Speeches by President

The United Nations was created, not to lead humankind to heaven but to save it from hell. These were the apt words of Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, who served as the se...

Allow me to congratulate the President on his election to chair the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly. His reputation as a skilled diplomat and a st...

146. The delegation of Burma would like to congratulate you most warmly, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the thirty-fifth session of the G...

I extend my congratulations to Mr. Opertti on his election and my appreciation to the former President for all his work over the last year. In looking back over...

It gives me great pleasure to congratulate Mr. Lusaka on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its thirty-ninth session. My delegation is p...

On behalf of the people of El Salvador, who have given me the honour and responsibility to stand before the Assembly from this rostrum in my capacity as Preside...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this forty-fourth session of the General Assembly, particul...

99. I should like first to congratulate the President on his election. This was a tribute to his personal qualities and to the country and the people whom he re...

It is a distinct honour for me to address the General Assembly for the very first time as President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. On behalf of the Government...

2. Mr. President, my delegation extends its congratulations to you on your election to your high office. We feel sure that under your guidance the burdens of ...

I am proud that this year Britain welcomed the world to the Olympic and Paralympic games and put on a great display, showing that while we may have only the tw...

Sir, you are presiding over this session at a very crucial time in the international arena. I should like to express my congratulations to you upon your electi...

This year marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. A distinguished thinker in modern China, Yan Fu, described the devastation caused by th...

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...

I wish to extend to you, Sir, my sincere congratulations on your well-deserved election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to assure you of the full ...

On 26 July 1946. in San Francisco, our predecessors pledged to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. which twice in our lifetime has brought unto...

May I begin by extending to Mr. Razali the warmest congratulations of the delegation of the Union of Myanmar on his most deserving election as President of the...

Mr. President, I offer you my most sincere congratulations on your election to preside over the twenty-sixth session of the General Assembly of the United Natio...

I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its current session, and I thank your predecessor, Mr. Abdulla Shahid, Ministe...

 It is a pleasure for roe once again to extend to the. Assembly the warm and friendly greetings of the Republic of Guinea and of its President, General Lansana...