President John F Kennedy addresses United Nations Assembly

EXT United Nations building in New York / crowd outside watch as President John F Kennedy and Ambassador Adlai Stevenson enter the building / greeted by Secretary General U Thant and Dr Ralph Bunche surrounded by press / delegates clap as President Kennedy takes to the podium / Gives speech: 'Finally, in a field where the United States and the Soviet Union have a special capacity-in the field of space--there is room for new cooperation, for further joint efforts in the regulation and exploration of space I include among these possibilities a joint expedition to the moon Space offers no problems of sovereignty; by resolution of this Assembly, the members of the United Nations have foresworn any claim to territorial rights in outer space or on celestial bodies, and declared that international law and the United Nations Charter will apply Why, therefore, should man's first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? Why should the United States and the Soviet Union, in preparing for such expeditions, become involved in immense duplications of research, construction, and expenditure?' / audience applauds enthusiastically in New York, New York on September 20, 1963.