Speeches by Head of state

Allow me first of all, on behalf of the delegation of the Central African Republic, to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the thirty-n...

On behalf of my delegation and myself, may I extend to Mr. Jeremić our warmest congratulations on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixt...

At the outset I should like to convey to you, Sir, the warm congratulations of the Government of Gabon and of my delegation on your outstanding election as Pre...

89. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia is today confronted with a choice. It can either join in the chorus of delegations who express more or less full a...

55. The delegation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which, in accordance with established tradition, is participating in the work of the General Assembly as it does ...

I wish to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its fifty-first session on his election to his high office. I would like to express my confiden...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations,...

On behalf of the Comorian delegation, which I have the honour to lead, and on my own behalf, I offer you, Sir, our warmest congratulations on your election to ...

I am honoured to address the Assembly on behalf of the Government and people of Haiti. Allow me, first, to offer my heartfelt congratulations to Ms. Haya Ras...

 I am pleased to convey to Mr. Dante Caputo the heartfelt congratulation of the delegation of Niger on his election to the presidency of the forty-third sessio...

As I address the Assembly from this rostrum on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom I have the ho...

142. Mr. President, I should like to begin by congratulating you on your overwhelming election to preside over this Assembly. The Gambian delegation has no do...

I wish at the outset to discharge the pleasant duty of conveying to you, Sir, the message of His Excellency, Mr. Joseph Kabila Kabange, President of the Demo...

behalf of Chad on the occasion of your brilliant election to the presidency of the thirty-first regular session of the United Nations General Assembly. Those wh...

It is a tradition at the United Nations for its Members to gather at the General Assembly to reflect upon the manner in which they plan to shoulder the respo...

On behalf of His Excellency Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi, and the people of Burundi as a whole, I would first like to offer warm congratulation...

1. Mr. President, as I speak from this rostrum for the first time, to express my own and my Government's warm congratulations to you on your election to th...

Again this year, we are meeting to assess our actions and to define approaches that can breathe new life into the Organization. Far from becoming a routine, ou...

 54. Mr. President, permit me first to express to you the congratulations of our delegation since the General Assembly has with discern...

At the outset, permit me to convey, on behalf of His Excellency Mr. Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and Head of State, the Chadian delega...