Speeches by Pope

We are gratified to see that you, Sir, have been appointed President of the twenty-seventh regular session of the General Assembly. You represent a noble countr...

I wish to convey to you, Sir, the felicitations and best wishes of 54 million Filipinos on your unanimous election as President of this historic fortieth sessio...

25. Mr. President, it is with great pleasure that I congratulate you, on behalf of my Prime Minister and the Government and people of Sierra Leone and as head o...

I congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming your responsible office. Major decisions are to be taken at this session and I wish you good fortune in your con...

1. Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to convey to you on this solemn occasion my most sincere congratulations upon your election to this high p...

57. On behalf of the Republic of Honduras, Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on being elected to preside over the meetings of this Assembly. My delega...

1. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on whose behalf I have the honour to address this Assembly today, feels a particular satisfaction in extending congratul...

40. Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure, on behalf of the Government and delegation of Lebanon, to congratulate you on your election to the Presidency of ...

291. 292. At the outset, and on behalf of the delegation of Nepal, I express my heartfelt condolence on the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul I. 2...

68. On behalf of the Government and people of Chile I wish to congratulate the President of this Assembly most warmly on his election. For many years we have ad...

79. I am happy to fall in with the admirable tradition of this Assembly and begin by extending to you, Mr. President, my hearty congratulations and those of my ...

It is with particular pleasure that I congratulate you, Sir, and your country, Zambia, on your election as President of the thirty-ninth session of the General...

1. Allow me, Mr. President, to present to you the warm congratulations of the Government of Haiti and of the delegation over which I have the honor to preside...

1. Mr. President, the Government of the Republic of Malawi, which I have the honour to represent, is deeply grateful for the opportunity which has been acco...

85. Mr. President, let me first of all extend to you the warmest congratulations of my Government and delegation on your election to this high office. This is a...

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. ...

I should like to begin with a few words of cordial welcome to the delegations of the friendly countries which have recently been admitted to the United Nations....

At the outset allow me to express Colombia's grief at the tragedy in Mexico. We wish to restate our solidarity with that fraternal people. Together with the Lat...

Mr. President, in the name of the Italian Government, I wish to extend to you my earnest and sincere congratulations on your unanimous election to the highest o...

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...