Speeches by Chairman

1126 speeches found

Colombia

COL
1996
Session 51
Ernesto Samper Pizano

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the current session of the General Assembly. I salute you in my capacity as C...

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Jamaica

JAM
2005
Session 60
Percival James Patterson

I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the current session of the General Assembly. May I also express our deep apprecia...

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Burkina Faso

BFA
1998
Session 53
Blaise Compaoré

It is not without some emotion that I appear before this Assembly both as Head of State of Burkina Faso and current Chairman of the Organization of African Unit...

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Morocco

MAR
2009
Session 64
Taib Fassi Fihri

On behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco, I should like to congratulate you warmly, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General-Assembly of the United ...

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Algeria

DZA
2001
Session 56
Abdelaziz Belkhadem

This session is taking place at a time when there is a new international awareness of the global nature of problems of peace, security and development. The bar...

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Sri Lanka

LKA
1993
Session 48
Mr. HAMEED

It gives me great pleasure to see an eminent son of Guyana guiding this forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Sri Lanka and Guyana have a long tradition...

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Uganda

UGA
2002
Session 57
James Francis Wapakhabulo

On behalf of the delegation of Uganda, I congratulate you, Sir, on your election to preside over the deliberations of the fifty- seventh regular session of the...

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Zambia

ZMB
2009
Session 64
Rupiah Bwezani Banda

Let me join previous speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency at the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly. I should ...

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Georgia

GEO
1997
Session 52
Irakli Menagarishvili

I should like to begin by congratulating the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mr. Hennadiy Udovenko, on his election as President of General Assembly a...

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Cuba

CUB
1981
Session 36
Mr. MALMIERCA

Any court of law, any responsible forum, condemns murder. International law also condemns aggression. The killing of children is in particular even more revolti...

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Cambodia

KHM
1995
Session 50
Mr. Ung Huot

First of all, I wish to extend to Mr. Freitas do Amaral and his glorious country, Portugal, my delegation’s heartfelt congratulations on his election to the pre...

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Israel

ISR
2006
Session 61
Ms. Tzipi Livni

These days, the days of the general debate of the General Assembly, fall this year at a time of unique significance for the Jewish people. They come on the e...

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Mauritius

MUS
1998
Session 53
Navinchandra Ramgoolam

Our presence here today is, for my delegation and my country, cause for some celebration. This is the thirtieth anniversary of our first participation in the Ge...

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Armenia

ARM
1993
Session 48
Mr. PAPAZIAN

Allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Insanally on his election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. Give...

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El Salvador

SLV
1958
Session 13
Mr. Ortiz Mancia

2. First of all, Mr. President, permit me to convey to you my sincere congratulations upon your election to the-presidency of the General Assembly which brings ...

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Singapore

SGP
1993
Session 48
Mr. WONG

Since PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands with the Israeli Prime Minister on the White House lawn, nothing seems impossible any more. The end of the cold war...

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Bolivia

BOL
1990
Session 45
ITORRALDE BALLIVIAN

On behalf of my Government and on my own behalf, allow me to express warmest congratulations to Mr. Guido de Marco upon his election to the presidency of the G...

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Mali

MLI
1994
Session 49
Mrs. Sy Sow

It is a great honour for me to address the General Assembly for the first time on behalf of the Republic of Mali. The Malian delegation welcomes the fact that t...

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Moldova

MDA
1997
Session 52
Nicolae Tabacaru

Allow me at the outset to congratulate the President wholeheartedly on his election to the presidency of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly of th...

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Canada

CAN
1999
Session 54
Lloyd Axworthy

Allow me first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly. Canadians are proud to have accompanied you and your people on t...

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