美国总统奥巴马在纽约召开的联合国大会上发表讲话。他在讲话开始时说，虽然仍有危险，但世界局势比五年前更加稳定。
 
奥巴马说，在他任职美国总统期间所面对的一些最紧迫的挑战跟越来越彼此相连的全球经济以及从经济危机中复苏的努力有关。他说，那是“我们此生”所经历的最严重的经济危机。不过，他也提到了一些进展，包括创造新的就业机会、稳定全球金融体系和帮助民众脱贫。但是奥巴马说，这些进展是“脆弱的和不平等的”。
 
他还提到历时十年的伊拉克和阿富汗战争的结束。他说，美国目前正在从“长久立足战争”的状态中过渡出来，并且正在审议美国搜集情报的方式。
 
 U.S. President Barack Obama opened his speech to world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly with the statement that the world is more stable now than five years ago, though dangers remain.

President Obama said some of the most urgent challenges he has faced during his tenure as U.S. leader have revolved around the increasingly integrated global economy and efforts to recover from the worst economic crisis "of our lifetime." But he noted progress, including the creation of new jobs, the stabilization of global financial systems and people being lifted out of poverty, though he called that progress "fragile and unequal."

He also noted the end of a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the U.S. is now shifting away from a "perpetual war footing" and reviewing the way it gathers intelligence.