Speeches by Delegation

I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Slim once more on his unanimous election as President of the General Assembly during its sixteenth session....

We offer to the President a most cordial and heartfelt welcome. He combines in his person qualities of integrity with the mental accomplishments of his illustri...

Mr. President, the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly, over which you have the honour of presiding, is for me a pleasant opportunity to associate the...

We are fortunate at this time to have Mr. Amerasinghe as President, for his long experience can so significantly assist in guiding our deliberations during this...

I should like first of all to express once again, on my own behalf and on that of my delegation, our sincere congratulations to Mr. Boland on his election as Pr...

1. It is a pleasure for my delegation, Mr. President, to offer you its congratulations on the honour which the Assembly has conferred on you and your country by...

The established practice in the United Nations of setting aside three weeks of the General Assembly session for the general debate is not in itself an objectio...

I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the delegation of Romania. First, I welcome last night’s adoption of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013), ...

95. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of my delegation, my sincere congratulations upon your election as President of the ...

1. Mr. President, I should first like to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the twenty-fifth session of the General Assembly and to assure...

107. Before I begin my statement, I should like first of all to express my delegation's pleasure at the election as President of this august Assembly of an emin...

I should like to begin by extending to His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki my delegation’s warmest congratulations on his election to preside over the Ge...

1. The Government of Luxembourg has established a record and added luster to the long line of Presidents of the General Assembly by providing the first Prime M...

Mr. President you have the good fortune to preside over the discussions of an Assembly which, we all believe, is working in an atmosphere of "détente" and heigh...

Exactly one week ago, the Millennium Summit was held in this very Hall, in which more than 150 leaders, heads of State and Government took an active and interac...

My delegation brings greetings to the Assembly from the Government and people of Liberia under the leadership of the People's Redemption Council, chaired by Ma...

Mr. President, I take the greatest pleasure in expressing to you the heartfelt congratulations of the Austrian delegation on your election to the presidency of ...

1. Mr. President, I am most pleased to extend to you, on behalf of the Greek delegation and on my own behalf, our warmest congratulations on your election t...

Allow me, first of all, to extend my delegation's congratulations to Mr. Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe on his election as President of the General Assembly at it...

It is my very great pleasure to address the General Assembly. I join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the Gen...