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Last year, when this body met, we resolved collectively to take global action to transform our world in a manner that would bring about sustainable and equitabl...

It is an honour to participate once again in the General Assembly on behalf of the people of the Dominican Republic. I wish to begin my remarks with a special r...

I bring greetings from President Rafael Correa and an embrace from the people of Ecuador to all sister nations of our United Nations. The past decade of the cit...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate President Peter Thomson on having assumed the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session and to wish...

At the outset, I would like to affirm El Salvador’s highest and most decisive commitment to meeting and endorsing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development an...

In taking the floor at the General Assembly on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, I would like ...

This year, the people of Eritrea have been celebrating the silver jubilee of their country’s independence in 1991. During the difficult years of the war for ind...

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...

At the outset, let me congratulate the President on his assumption of his high office to preside over the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. I wish ...

Last year, I stood here to assure the General Assembly that isolationism will never be Europe’s policy (see A/71/PV.16). I have not changed my mind, even though...

This is a special moment for Fiji as you, Sir, assume the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session — the first Fijian and the first Pacif...

I wish to congratulate you, Sir, upon your election as the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session. You can count on Finland ́s full supp...

It is always an honour for me to address the General Assembly. It is also a responsibility — above all given the serious and worrying situation in the world. I ...

I would like to begin by conveying my warm congratulations to the President on his brilliant election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-f...

First and foremost, I bring greetings from His Excellency Sheikh Alhaji Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Babili Mansa, President of the Islamic Republic of...

It is my honour to address the General Assembly. Georgia has promoted the values of the United Nations since regaining its independence 25 years ago. In return,...

For far too many people, the world has become an unsafe place. The challenges confronting us seem immense, and at times it seems all but hopeless to find soluti...

Allow me to first congratulate you, Ambassador Peter Thompson, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session and to assure ...

In 2015, we celebrated the seventieth anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco by reflecting on the challenges facing us...

I am pleased to extend the usual warm greetings from the Government and the people of Grenada, on whose behalf I am privileged to address the General Assembly a...