Speeches by Bishop

A decade ago I was elected the Head of Government of my country. It was 1994, a time of hope for the world and for the Organization of the United Nations. The c...

201. I take this opportunity to express my delegation's condolences to the widow and family of the late President of. Egypt, Anwar El Sadat. 202. On behalf of t...

154. We have done a fair job in the past few weeks. The resolution adopted by the General Assembly on the report of theAd Hoc Committee of the Seventh Special...

I am happy to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly during the current session. I wish you every success in managing o...

The United Nations was founded in response to the horrors of the Second World War. Nations resolved to prevent a repeat of that catastrophic global conflict. Ov...

Excellency Philémon Yang, President of the General Assembly, Excellency António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, 1. ...

During the past two years, the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in Africa, have brought turmoil to the world. The ...

As a freshly minted Foreign Minister, I am delighted to take part in this general debate. Only a few weeks ago, Australia held national elections and chose a...

68. First of all, Sir, I should like to congratulate you and your country upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its thirty-sixth sessi...

194. Mr. President, your opening remarks [2117th meeting] were worthy of the civilization you represent. The ethical and legal principles on which that civiliz...

We meet this day at an important time for the United Nations, 70 years after its foundation. Australia’s representative to the San Francisco Conference in 1945 ...

We are all proud members of this venerable institution. If this place and our membership in it stand for anything, then we stand for an international order base...

Next year at this time, general elections will have been held in the Bahamas. That means that this is the last time that I will address the General Assembly in ...

I greet all the citizens of the world who have come here — as they do every year — for this gathering of such great importance for the world. I am very please...

It is my honour to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I also wish to pay tribute to the tirele...

I should like, Sir, on behalf of my people, my Government and my President, Hajji Hassan Gouled Aptidon, to congratulate you most sincerely upon your election ...

First of all in addressing this Assembly I should like to express the sorrow of the people and Government of Guatemala at the tragedy which at this time has thr...

Andorra will become, through the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation scheme, a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Na...

230. The Secretary-General has once again awakened the international community to what he correctly characterizes as the partial paralysis of the United Natio...

Permit me at the outset to express my delegation's deep sorrow and grief at the untimely passing of Mr. Agostinho Neto, the President of the People's Republic ...