Speeches by Head of state

The forty-sixth session of the General Assembly is taking place in a spirit of true peace, tranquillity and security under the auspices of the international co...

 It gives me particular pleasure to welcome the election of Mr. Dante Caputo to preside over this forty-third session. I sincerely congratulate him and wish hi...

I am greatly honored to transmit to the General Assembly the warm congratulations of His Excellency Jean Bedel Bokassa, the President for Life of the Republic, ...

: A year ago I came here as the Acting President of the Organization of African Unity to put before the Assembly [1780th meeting], on behalf of that regional or...

It is a great pleasure for me to address this great General Assembly for the second year in a row. Last September, I tried to convey to the Assembly a message ...

127. I am happy, Mr. President, to address to you the congratulations of the delegation of Senegal on the occasion of your election as President of the twenty-...

57. Mr. President, I should like first of all to extend to you my sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the General Assembly, The Yugosl...

I have the honour to join the General Assembly and deliver my first speech from the most important rostrum of the United Nations. The accession of the Republic ...

It surely must be one of the great ironies of our age that this Assembly is being addressed, for the first time in its 49 years’ history, by a South African Hea...

One year ago, we came to the General Assembly for the first time to lay out the road map that we had chosen to build a Colombia based on legality, entrepreneurs...

Distinguished Heads of Delegation, Ministers, Ambassadors, Mr. President, 1. Over the past few days, we have heard two narratives in this General Assembly:...

I should like to extend my congratulations to you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-seventh session. I am confiden...

Mr. President, Namibia joins the preceding speakers in extending sincere congratulations and best wishes to you upon your unanimous election. This also goes for...

Let me, at the outset, congratulate His Excellency Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his unanimous election as President of the fiftieth session of the General Ass...

Allow me to begin by expressing, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Mali, heartfelt congratulations to the President on his election to lead the fi...

 Mr. President, the delegation of Rwanda adds its tribute and good wishes to those which have been addressed to you on your brilliant election to the preside...

Your noteworthy election, Sir, to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session is an eloquent and solemn tribute from the Members of our O...

I wish to convey to my friend Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab how proud and happy I am to see a son of Africa leading the General Assembly into the new millennium. I congr...

First of all, I would like to express to the President my sincere and warm congratulations upon his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its f...

My first very pleasant duty is to convey to you all the personal greetings and salutations of Mr. Siaka Stevens, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. To s...