Speeches by Chairman

It is my privilege today to appear before this Assembly, not merely as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka but also as die current Chairman of the Group of Non-Alig...

On behalf of the Government and people of Thailand, I extend warmest congratulations to Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of the Gene...

On behalf of my delegation, I would like to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your outstanding election to the presidency of the General Asse...

At the outset, I would like, on behalf of the delegation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, to congratulate you, Sir, on your well- deserved election to t...

My visit to the United States of America at the invitation of its President, Mr. Dwight Eisenhower, coincides with the opening of the fourteenth session of the ...

The meeting of the General Assembly is a good occasion for self-examination. It affords an opportunity for a backward look on the progress achieved and for a fo...

I should like to begin by extending my congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the Assembly at its sixty-seventh sess...

I bring warmest greetings from Grenada’s Prime Minister, the Honourable Keith Mitchell. Prime Minister Mitchell sincerely believes in the work of the General As...

It is an honour and privilege for me to address this forty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. On behalf of the Government and people of ...

As President of Colombia and Chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement, I would like to extend to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your appointment to presid...

I would like to convey our warm congratulations to Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election to the presidency of this fifty-fifth session of the General Assembly. I wi...

Mr. Chairman of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to congratulate Ambassador Volkan Bozkir on his el...

The deaths of Sergio Vieira de Mello and his colleagues leave a terrible void. The loss of so many dedicated servants of the United Nations at its headquarters...

As we begin our work the Government and friendly people of Mexico are faced with a most terrible disaster as a result of the successive earthquakes that have de...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Fiji, I warmly congratulate His Excellency Mr. Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire on his election as President of the Gen...

50. All the Americas welcome with pride and enthusiasm the honour which this distinguished Assembly has just conferred on one of the American continent’s most i...

The item at the top of our agenda is climate change. The upcoming Bali Conference needs our full support. Climate change is a challenge that can only be over...

The global game has changed. Interdependence and globalization are occurring at an unprecedented speed. With globalization, the concept of national sovereign...

The past two years have been years of near apocalyptic ordeal for the world and this great Organization. In rapid succession, the world and this Organization h...

The delegation of which I am chairman has the honour to convey the respects of the Government and people of Guatemala to the General Assembly. 35. The ninth ses...