Speeches by Head of Government

A decade ago I was elected the Head of Government of my country. It was 1994, a time of hope for the world and for the Organization of the United Nations. The c...

It is only right to begin by thanking the outgoing President, Minister Amara Essy, who has done so much for our Organization during the past year, and by congra...

Hon’ble Prime Minister Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful Mr. President, Assamu Alaiku...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly and to express our conviction that you...

Permit me to express on behalf of my country, Liberia, our sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly...

The members of my delegation and I deem it an honour and a privilege to have the opportunity of participating in the thirty seventh session of the General Ass...

In an international context marked by growing divisions, increased tensions and a decline in trust, it is with a great sense of responsibility that, as Prime Mi...

I would like to deliver the following message on behalf of Mr. Patrice Talon, President, Head of State and Head of Government of the Republic of Benin. “At the ...

 May I begin by congratulating you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. We look on your...

I must first apologize for the absence of our head of Government, Mr. Jaume Bartumeu Cassany, who, due to his institutional agenda, is unable to attend the g...

President of the General Assembly, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Distinguished delegates, Ladi...

First of all, I would like to formally congratulate you, Sir, on assuming the office of President of the General Assembly. Your becoming President is a matter o...

It is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your unanimous election to preside over the General Assembly at this session. This session ...

Let me begin by congratulating Your Excellency, Mr. Han Seung-soo, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I am especially gratified to be addre...

Mr. President, Majesties, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen Heads of Delegation, Mr. Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentle...

We welcome the election of His Excellency Dr. Carlos Sosa Rodríguez, the representative of Venezuela, as President of this General Assembly at so important a mo...

I have the honour to speak before the General Assembly to convey the warm greetings of the people and Government of Guinea, and most especially that of His ...

On behalf of President Xanana Gusmão and Prime Minister José Ramos-Horta and on behalf of the people of Timor-Leste, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on ...

I would like to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and to thank him for the ins...

A predecessor of the President of the General Assembly at its first session, in 1946, was one of my compatriots, Mr. Paul-Henri Spaak. In the midst of the Secon...