Speeches by Foreign Minister

1. It is a great pleasure for me to congratulate you. Sir, in the name of the delegation of Afghanistan, on your unanimous election to the high office of Presi...

Mr. President, on your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly at its thirty-first session, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you ...

First let me congratulate you, Sir, the Foreign Minister of Namibia, on your election as President of the General Assembly this session. I certainly recall my m...

At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. It i...

In the early morning of 11 September 2003, our Foreign Minister Anna Lindh died, murdered in a senseless crime. One of Sweden’s most prominent and respected le...

As a freshly minted Foreign Minister, I am delighted to take part in this general debate. Only a few weeks ago, Australia held national elections and chose a...

190. Mr. President, the Assembly convenes at a time when international relations are increasingly characterized by tensions and turmoil, fear of nuclear disast...

I should like to join others in congratulating the President on his election to preside over the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly. The wealth of his ...

71. Mr. President, Israel sincerely welcomes your election to the Presidency of this General Assembly. Your elevation to this office does honour to Guatemala an...

25. Mr. President, with your kind permission I have a rather strange remark to make as an introduction to my statement. 26. In these days, many representatives ...

61. At this stage of the debate, I shall confine my remarks to two major issues. 62. The first concerns the tragic conflict in Viet-Nam. The second is o...

Mr. President, allow me to offer our congratulations to you upon your election. We are very fortunate in having chosen a colleague of such notable experience in...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly; it is a sure guarantee of success for the fifty-fourth session. I also wish to t...

When I was giving thought to the form which this statement should take, I naturally looked over the address which was delivered by the then Chairman of the dele...

I extend to you, Sir, our warmest congratulations as you assume the high office of the President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We wish you al...

May I congratulate the President, on his election to the Presidency of the fifteenth General Assembly? As far as his outstanding qualifications are concerned, t...

 I should like to begin by congratulating our Secretary-General, Mr. Javier Peres de Cuellar, for the Nobel Peace Prise which has been awarded to the United Na...

132. Mr. President, it is a special pleasure for me. as Foreign Minister of the Revolutionary Government of Peru, to congratulate you on your election to the ...

43. This generation of ours has the choice of two paths: peaceful coexistence or nuclear war—life or death. Many of the statements made in this general debate h...

Allow me, Mr. President, at the opening of Australia's statement in the general debate, to express the sincere congratulations and the great pleasure of my coun...