UN Security Council speech during Cuban Missile Crisis

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Cold War event United Nations Security Council address political speech

The UN Security Council speech during the Cuban Missile Crisis was Adlai Stevenson II’s dramatic 1962 address confronting the Soviet Union with photographic evidence of missiles in Cuba, a pivotal moment in Cold War diplomacy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ United Nations Security Council address ⓘ political speech ⓘ
addressedCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
addressedIssue	deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba ⓘ
aimedTo	expose Soviet deployment of offensive missiles in Cuba ⓘ pressure the Soviet Union to acknowledge missile installations in Cuba ⓘ
archivedIn	National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Archives UN Audiovisual Library ⓘ surface form: United Nations audiovisual archives
associatedWithLeader	John F. Kennedy ⓘ Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ
audience	international community ⓘ members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
broadcastOn	radio ⓘ television ⓘ
confrontedCountry	Soviet Union ⓘ
confrontedDiplomat	Valerian Zorin ⓘ
confrontedDiplomatRole	Permanent Representative of the Soviet Union to the United Nations ⓘ surface form: Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations
date	1962-10-25 ⓘ
day	25 ⓘ
deliveredAt	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
deliveredBy	Adlai Stevenson II ⓘ
deliveredInCity	New York City ⓘ
deliveredInCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	dramatic confrontation with the Soviet Union ⓘ pivotal moment in Cold War diplomacy ⓘ
followedBy	intensified diplomatic negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union ⓘ
hasMedium	audio recording ⓘ transcript ⓘ video recording ⓘ
historicalSignificance	helped build international support for the U.S. position during the Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ iconic example of Cold War public diplomacy ⓘ publicly challenged Soviet denials about missiles in Cuba ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaCharacterization	turning point in the Cuban Missile Crisis information battle ⓘ
month	October ⓘ
notableQuote	"Do you, Ambassador Zorin, deny that the U.S.S.R. has placed and is placing medium- and intermediate-range missiles and sites in Cuba?" ⓘ "I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over." ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ Cuban Missile Crisis ⓘ
precededBy	President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 televised address on missiles in Cuba ⓘ
relatedTo	Soviet–American negotiations over missile withdrawal ⓘ U.S. naval quarantine of Cuba ⓘ
representedCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
representedRole	U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations ⓘ
usedEvidenceType	U-2 spy plane photographs ⓘ aerial reconnaissance photographs ⓘ
year	1962 ⓘ

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