Speeches by Head of state

The seventy-second regular session of the General Assembly is being convened at a time of historic transition in Liberia and during a period of acute challenges...

Let me say how pleased I am to be here now after more than two years since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This unprecedented healt...

**Mr President of the General Assembly,** **Heads of State and Government,** **Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations,** **Distinguished Delegates, La...

**MR PRESIDENT,** I am honoured to deliver before this august Assembly the full statement which H.E. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon and Hea...

The pride and military superiority of some nations have led them not only to the conquest and domination of others, but also to the shameful exploitation of app...

Since the Charter of the United Nations was adopted in San Francisco, the international community has made it a true act of faith in setting up a new interna...

On behalf the delegation of Guinea, which I have the great honour to lead, I would like first of all to congratulate the President on his election to guide the...

As you know, Madam President, there is one African tradition, but its forms are many. That is why the African continent is the cradle of mankind and this Afr...

50. All the Americas welcome with pride and enthusiasm the honour which this distinguished Assembly has just conferred on one of the American continent’s most i...

It is with some emotion that I find myself today once again in this venerable Hall where in the 1950s and 1960s I had so often the honor of being the spokesman ...

Allow me first of all to sincerely congratulate Mr. Julian Hunte on his election as President of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly. Your electio...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Csaba Korosi on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session....

Let me begin by congratulating Your Excellency, Mr. Han Seung-soo, on your election as President of the General Assembly. I am especially gratified to be addre...

Your election, Mr. President, is both recognition of the continuing endeavours of the German Democratic Republic for peace and harmony between peoples and a tr...

The Senegalese delegation, through me, wishes to convey to you. Sir, its warm congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the forty-fou...

Last September, I had the privilege of addressing this Assembly for the first time as Palau’s Head of State (see A/64/PV.7). It is an honour for me to do so ...

The delegation of the Central African Republic would like first of all to fulfil the task entrusted to it by His Excellency Mr. Ange-Félix Patassé, President o...

For decades, this lofty stage served an important purpose — to hold discussions on how to make life on the planet safer and better. Regrettably, over the past d...

**Mr President,** **Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations,** **Distinguished Delegates,** I have the great privilege and immense honour of conveying to ...

Mr. President, "The UN is a special meeting place for all countries." This is what our head of state said in his very first speech at the UN General Assembly wh...