Speeches by Permanent Representative

At the outset, my delegation extends profound sympathy to the families of the victims who lost their lives on the flight to the Dominican Republic. The resched...

I address the General Assembly today with a sense of deep humility — humility in the wake of the great architects of world peace who have stood here before m...

I wish to extend to President Razali Ismail Ecuador’s warm congratulations on his election, which is a tribute to his valuable contributions to the work of our...

I would like to add my congratulations to the President on his election to those of the leaders who have spoken before me. I wish him success in guiding the Gen...

I would first like to express my warm and fraternal gratitude to the President of the Republic of Haiti, His Excellency Mr. Michel Joseph Martelly, for the t...

May I add my congratulations to the many that Muhammad Zafrulla Khan has already received on his election as president of the Assembly at this session. The over...

I am honoured to address the Assembly on behalf of the United States and to reinforce the eloquent message President C1inton conveyed during last week's Millenn...

Permit me to offer you, Sir, sincere congratulations upon your election to the presidency of the forty-fifth session of the General Assembly. We have confidenc...

It is my great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the Thai delegation, our sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the presidency of the...

I am honoured to speak with you as you open the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly. I should first like to congratulate the outgoing President, Guido ...

On behalf of the Brazilian delegation, I would like to congratulate you, my dear colleague, Hennadiy Udovenko, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on your electio...

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of my delegation to extend to you, Sir, our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of ...

I am pleased to extend the usual warm greetings from the Government and the people of Grenada, on whose behalf I am privileged to address the General Assembly a...

Allow me at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly. Eritrea joins in the expres...

It gives me pleasure to extend to the President and to the members of the General Committee, on behalf of the delegation of the United Arab Emirates, our congr...

Mr. President, I should like to congratulate you on your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly. During the many years you have spent...

We are coming to the end of 1999, a date that many see as the end of an epoch, given the proximity of the new millennium. The imminence of its arrival invites u...

The year that has elapsed since the forty- seventh session of the General Assembly was noteworthy for the further growth in the authority and the effectiveness ...

At the outset, allow me to congratulate His Excellency Mr. Mogens Lykketoft, as well as his country, the Kingdom of Denmark, on his election to the presidency o...

“They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn...