Estonia

Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Excellences, Dear ladies and gentlemen, I want to live in a world that is in Peace. In a world that is not destroying it...

Let me first express my deep condolences to the people of Morocco who lost their loved ones to the earthquake and the people of Libya for their loss due to the ...

It is my honour to be here today, although I wish that the circumstances surrounding my first address were different. A year ago, the Secretary- General present...

I am so sorry that we have not been able to meet together for so long. I feel especially sorry that the conversations we started with many of those here on digi...

Honoured President of the General Assembly, Secretary General Guterres, Dear Members of the UN family, My Brothers and sisters, French author Albert Camus has w...

Forty years ago, forty years after Europe had been divided between those with power — between those who never hesitated to use their power to the benefit of the...

Ten days ago I was in Ukraine, picking up syringes and empty bottles in a park next to a kindergarten in the industrial city of Dnipro. It was on the occasion o...

Our world is unpredictable, and much of that unpredictability is the result of climate change. Climate change could be counterbalanced by rapid changes in our w...

I address the General Assembly today for my tenth and last time. The first time I spoke here (see A/62/PV.5), I addressed climate change, conflict, refugees and...

When I addressed the Assembly last year (see A/69/PV.8), foremost on our minds was the state of European and global security. The blatant violation of internati...

In the 364 days since I last had the honour to address this Assembly, the world has changed dramatically. We have seen a profound change in the global securi...

The central theme of the sixty- eighth session of the General Assembly is sustainable development. With its three main pillars this constitutes a comprehensiv...

It is an honour once again to address the United Nations. This year I would like to focus on responsibility. The recent years of economic and financial turbule...

I would first of all like to congratulate Ambassador Al-Nasser on assuming the presidency of the General Assembly. The twentieth anniversary this year of t...

I am pleased to address the General Assembly. This year, I shall focus on three pressing global matters: the progress in achieving the Millennium Development...

Over the past year, I, like many others in this Hall, have spoken about the effect of the current global financial crisis on our people and the need for an e...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann upon his assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly. I wish him success ...

I shall speak today on four fundamental topics: climate change, cybersecurity, conflict resolution and cooperation among international organizations. In ac...

I begin by congratulating Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalaifa on her assumption of the office of President of the General Assembly. We have full confidence in her an...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Jan Eliasson, upon his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We have full confidence in...