Speeches by President

Mr President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Heads of State, Government and Delegation, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with immense honour that I sta...

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is proud whenever a member of our small island developing States assumes the presidency of the General Assembly. As we thank th...

Mr. President, the speakers who have preceded me at this prestigious rostrum have all unanimously acknowledged your outstanding intellectual qualities, your wea...

Allow me first of all to congratulate Mr. Holkeri on his election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session and to commend him for the abl...

I should like first of all to express 13 heartfelt congratulations to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, on your election to the presid...

Today, I address the Assembly at a time when I feel great uncertainty about the future of the Organization and the established rules governing the relations ...

This has been a truly remarkable week, remarkable for the leadership shown by the Secretary-General on climate change, the new policies of President Obama, w...

First of all, Sir, allow me to congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session and also to commend Mr. Jan K...

Your Majesties, Excellencies, and Highnesses, Your Excellency Mr Philemon Yang, President of the General Assembly, Your Excellency Mr António Guterres, Secr...

On behalf of the Philippine Government, I express our warmest congratulations to the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its ...

Allow me at the outset, Mr. President, on behalf of the people and Government of my country, the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, to extend my sincere c...

The international community is meeting once again, assembling the great diversity of the nations which are its members, to consider the state of the world and ...

Mr. President, "The UN is a special meeting place for all countries." This is what our head of state said in his very first speech at the UN General Assembly wh...

It is a pleasure to join preceding speakers in congratulating Mr. Jan Eliasson on his election as President at the sixtieth session of the General Assembly. In ...

“It has perhaps always been the case that the waging of peace is the hardest form of leadership of all. I know of no single formula for success, but over the ye...

I recently had occasion to express to the President of the General Assembly, Ambassador Amerasinghe, who was elected to the high office of President of this Gen...

President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, As the Assembly is a virtual event, I extend warm greetings to everyone at this difficult...

President of the 75th Session; Secretary-General; Excellencies; Bula Vinaka from Fiji, Your Excellency, the President of the 75th General Assembly, Mr Bozkir, a...

It is a pleasure for me, on behalf of the people and the Government of Haiti and on my own behalf, to express to you, Sir, my heartfelt congratulations on your ...

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...