Speeches by Chairman

The election of Mr. Boland to preside over this historic session of the General Assembly bears eloquent testimony to his eminence among the representatives to t...

It gives me particular pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti most warmly on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Please ...

 On behalf of the Government of the Dominican Republic and the allegation of which I am Chairman, I have pleasure, Sir, in asking you to convey to Mr. Dante Ca...

Mr. President, may I first of all congratulate you on your unanimous election as President of this session of the General Assembly. Your long service at the Uni...

It is an honour and a particular pleasure for me, on behalf of the Albanian delegation and the Albanian people, to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you,...

May I, or behalf of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands, congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-fifth session of the Uni...

 The hope placed in the United Nations, which for a time had given way to indifference and mistrust, if not scorn, is being reborn. There is a new course in in...

In addressing the General Assembly at this seventeenth session, I would like my first words to be of heartfelt congratulations to the President, on his election...

First, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election. At the same time, I should like to pay tribute to the work of your predecessor, Her Exc...

Mr. President, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Heads of Delegations, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen Mr. President Abdulla Shahid, My cou...

Rarely, if ever, in the history of the United Nations has a President of the General Assembly been elected unanimously and without the whimsical aberration of a...

On behalf of the Government and people of Nigeria, and in my capacity as the current Chairman of the African Union (AU), I would like to extend my sincere congr...

1. Mr. President, I should like, personally and on behalf of my delegation, to offer my warmest and heartiest congratulations upon your unanimous election to th...

I bring to you, Mr. President, to Secretary-General Kofi Annan and to all representatives the greetings and best wishes of His Majesty King Birendra and of the ...

The current Chairman of the European Union, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has already had an opportunity to state to the Assembly the priorities and positions of ...

It gives me great pleasure to extend warm congratulations, on behalf of the delegation of Myanmar and on my own behalf, to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his as...

It is a great pleasure to address the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. As the current Chairman of the East African Community, I am particularly p...

29. The prolonged period of increasing tension in international relations, deliberately brought about over the last few years by aggressive forces in the world,...

Mr. Miguel d’Escoto, in electing you to the presidency of the Assembly, Member States wished to show their confidence in your wealth of experience, as former...

It is my pleasure to express congratulations and best wishes to Mr. Julian Hunte on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth sessi...