Speeches by Foreign Minister

Mr. President! Excellencies! Ladies and Gentlemen, 75 years ago, the world cautiously rose from the horrors and the destruction of the Second World War. Humanit...

Last September, I had the privilege of addressing this Assembly for the first time as Palau’s Head of State (see A/64/PV.7). It is an honour for me to do so ...

I would like to thank the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, for his tireless efforts in takin...

The historic Millennium Summit and the forward-looking Declaration it adopted have set a very positive tone for the Millennium Assembly, which is now continuing...

I should like first to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of this forty-third session of the United Nations General ...

174. First of all I would ask you, Sir, to transmit to the President of this Assembly my congratulations on his election. The scope of his career as an histori...

Mr. President, permit me on behalf of the delegation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to offer you our warm congratulations on your election to the im...

Year after year, we gather under this universal roof to join our minds and resources in order to make the world a safer and more prosperous place or, at least,...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea, I congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session on his election. ...

On behalf of the Thai delegation, I should like to extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the General ...

Let me extend to you, Mr. Vice-President, my warmest congratulations on your election. The Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Mr. Jacques Poos, spoke on behalf of...

It gives me pleasure, on behalf of the delegation of Lebanon, to congratulate Mr. Dante Caputo on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its...

‘The Spirit of San Francisco’ Mr. President. Nearly four score years ago, nations exhausted from a cataclysmic World War came together in San Francisco to crea...

Two years ago, during my first address before the Assembly as President of Colombia (see A/65/PV.15), I expressed my country’s aspiration to become a member of...

38. Mr. President, on behalf of the people of India, we offer you our warmest congratulations on your election as President of this session of the General Assem...

Let me first welcome you, Sir, to your position. I know we will enjoy working with you, given our past experience. Let me also express our appreciation to the o...

51. Mr. President, I should like, in the first place, to offer you the warm congratulations of my delegation and my personal hearty felicitations upon your elec...

My first words are addressed to the President of the General Assembly, at its sixty-third session, my friend Miguel d’Escoto. I am pleased that the responsib...

As an Australian, I am particularly glad to congratulate Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand upon his election as President of the General Assembly. We know his abi...

Let me congratulate Mr. Sam Kutesa of Uganda on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session. I also extend my warmest...