UN Audio Library

"If there wasn't a United Nations, we would certainly have to invent one", says United States President John F. Kennedy in this speech to the American staff of the Organization.

At 15th session of the General Assembly, the Head of the USSR delegation introduced the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, urging to put an end to colonial slavery.

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt reads a statement on children - commemorating the World Children's Day.

Chilean poet Pablo Neruda reads some of his poems at the United Nations during an homage to his accomplishments.