Speeches by Head of state

I would like to express congratulations and support to the President of the General Assembly for having chosen as the theme of our debate, “For a stronger and m...

97. I join preceding speakers in congratulating Mr. Kittani most warmly on his election as President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly. His a...

I would like to begin by extending to the General Assembly the fraternal greetings of the African people of Mali and its Transitional President and Head of Stat...

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

It is with great pleasure that I stand before the members of the General Assembly this evening at the seventy-third session representing Sri Lanka for the fourt...

Allow me very brief ly to address what are, in our opinion, some of the most important items on the agenda of this session of the General Assembly. First of al...

This is the first time I have had the privilege of addressing this prestigious world forum. To arrive here, I travelled a long road. I was born in a small vill...

From the homeland of the liberator Simon Bolivar and Commander Hugo Chavez Frias, we convey warm greetings on behalf of the constitutional President of the Boli...

First of all, I would like to say a few words to Her Excellency Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and congratulate her on her election as the President of the ...

First of all, I would like to congratulate the President of the General Assembly on his election to his high office and to express my confidence that, under ...

I believe that nearly everything has already been said here since the beginning of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly. Some were things that we ...

Few women before you, Madam, have been elected to the presidency of the General Assembly, despite the fact that, as the Chinese proverb states, women hold up...

 I would like to begin by congratulating the President on his outstanding election to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. His election refl...

The fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly is being held one year after the terrible terrorist attack of 11 September 2001. The delegation of the Centra...

I am speaking for the first time as Head of State. However, in 1977 I appeared with my country’s delegation before the Trusteeship Council, seeking independe...

Mr. President of the United Nations General Assembly, Ambassador Volkan Bozkir; Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres; Excellencies, I g...

I wish to extend to you, Sir, my delegation's sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of this historic session of the United Nations General ...

On behalf of the Government of the Republic of San Marino, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General...

I should like, on behalf of the Ethiopian delegation, to congratulate Ambassador Wechmar on his unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth sessio...

In less than 30 years, we will come to the halfway point of this century, and in less than 80 years the twenty-first century will end. By that time, none of us ...