Speeches by Foreign minister

55. Madam President, our congratulations upon your election to preside over the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly, necessarily evoke in our mind the...

Mr. President, I wish to thank you on behalf of the German Government for your congratulatory words. The establishment of German unity and the agreements conne...

On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, the representatives of the world’s nations are gathered here with hearts full of hope for a better...

125. Now more than ever man is facing the challenge of changing times. Through the concept of Heraclitus "all is flux, nothing is stationary is not a new one, i...

117. Mr. President, it is my privilege to add my voice to those of the speakers who preceded me in congratulating you on your election to the high office of t...

Mr. President, for Pakistan it is a matter of special satisfaction and pride that this august Assembly of the nations of the world has honoured one of its disti...

19. Mr. President, since this is my first intervention, permit me to offer you my congratulations on your election to the post of President of the General ...

50. Sometimes it happens that we reach a turning point in international relations, when the course of our actions is narrowly circumscribed and we are made acut...

Before addressing the Assembly and in exercising my right of reply, I wish to refer to a statement made by the Foreign Minister of Ghana when he participated i...

Let me impart at the outset the sad news I received early today of the aerial bombardment by the Taliban of the city of Mazar-i- Sharif, the sixteenth consecut...

Mr. President, I should like to join my colleagues--the 115 of them who have spoken so far-in congratulating you on your election to the presidency. Under your ...

33. Latin America rejoices. It is its turn to have the presidency of the General Assembly and you, Sir, a Colombian personality of singular merit, were unanimo...

I beg the President's indulgence to renew the sincerest expression of congratulations from my delegation upon his election to the Presidency of this Assembly. S...

My first and pleasant duty is to extend warm felicitations and congratulations to the President, a distinguished son of Hungary, upon his unanimous election...

 I have the honour to convey to all representatives the warm greetings and best wishes of my august sovereign. His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, for the succ...

74. When I had the opportunity to congratulate you last week on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly, Mr. President, I expressed the hope tha...

A country jealous of its independence and sovereignty, achieved at the cost of the blood of the flower of its youth; a nation living in symbiosis for thousands ...

Please allow me to congratulate you, Sir, to your unanimous election. We are confident that, with your sensitive understanding of the complexities of the inter...

It is my honour to speak on behalf of Australia in the venerated General Assembly Hall, which signifies so much to the world’s peoples. It remains the only plac...

Mr. President, in the name of the Italian Government, I wish to extend to you my earnest and sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the highest o...