Speeches by Pope

Allow me at the outset to express to the President my warmest congratulations on his election to guide the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. We are conf...

Allow me to congratulate Mr. Insanally on his election as President of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly and to wish him much success in heading ...

Seneca said that none of us love our homeland because it is great. We love it because it is ours. I thank Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces for having successf...

Mr. President, your accomplishments are well known to the world body, and your personal competence as a diplomat has been so amply demonstrated that there is n...

Allow me to begin by expressing, on behalf of the delegation of the Republic of Mali, heartfelt congratulations to the President on his election to lead the fi...

1. I should like to associate myself with my colleagues who have preceded me to this rostrum and extend to you, Mr. President, the sincere congratulations of my...

1. Madam President, allow me to congratulate you most warmly on your election to the high office of President of this Assembly. Your election reflects the impor...

48. Mr. President, on behalf of Colombia I should like to join in the well-justified congratulations that have been addressed to you upon your assuming the high...

143. My Government and the Panamanian delegation are deeply gratified by the election of Mr. Abdul Rahman Pazhwak to preside over the twenty-first session,...

It is my pleasure to congratulate the President of the General Assembly at its current session. I wish him every success in conducting its work. I also want to ...

I welcome the opportunity and the honour afforded me to speak on behalf of Gabon at this session of the Assembly which, although a regular one, is no less an ex...

1. Mr. President, your name has been closely linked to many of our Organization's activities and we know how hard you have worked to enable the General Asse...

206. From this rostrum, which I mount for the first time since the welcome changes which have taken place in my country, I wish to offer you my sincere con...

On behalf of Mr. Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, I would like to congratulate the President on his election to lead the...

Mr. President, I should like to begin my statement by congratulating you most sincerely on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its thi...

98. In an important speech made at the University of Santiago, Chile, about the middle of last year, the eminent statesman who has acceded to the unanimous wish...

79. Mr. President, my delegation has already had an opportunity to offer you its congratulations upon your election to your high office. I therefore wish to lim...

58. Permit me, Mr. President, to join all my colleagues who have preceded me in conveying to you our heartiest congratulations on your election to the Presidenc...

31. It is an honour to be able to congratulate Mrs. Pandit on her election to the presidency of the eighth session of the General assembly. The rise of Asia dur...

We should like the President to accept our sincere congratulations on his well-deserved election to the exalted and responsible post of President of the thirty...