Speeches by Chairman

1126 speeches found

Benin

BEN
1988
Session 43
CAPO-CHICHI

The delegation of the People's Republic of Benin welcomes with great satisfaction the election of Mr. Dante Caputo to the presidency of the General Assembly at...

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Benin

BEN
2003
Session 58
Rogatien Biaou

Mr. President, you have the honour and privilege of guiding the work of the General Assembly at a time when the United Nations is at a crossroads. The internat...

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Philippines

PHL
1997
Session 52
Domingo L. Siazon, Jr.

I am pleased to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation, our most sincere felicitations on your election to the presidency of the fifty-second session o...

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Yemen

YEM
1990
Session 45
AL-DALI

 It gives me great pleasure to extend to the President our warmest congratulations on his election to the presidency of this session. I am confident that thank...

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Jamaica

JAM
2003
Session 58
James Patterson

Your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session, Sir, is a source of great pride and considerable satisfaction to Jamaica a...

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Moldova

MDA
2016
Session 71
Mr. Pavel Filip

I feel honoured to participate for the first time, as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, in the work of the General Assembly. Let me start by warmly...

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Grenada

GRD
1997
Session 52
Raphael Fletcher

In my address to this noble Assembly last year, I drew attention to the significance of virtue and, furthermore, to the enhancement of the release 11 of the ...

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Nepal

NPL
1958
Session 13
Mr. P. B. Shah

1. It is my privilege to bring to you the greetings of my sovereign and the salutations of the people and Government of Nepal, and their best wishes for the suc...

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Mauritania

MRT
1976
Session 31
Mr. Ould Mouknass

Sir, I could not go to the substance of my statement without first expressing to you my sincerest congratulations on your election as President of the thirty-fi...

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Germany

DEU
2017
Session 72
Mr. Sigmar Gabriel

We seem to be going through a phase in which we are confronted with hurricanes and earthquakes, both political and natural, upheavals that are getting harsher a...

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Bahamas

BHS
1987
Session 42
MAYNARD

 On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and on my own behalf, I extend warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption ...

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Denmark

DNK
1997
Session 52
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

First of all, I would like to refer to the intervention which will be made tomorrow by the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union. I sh...

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Mauritius

MUS
1989
Session 44
Sir BOOLELL

 I should like to extend to Ambassador Garba, on behalf of my delegation, my sincere congratulations on his election to the high office of President of the fo...

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Burundi

BDI
1999
Session 54
Severin Ntahomvukiye

Allow me first of all to associate myself with previous speakers in expressing to you, Sir, and to the members of the Bureau, my delegation's warm congratulatio...

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Antigua and Barbuda

ATG
1995
Session 50
Mr. Hurst

Forty-five years ago, in 1950, a destructive hurricane battered my island country. It destroyed our small homes, levelled our sugar-cane fields, left death and ...

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Senegal

SEN
2002
Session 57
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio

My delegation is particularly pleased to convey to Mr. Jan Kavan its heartfelt congratulations and fervent hopes for success in the lofty and important task ah...

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Bangladesh

BGD
1998
Session 53
Abdus Samad Azad

May I convey to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our felicitations on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at ...

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Togo

TGO
2007
Session 62
Zarifou Ayeva

Each session of the General Assembly offers us an opportunity to meet in order to take stock of our actions and define the necessary perspectives for breath...

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Netherlands

NLD
1949
Session 4
Mr. Stikker

Mr. Stikker spoke of the necessity, in the troubled modem era, for a Foreign Minister to spend a considerable part of his time away from his country, being call...

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Morocco

MAR
1977
Session 32
Iraqui

41. Mr. President, may I first of all express to you, on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco and on my own behalf, our warmest congratulations on your election to...

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