Speeches by MInister for Foreign Affairs

When I assumed the presidency of my country less than two months ago, I recalled that in the tradition of the Aymara, an indigenous people of the Republic of Bo...

First of all, I should like to join my congratulations to those Sir Leslie Munro has received from other delegations upon his election to the high office with w...

I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Jan Kavan on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We are conf...

293. My presence in this hall at the thirty-third session of the General Assembly of the United Nations is a further expression of the faith and confidence whi...

Allow me, on behalf of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and its people, to congratulate my colleague the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mr. Udov...

As we begin the second half of the United Nations first century, we are presided over by a diplomat whose distinguished career has included service in four of ...

The Dominican Republic wishes to express its gratitude for the gestures of solidarity expressed by friendly countries with regard to the passage of the terrible...

My delegation warmly welcomes you to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session and pledges our support. We acknowledge that you are also...

Comrade Trepczyriski, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR sincerely congratulates you, the representative of Poland, a fraternal country in the socialist com...

I have the honour to extend to the President the congratulations of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates on his election to the presidency of the General ...

Today, Sir, my country celebrates the fourteenth anniversary of its independence and it is a singular pleasure for me to extend to you my delegation's congratu...

On behalf of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, let me congratulate President Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly. He can count on the ful...

On behalf of the Government and people of Solomon Islands, I wish to congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the fifty-seventh session ...

At the outset, I wish to greet the President of the General Assembly, His Excellency Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Namibia, whom I congratul...

It gives me great pleasure once again to address this body where we unite our goals and labours for a better and brighter future. I wish to wholeheartedly co...

I am truly honoured to address this forum. Let me convey my congratulations to you, Sir, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-e...

On behalf of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania it gives me pleasure to convey to Mr. Freitas do Amaral of Portugal, our warmest congratulatio...

I should like first of all to express 13 heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, on your election to the presid...

There is a famous etching by Goya called “The Dream of Reason Produces Monsters”. Goya taught us that when reason deserts us, when it literally falls asleep, it...

1. It is the established practice of the General Assembly to begin the work of each session with a general debate in which it takes stock of the previous year’s...