Speeches by Head of State

It gives me extreme pleasure to extend my congratulations to Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his election. I read with keen interest the United Nations news...

Our stubborn quest for a world of peace, progress, solidarity and of concord recently prompted the Heads of State and of Government from the world over to commi...

May I begin by saying how delighted I am to be back here at United Nations Headquarters, and how honoured I feel to have this opportunity of addressing the Gen...

I have been given such a bad spot on the speaking list that I feel as if I am in a Fellini movie, speaking to an empty Hall. Still, because I believe in ghos...

1. First I must extend to you, Sir, the warm wishes and congratulations of Samoa, my delegation and myself on your Installation as President of the thirty-seco...

The President of the General Assembly has chosen for this session and this general debate the theme “The post- 2015 development agenda: setting the stage”. He ...

On behalf of the Nigerian delegation, I wish to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Ali Abdussalam Treki on his election as the President of the General Assembly...

Mr. President, I wish to express my sincere congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of this historic thirty- first session of the United Natio...

I bring the General Assembly warm greetings from the paradise in our backyards, the Federated States of Micronesia. It is my honour to address the General Assem...

Just last June we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Charter, which to this day still governs our Organization. On that occ...

On behalf of the delegation of the Central African Republic, I should like to express our warmest and most heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Razali Ismail on hi...

With your kind permission, I shall address the representatives here in the name and in representation of the Head of State of the Republic of the Philippines, ...

My delegation and I are honoured, for the second time, to address the General Assembly on behalf of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Government and pe...

122. May I be allowed to say with what pleasure and great hope I welcome, on behalf of my country and my Government, the nineteenth session of the General Assem...

Allow me, Sir, to add my congratulations on your election to the presidency of this important session. Let me also express to the Secretary-General, Mr. Javier ...

Allow me at the outset to address to the President the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Comoros on his brilliant election to the presidency of ...

May I begin by extending to Mr. Razali the warmest congratulations of the delegation of the Union of Myanmar on his most deserving election as President of the...

Mr. President, it gives me pleasure to extend to you, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, my congratulations on your election to the presid...

At the outset, the Government and people of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines take this opportunity to extend deepest condolences to the people of the Philipp...

It gives me great pleasure to associate myself with previous speakers in offering to Ambassador Caputo my warmest congratulations on his election to the presid...