US President Barack Obama Addresses UN General Assembly: Highlights

President of the United States Barack Obama today spoke of the challenges posed by global terrorism in his United Nations General Assembly address. He said the "US can't alone fight" these challenges, urging for a global war on terrorism.

Here are the highlights of his speech:

• Let's remember how it started in Syria, Bashar al-Assad reacted to peaceful protests by escalating the violence. He escalated the repression and killings.
• We can't fight world global terrorism alone. For example like in Iraq.
• In Iran, if the nuclear deal is fully implemented, it will prevent war.
• We will continue to be the largest donor to support the refugees.
• In the old ways of thinking, pride of the marginalized did not matter. They were on the periphery of the world's concerns. Today our focus should not be driven just by concern but also self-interest.