Speeches by Brandt

It is my privilege to address this premier international body and to convey to its members the fraternal greetings of the people of Sri Lanka. I do so as the f...

95. I should like to join those who have preceded me in placing one more flower in the bouquet of congratulations that the President has received and with just...

The world is living through unprecedented times. The challenges of an economic crisis now loom large. All nations, developed and developing, face growing uncer...

The founding of the United Nations 70 years ago cast light on the dark twentieth century. That was a pivotal moment for our world. It came not against a backdro...

Mr. President, it is with particular pleasure that I congratulate you on your election as President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We gre...

At the outset my delegation joins, previous speakers in extending to the President our congratulations on his election to the presidency of the thirty-sixth se...

89. Mr. President, I wonder whether I should congratulate you or sympathize with you in the onerous task ahead of you? Although, in electing you President of t...

Fifty years ago. almost to the day. two German States joined the United Nations: the then German Democratic Republic, as the 133rd Member, and the Federal Repub...

I should like first of all to congratulate the President on his election to his office for this session of the General Assembly. I am convinced that, with hi...

We seem to be going through a phase in which we are confronted with hurricanes and earthquakes, both political and natural, upheavals that are getting harsher a...

First of all, Mr. President, I want to offer my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. The p...

It gives me great pleasure to express the satisfaction of my delegation at the election of Ambassador Riidiger von Wechmar as President of the thirty-fifth ses...

I am happy, Sir, to express to you the warm congratulations of the Ivory Coast delegation upon your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its tw...

The delegation of Barbados wishes to add its congratulations to those which have already been expressed on your election, Mr. President, to preside over the thi...

 May I first offer my sincere congratulations to you, Sir,' on the assumption of the presidency of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. Your long ...

Mr. President, I thank you for calling upon me at this late hour when the prospect of lunch must be so much more alluring than the thought of another indigestib...

I wish to begin by congratulating the President, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session and wish him every success wi...

Sir, may I congratulate you on your election to the presidency. I know that, like your predecessor, Ambassador Salim of the United Republic of Tanzania, you wi...

Mr. President, may I, on behalf of the delegation of Burundi, say how pleased we are to see you presiding over the work of the thirty-fifth session of the Gene...

First, Sir, let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election as President of this session of the General Assembly. Your long diplomatic experi...