Dwight D. Eisenhower: Atoms for Peace" adam President and members of the general Assembly: When Secretary General Hammarskjold's invitation to address this Genera Assembly reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning a series of conferences witl the prime Min isters and Foreign ministers of great Britain and of france. Our subject was some of the problems that beset our world During the remainder of the Bermuda Conference, i had consta ntly in mind that ahead of me lay a great honor. That honor is m ine to day as i stand here, priv ile ged to address the General assembly of the United Nations At the same time that I apprecia te the distinction of addressing you, I have a sense of exhilaration as i look upon this assembly. Never bef ore in history has so much hope for so many people been gathered together in a sing le organization. Your deliberations and decis ions during these somber years have already realized part of those hopes But the great tests and the great accomplishments still lie ahead. And in the conf ident expectation of those accomp lis hments i would use the off ice which, for the time being, I hold, to assure you that the government of the United States wil remain stead ast in its support of this body. this we sha ll do in the conv iction that you will provide a great share of the wisdom of the courage and the faith which can bring to this world lasting peace for all nations and happiness and well-be ing for a men Clearly it would not be fitting for me to take this occasion to present to you a unilateral American report on Bermuda. Nevertheless, I assure you that in oul deliberations on that lovely is land we soug ht to invoke those same great concepts of universal peace and human dig nity which are so cleanly etched in your Charter Neither would it be a measure of this great opportun ity merely to recite, however hopef ully, pious platitudes I therefore decided that this occasion warranted my saying to you some of the things that have been on the minds and hearts of my legis lative and executive associates, and on mine, for a great many months - thoughts i had originally planned to say primarily to the American people I know that the American people share my deep belief that if a danger exists in the world, it is a danger shared by all; and equa lly, that if hope exists in the mind of one nation, that hope should be shared by allDwight D. Eisenhower: "Atoms for Peace" Madam President and Members of the General Assembly: When Secretary General Hammarskjold’s invitation to address this General Assembly reached me in Bermuda, I was just beginning a series of conferences with the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and of France. Our subject was some of the problems that beset our world. During the remainder of the Bermuda Conference, I had constantly in mind that ahead of me lay a great honor. That honor is mine today, as I stand here, privileged to address the General Assembly of the United Nations. At the same time that I appreciate the distinction of addressing you, I have a sense of exhilaration as I look upon this Assembly. Never before in history has so much hope for so many people been gathered together in a single organization. Your deliberations and decisions during these somber years have already realized part of those hopes. But the great tests and the great accomplishments still lie ahead. And in the confident expectation of those accomplishments, I would use the office which, for the time being, I hold, to assure you that the Government of the United States will remain steadfast in its support of this body. This we shall do in the conviction that you will provide a great share of the wisdom, of the courage, and the faith which can bring to this world lasting peace for all nations, and happiness and well-being for all men. Clearly, it would not be fitting for me to take this occasion to present to you a unilateral American report on Bermuda. Nevertheless, I assure you that in our deliberations on that lovely island we sought to invoke those same great concepts of universal peace and human dignity which are so cleanly etched in your Charter. Neither would it be a measure of this great opportunity merely to recite, however hopefully, pious platitudes. I therefore decided that this occasion warranted my saying to you some of the things that have been on the minds and hearts of my legislative and executive associates, and on mine, for a great many months -- thoughts I had originally planned to say primarily to the American people. I know that the American people share my deep belief that if a danger exists in the world, it is a danger shared by all; and equally, that if hope exists in the mind of one nation, that hope should be shared by all