Speeches by Chairman

At the outset I would like to congratulate you upon your unanimous election as President of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. I am confident that wi...

The current session of the General Assembly gives us a complete picture of today’s world with all its challenges and opportunities. We can also glimpse various...

First, I wish to congratulate Ms. Haya Rasheed Al-Khalifa and the State of Bahrain on her election as the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-firs...

Mr. President, your election to the presidency of this session of the General Assembly is indisputably an historic moment, which Gabon appreciates fully, since ...

I would like to express my deepest appreciation and most sincere gratitude to the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for the invaluable work a...

104. Sir, your election to the presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly constitutes a resounding tribute to your brilliant qualities as ...

I should like to begin by congratulating Ambassador Jan Eliasson, on behalf of the delegation of Morocco, on his election to the presidency of the General Assem...

I should like first to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election; the Assembly has made an excellent choice in selecting him to preside...

It is a great honour for me, as the current Chairman of the African Union, to take the floor in this melting pot of multilateralism to address the Assembly. The...

1. May I begin, Sir, by extending my warm congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your country and mine have always ...

I welcome this opportunity to address this Assembly for the first time since I was sworn in as President of my country, Nigeria, on 6 May this year. I exte...

I wish first of all to congratulate the President of the General Assembly upon his election to his high office in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the Un...

The distinguished speakers who have preceded me to this rostrum have warmly congratulated Ambassador Amerasinghe on his election and paid a fitting tribute to h...

The brutal attacks on the United Nations Mission in Baghdad are beyond comprehension. I condemn them in the strongest possible terms. The perpetrators of such ...

President of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly, Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, Your Majesties and Excellencies, Heads of State and Gover...

It is my pleasure to address the General Assembly today in my capacity as the Emir of the State of Qatar and as Chairman of the Ninth Summit of the Organizatio...

The General Assembly has unanimously chosen Mr. Opertti to direct the work of its fifty-third session. Echoing previous speakers, I should like to congratulate ...

I have the honour to convey to all members of the Assembly the warm greetings and good wishes of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, for the suc...

It is a pleasure and an honour to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. You and your country, Saud...

There are some repetitions which explain themselves and which we cannot easily avoid when they constitute a well-deserved tribute to fine qualities of heart an...