Speeches by Head of State

I have stood upon this platform on many occasions, and I well remember every speech I have given here since 1985. This is perhaps because, first, I cannot conce...

Distinguished Mr. President, Excellencies, Esteemed Delegates, I congratulate Mr. Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly on his...

132. Mr. President, on behalf of the people and the Government of Iran, may I extend to you our most heartfelt congratulations on your election as President of ...

It is my great pleasure and honour to address the General Assembly at its fifty- eighth session. At the outset, allow me, Sir, to extend my sincere congratulat...

The General Assembly has unanimously chosen you, Sir, to guide our debates. This is a tribute both to your qualities as a diplomat and statesman and to your co...

I bring warm and fraternal greetings from His Majesty King Mswati III, Head of State and iNgwenyama of the Kingdom of Eswatini, the Queen Mother Indlovukati and...

It is a great honour and joy for me to speak before the General Assembly for the first time as Head of State of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe...

I should like at the outset to express my sincere gratitude for the honour to speak from this rostrum and to convey, on behalf of the President of Turkmenistan,...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly on behalf of the Government and the people of Liberia, the second time I am doing so since I assumed office in ...

I take the floor on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom I am honoured to represent. It i...

It is my great honour to stand here as the new Japanese Prime Minister — brand new, really, as I was designated by the National Diet yesterday. First, I w...

The sixty-first session of the General Assembly has begun its work in quite a disturbing context. We note the persistence of certain conflicts and the emerge...

Allow me to convey to you, Sir, on behalf of the head of State, the Prime Minister and the Government and people of Côte d’Ivoire, my sincere congratulations on...

At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its seventy- sixth session on his election and my wishe...

My first words are to congratulate Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session. Aware of h...

It is an honour to join other speakers in addressing the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session. This year the Assembly has as its theme “The post-2015...

First of all, I wish to convey my greetings and congratulations to you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. Your vast experience an...

I am taking the floor for the first time, and I would like to reiterate our thanks to the President for his dynamism and stress the importance of the role of...

I am honoured, Sir, to add Grenada’s voice to the many warm congratulations offered you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fo...

Mr. President; Ladies and gentlemen Heads of State and delegations; Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ladies and Gentlemen, The Field Marshal of Chad...