Speeches by Chairman

Permit me, on behalf of the Uganda delegation, to express our pleasure at seeing Mr. Udovenko preside over the General Assembly at its fifty- second session. A...

Allow me first, Sir, to congratulate Mr. Razali Ismail on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session and to wish hi...

We meet today as the end a year that began with a crisis. The United Nations confronted that crisis and resolved it. Standing tall in the midst of that crisis,...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Nigeria, I congratulate Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her well-deserved election as President of the Ge...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Ms. Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa on her election to the presidency of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly a...

16. Before turning to the substance of my statement, may I offer the Byelorussian delegation’s profound condolences to the delegation of Ceylon, and through it ...

I wish, on behalf of my country, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election as President of the General Assem...

When I was giving thought to the form which this statement should take, I naturally looked over the address which was delivered by the then Chairman of the dele...

At the outset, I extend the warm congratulations of His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of the Togolese Republic, to the President of the G...

51. Mr. President, your outstanding election to the presidency of the thirty-second session is, above all, a well-deserved tribute to you in your personal capa...

The tragedy in East Timor shows us again that when war and violence erupt the world community turns to the United Nations for the resolution of conflicts and th...

At the outset, I should like to express my sincere 4 congratulations, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the General...

**Mr President of the General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations, Your Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses, Distinguished Ministers,...

1. Allow me, at the very outset, to congratulate Mr. Arenales on his election as President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at its twenty-third ses...

20. Sir, on behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, it is my great pleasure to express to you our warmest congratulations on your elect...

It gives me great pleasure to convey on behalf of the Islamic State of Afghanistan our warm felicitations to Mr. Amara Essy on his unanimous election to the hig...

I have been accorded the privilege of continuing to serve as Japan’s leader for the next three years. As I address the General Assembly today for the sixth co...

I am honoured to take the floor on behalf of Gabon at the sixty-eighth session of the Assembly. I warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President...

Allow me, first of all, to congratulate the President on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am fully confide...

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, to join those who have spoken before me in extending warm congratulations on behalf of my country, my delegation and myse...