Speeches by Chancellor

I would like to begin by congratulating Mr. Mogens Lykketoft on his election to the presidency of General Assembly at its seventieth session. He represents a co...

After listening to so much analysis and to the descriptions of so many misfortunes and calamities, all the detail of the holocausts that afflict us as a Human...

Our delegation associates itself with the congratulations that have been expressed from this rostrum on the occasion of the election of the distinguished repres...

197. Mr. President, the delegation of Guatemala considers that the General Assembly was well advised to appoint you, since this appointment also represents two...

Fifty years ago. almost to the day. two German States joined the United Nations: the then German Democratic Republic, as the 133rd Member, and the Federal Repub...

52. Mr. President, those of us who know you well take a special pride in your elevation to the presidency of the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth session...

Mr. President, let me begin by expressing my congratulations on your election to our highest office. I wish you every success and pledge the sincere support of...

 2. Mr. President, I welcome this opportunity to congratulate you in person on your election to the responsible post which will mean your presiding in the week...

I am very grateful to be able to address the Assembly as a female Chancellor and Vice-President of the Republic of Costa Rica. I extend to the Assembly and the ...

86. Mr. President, I am happy to extend to you my warm congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the twenty-eighth session of the General Assembly ...

It is a great honour for me to represent my country here at the United Nations. In recent years, the world has witnessed Georgia’s unwavering transformation ...

 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 ...

It is impossible to stand here speaking from this rostrum on behalf of Cuba and not recall historic moments before the General Assembly that are among our most ...

May I be permitted first of all to express to the outgoing President, Mr. Adam Malik, our deep appreciation of the tact, the courtesy and the skill with which h...

I am speaking here while still in shock over the terrible aeroplane crash in Queens, our immediate neighbourhood, especially since the area of Rockaway, where ...

147. Mr. President, I should like once more to extend my sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the United Nations General Assembly at ...

37. The President of the General Assembly at its last session was a scholar and a humanist who gave tone to our debates, and was a lesson and an example to us a...

At the outset, I would like to express my warmest congratulations to the President on his outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its ...

210. It is a source of great pleasure for me to congratulate Ambassador Benites, on behalf of the Lesotho delegation, on his election to the high office of Pr...

Let me first join all the distinguished personalities who have spoken before me from this rostrum in congratulating Mr. Udovenko on his election as President o...