Speeches by Minister for Foreign Affairs

1. It has become a tradition for heads of delegations, when speaking for the first time in the general debate, to congratulate the President of the General Asse...

Allow me first of all to convey the apologies of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vanuatu, The Honourable Serge Vohor, who is unable to be here on this histor...

126. First of all, I should like to extend the very sincere congratulations of the delegation of Poland on the election of Signor Fanfani as our President. ...

72. Mr. President, I trust I may be allowed, first of all, to express the gratification of my Government and of the Italian delegation at seeing the represent...

It is an honour for me, on behalf of Paraguay, its people and its Government, to wish the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Razali Ismail, every su...

It is a special honour for me, as a member of the new Government of Luxembourg and its Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, to take the floor for the f...

Mr. President, having known you for the years you have been representing your country in the United Nations and having known your objective way of thinking and ...

6. I should like, first of all, to join previous speakers in extending my delegation's hearty congratulations to Mr. Fanfani on his election as President of...

I should like first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly. I am all the more pleased to do this because I...

The General Assembly’s annual convening in New York is a world event which, each year, expresses the hope of nations and peoples to find common ground, through ...

It is indeed a great pleasure to address this General Assembly on the International Day of Peace, in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperat...

As head of the delegation of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, and on behalf of His Excellency Don Santiago Nsobeya Efuman, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Inter...

2. I come here to this high rostrum as a head of Slate to speak on behalf of a nation which, serenely and surely, is traveling the path of history. I do so in...

On behalf of the Government of Uruguay I should like to offer Sir Leslie Munro my sincere congratulations on his election as President of the twelfth session of...

I warmly congratulate the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Maldives, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, President of the General Assembly, and wish him every success. As we...

I am present here in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria. I extend my greetings to the President and the Vice-President of the General Assemb...

129. Mr. President, allow me to take this opportunity to pay a tribute to you and to extend to you my delegation’s congratulations upon your election to this hi...

1. On behalf of the Ethiopian delegation, I should like to offer congratulations to Mr. Maza, representative of Chile, on his unanimous election as President of...

Let me begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session. I am convinced that your work in that...

I wish first of all, on behalf of my delegation, to join other speakers in congratulating you, Sir, on your unanimous election to the presidency of the Gener...