Speeches by MInister for Foreign Affairs

282. I wish to begin by conveying to the President, on behalf of the People's Republic of Angola, our warm congratulations upon his election to the presidency ...

102. To be one of the last speakers in the general debate, which is about to be concluded, entails both advantages and disadvantages. The advantages lie in the ...

1. I hope 1 am not too much mistaken if I say that it has been a matter of conscience in order, as it were, to justify the trip to New York that in previous ye...

96. First of all, I wish to express the satisfaction of the Cuban delegation at the election of Mr. Gaston Thorn to preside over the thirtieth session of the ...

While preparing to represent his country at this session of the General Assembly, our Minister for Foreign Affairs had an accident, as a result of which he died...

71. It had been my hope that a loftier personality would be presenting the greetings and congratulations of my Government to the President. Due to unforeseen c...

Mr. President, I would like to begin by conveying to you the congratulations of the Government of Belgium on your election to the presidency of the thirty-nint...

1. Mr. President, may I first of all express to you, on behalf of the people and the Government of Mali, our warm congratulations on your election to the presid...

84. Mr. President, I should like first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the Presidency of the twenty-first session of the General Assembly. ...

141. Mr. President, my first words will be words of welcome and of farewell. Welcome to you, Mr. President, whom I am honoured to congratulate on your electio...

 Every five years, to the pleasure which each of us has of commencing our contributions to this debate with congratulations to the President, there is added a ...

On behalf of the delegation of the Union of Myanmar and on my own behalf, I take pleasure in extending warmest congratulations to the President on his unanimous...

 I should like first to offer Mr. Dante Caputo my sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-third session of the United Nations Ge...

Mr. President, it is a pleasure for me first of all to offer to you, on my own behalf and on behalf of the Tunisian delegation, our warmest congratulations on y...

22. Madam President, distinguished Secretary-General, it is indeed a great pleasure for me, on behalf of the delegation of the Mongolian People’s Republic, warm...

108. Seven years have passed since Burundi achieved national and international sovereignty. The prominent part which you, Madam President, took in our country’s...

6. On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Ecuador and on my own behalf, I am happy to congratulate you most warmly on the high and well deserved distinc...

47. Mr. President, it is a pleasure and an honour for me, as representative of the Republic of Burundi, to convey to you and to the distinguished representative...

The delegation of Chile associates itself with all the delegations which have congratulated Mr. Boland on the distinction conferred upon him by his election as ...

Mr. President, allow me to say a few words of farewell and a few words of welcome. My words of farewell are for the outgoing President of this Assembly, Mr. Tho...