Speeches by Foreign Minister

34. We meet this morning in a mood of accomplishment and gratification. Just twenty-four hours ago a great milestone in the life of the United Nations was passe...

 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 ...

Sir, it is more than a mere custom, and for me it is more than an agreeable task it is a real pleasure to request you to transmit to the President of the Genera...

130. Once again we are here gathered in this Assembly, coming from all parts of the world with our ideals and aspirations as well as with our concerns and our p...

): It is gratifying for us all to be able to applaud the unanimous election of Mr. Amerasinghe as President of the General Assembly. His wide experience, his we...

58. Mr. President, the Pakistan delegation is exceedingly happy to see you in the Chair. Your election to that high office is the General Assembly's tribute ali...

 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...

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 ...

I congratulate the President on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly and thank him for his successful efforts to take f...

Your election, Mr. President, represents a fitting tribute to you personally for your well-known qualities as a consummate diplomat and to Malaysia for its con...

It was the wish of His Excellency Mr. Bakili Muluzi, President of the Republic of Malawi, to come and address the General Assembly in person, but owing to press...

I would like first to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. You have an import...

Allow me on behalf of the Ugandan delegation to convey our warm greetings to Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on the occasion of his election to the presidency of th...

35. I should like to add my congratulations to those so well expressed by the Minister for External Relations of Brazil to our new President, Ambassador Benite...

First of all, Mr. President, permit me to congratulate you on your election to preside over the Assembly's fifty-fifth session, the first of the new millennium....

I should like first to congratulate the President on his election to his high office. It gives me particular pleasure, as the Prime Minister of the United Kingd...

89. It is a special honour for me today to express to the President of this Assembly on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana our very deep pleasure and...

I bring greetings and congratulations to the President of the General Assembly from the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea on the occasion of the six...

India congratulates Mr. Harri Holkeri on his election as President of the first General Assembly of this millennium. We are encouraged that he intends to take t...

 On behalf of the Thai delegation, permit me to extend to Ambassador Garba our warmest congratulations on his unanimous election to the presidency of the forty...