New Zealand

Fifty-nine years ago the United Nations was established by nations determined to work collectively to find alternatives to conflict as a means of resolving disp...

The General Assembly is meeting in the shadow of the tragedy last month in which United Nations staff were killed or injured in Baghdad. New Zealand unreserved...

Mr. President, may I begin by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency and assure you of New Zealand's cooperation during your term of office. 1...

May I first express my condolences to the families and friends of those who died in this morning's air crash. This was a tragedy in a city that has already see...

I begin by joining others who have congratulated you, Mr. President, on your election. I also assure you of the New Zealand delegation's full cooperation as you...

First let me congratulate you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of Namibia, on your election as President of the General Assembly this session. I certainly recall my m...

May I start, Sir, by congratulating Mr. Opertti on his election as President of this great Assembly, and wishing him well as he guides its deliberations. I was ...

May I begin by congratulating the President on his election to preside over the General Assembly at its fifty-second session. We are in good hands as we begin ...

It gives me particular pleasure to address the General Assembly at a session of over which Malaysia has been elected to preside. Our two countries are good fri...

May I first take this occasion to congratulate Ambassador Diogo Freitas do Amaral of Portugal on his election to the presidency of the Assembly in this importan...

I should like, first, to congratulate Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his well-deserved election as President of the General 24 Assembly at its forty-ninth...

The United Nations is our Organization; we are its custodians, and we have to adjust to change. We have a huge responsibility to pass it on in better shape than...

Mr. President, New Zealand congratulates you on your election to lead the Assembly and offers you its support in your task. One year ago I stood on this rost...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and the people of New Zealand let me first congratulate you on your election. It has certainly been a momentous year...

 I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency at a time when the Organization stands at the threshold of opportunity and faces co...

It is a great pleasure to see a distinguished leader such as Ambassador Garba presiding over this Assembly. We have come to know him well from contacts between...

Sir, I congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this forty-third session of the General Assembly. I say, with the benefit of my personal acquaint...

To the representatives of the countries of the world - greetings. Bring to us from your home countries the gifts we can all share, your words of wisdom and you...

Mr. President, I congratulate you on your election. We have a great deal of work to get through at this session. I know from my meeting with you yesterday that ...

I must begin by expressing the profound regret of the New Zealand people at the terrible earthquakes in Mexico. Our thoughts are with the people of Mexico. New ...