin, Germany. The President also famously states, “Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.”
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-09-13-B
AR26
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-11-21-B
AR29, ST16
Collection
UNPC
Photographs, 1953-1965. 8” x 10” black-and-white prints of images created by the United Nations featuring John F. Kennedy at the United Nations in 1961 and 1963, as well as publicity images of international United Nations projects.
Textual folder
Theodore C. Sorensen Personal Papers
TCSPP-064-022
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-020
This folder contains a press release and drafts for a speech given by President Kennedy to the 18th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). In his speech the President discusses the recently signed treaty banning atmospheric, space, and underwater nuclear weapons tests (later known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty or Limited Test Ban Treaty), and explains that the task of maintaining peace must be shared by all nations. President Kennedy also proposes ways for the United Nations to increase and improve their efforts in developing countries, specifically focusing on health, human rights, agriculture, communication, and the environment. Also included in this folder are telegrams regarding international media reaction to the President's speech.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-014
This folder contains memoranda and telegrams regarding international reaction to President John F. Kennedy's speech on disarmament and peacekeeping before the United Nations General Assembly.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-013
This folder contains a report of preliminary reactions by international media to President John F. Kennedy's speech on disarmament and peacekeeping before the United Nations General Assembly.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-012
This folder contains a collection of memoranda titled "United States Strategy at the 16th GA," containing background information for a meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Topics include disarmament, Africa, the Soviet Union, the UN in space, foreign affairs, and the UN as an international peacekeeper.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-011
This folder contains a report by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service on the international media reaction to President John F. Kennedy's speech on disarmament and peacekeeping before the United Nations General Assembly.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-010
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding international media reaction to President John F. Kennedy's speech on disarmament and peacekeeping before the United Nations General Assembly.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-009
This folder contains a press release of President John F. Kennedy's speech before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. In his speech the President discusses the importance of disarmament and introduces a six-point disarmament program, a proposal to extend the UN charter to outer space, and advocates UN peacekeeping units for all member nations. Also included in this folder are telegrams concerning the international reaction to President Kennedy's speech.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-008
This folder contains telegrams, memoranda, and suggested revisions for President John F. Kennedy's proposed speech on disarmament, Berlin, and international peacekeeping before the United Nations General Assembly.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-007
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding President John F. Kennedy's speech before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, and a draft of the speech by Arthur Schlesinger, Special Assistant to the President. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the crisis in Berlin, the Soviet Union's resumption of nuclear weapons testing, disarmament, and essential elements needed to achieve international peace.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-006
This folder contains outlines, memoranda, and drafts for a speech given by President John F. Kennedy before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. In his speech President Kennedy discusses international relations, Berlin, disarmament, economic programs, and the importance of the UN as peacekeepers. Also included in this folder is a draft of remarks by President Kennedy to the American people regarding the crisis in Berlin, the Soviet Union's resumption of atmospheric nuclear testing, and disarmament.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-305-005
This folder contains a draft of and memoranda regarding a speech given by President John F. Kennedy before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. In his speech President Kennedy discusses international relations, Berlin, disarmament, a nuclear test ban treaty, and the importance of the UN as peacekeepers. Also included in this folder is a memorandum concerning the threat of communism in Southeast Asia.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-310-008
This folder contains memoranda regarding the United Nations (UN) and UN General Assembly meetings including UN space activities, financial problems in the UN, and voting procedures. Also included in this folder are policy proposals by Harlan Cleveland, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, on United States strategy at the 16th UN General Assembly meeting and on a wider scale, and an information report by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on a meeting between the Chiefs of Missions to the UN of Soviet Union and Soviet Bloc satellite countries.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-308-007
This folder includes a paper by the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency concerning a potential arrangement between the United States and Soviet Union for the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space; and drafts of resolutions, declarations, and agreements by the U.S., Soviet Union, and United Nations regarding the weapons in space.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-307-010
This folder contains memoranda and drafts regarding procedures for handling space vehicle fragments, inaccuracies in submissions to the United Nations (UN) Space Registry by the Soviet Union, policy issues regarding the 1964 Federal budget and the space program, a draft of a speech on space given by Senator Albert Gore, United States policy on space, and policy regarding the astronauts of Project MERCURY. Also included in this folder is an issue of the Department of State’s publication Bulletin containing a statement by Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, on the Dryden-Blagonravov Agreement, a cooperative program between the Soviet Union and U.S. for exploration in the fields of meteorology, world geomagnetic survey, and satellite telecommunications.