Speeches by Foreign Minister

 Twenty-five years ago, following the attainment of its independence, Jamaica's first policy statement was made at the seventeenth session of the United Nation...

1. The General Assembly is once again convened in an atmosphere of crisis and tension. The war in Viet-Nam has been progressively intensified during the past mo...

 It gives me pleasure to begin my statement by congratulating you, Sir, on the great trust accorded you by· the representatives of Member States in electing yo...

114. The delegation which I lead considers it a most wise decision to elect Ambassador Pazhwak as President of the twenty-first session of the General Assem...

1. Mr. President, may I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your election to this very high and important office. Your distinguished career as a public...

It gives me great pleasure at the outset to convey to Mr. Harri Holkeri on behalf of my delegation our congratulations on his election as President for this ses...

81. It is my privilege and pleasure, on behalf of my delegation and myself, to extend to you, Mr. President, our warm congratulations and good wishes on your e...

It gives me great pleasure to offer Foreign Minister Hennadiy Udovenko of Ukraine the felicitations of my delegation on his assumption of the presidency of the...

64. Mr. President, it gives me great satisfaction, on behalf of the Saudi Arabian delegation, to tender you my warm congratulations on the occasion of your unan...

149. Speaking last year on my first appearance before this world Assembly [1345th meeting], I must have appeared to seasoned internationalists as striking ...

54. In the name of God the Merciful and Compassionate. 55. Mr. President, your unanimous election to the Presidency of this session of the General Assem...

1. First of all, Mr. President, it is my pleasant duty to convey to you on behalf of the President of my country his most affectionate congratulations. The Gene...

It is generally agreed that this twelfth session of the General Assembly has been convened in circumstances less tense than have obtained in many a season, and ...

78. Madam President, allow me to congratulate you on your election as our President. In the exercise of the functions of your high office you will be able to d...

On behalf of my Government and the people of Jamaica, I take this opportunity to congratulate you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assem...

 It is an honour and a privilege for me to stand here in the presence of the members of the General Assembly and especially of leaders who have placed their tr...

At the outset allow me to convey to Mr. Holkeri our congratulations on his election as President of this session of the General Assembly, expressing our full co...

 Mr. President, your country, Nigeria, shares a large number of common interests and affinities with Cameroon, which need no emphasizing now. Your presence in ...

36. Mr. President, I would like to join the other speakers who have preceded me by extending to you the heartiest congratulations of the Turkish delegation on y...

I wish to join those who have spoken before me in congratulating Mr. Didier Opertti on his election to the presidency of the fifty-third session of the General ...