Speeches by Pope

At the outset, allow me to congratulate President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés on her election as President of the General Assembly. Her unanimously recognize...

This thirty-fourth session of the General Assembly will have the singular privilege tomorrow of receiving His Holiness John Paul II and hearing his solemn stat...

79. Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, I wish, first of all, to express to you our sincerest congratulations on your unanimous election as President of ...

29. Madam President, it is a matter of particular satisfaction to my delegation that our deliberations are being presided over today by a woman of such outstand...

Seventy years ago, on the still smoking ruins of the Second World War, the United Nations was born, with the purpose of maintaining international peace and secu...

At the outset, I would like to state that Portugal, of course, endorses the statement made here by the presidency of the European Union. Portugal wishes the Uni...

I should like to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session. 13 08-51606 I ...

In 1945. representatives of 51 States, one of them my country, agreed to create the United Nations. By speaking for the first time before the General Assembly a...

The international order born out of the Second World Mar is dead. We have seen an end to a stage in history marked by the cold war, the bipolar division of wor...

I extend my greetings to the President of the General Assembly, Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, whom I wish to recognize as the first Latin American woman t...

It is a great honour to address this important organ once again. I especially want to congratulate you, Sir, on being elected to preside over the General Assemb...

I should like to give, as succinctly as possible, the views of Uruguay on the United Nations Charter; I shall discuss both the ideas underlying the Charter and ...

I would like first to congratulate Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-third session, as w...

I should like to congratulate the President and his country, Denmark, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its seventieth session. He has Sou...

On behalf of the Government and the people of Tuvalu, it is indeed a great honour and pleasure to deliver this statement at the General Assembly at its seventie...

It is my distinct honour and privilege to take the floor during the general debate at the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly on behalf of His Excell...

On behalf of the people of Bolivia, I wish to express our full solidarity with the people of Mexico. Alarmed by this afternoon’s earthquake, we extend our suppo...

It gives me particular pleasure to congratulate Mr. Opertti most warmly on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-third session. Please ...

 On behalf of the Government of the Dominican Republic and the allegation of which I am Chairman, I have pleasure, Sir, in asking you to convey to Mr. Dante Ca...

I would like to begin by congratulating the President on his election. His wisdom and experience will stand him in good stead as he guides the General Assemb...