Speeches by President

1. Mr. President, may I start my statement by congratulating your Excellency on your election to preside over this Assembly. This is a just tribute paid your ...

147. It is an honour and a pleasure for the Argentine delegation to offer its congratulations to the President on his appointment to preside over the General As...

It is indeed for me a great honour and privilege to address the forty-sixth session of the General Assembly. This occasion not only presents the first opportun...

I should like first to convey to Mr. Peter Florin, on behalf of my delegation, sincere congratulations on his election to the presidency of the forty-second se...

First of all, I wish to extend the hearty congratulations of my Government and the Afghan people to the representatives of Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad...

Year after year we have gathered here to represent an ever-increasing number of Governments and peoples of the earth. We have become better acquainted with the ...

Sir, allow me first of all to congratulate you upon your election to the high office of President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. I am convi...

Mr. President, may I be permitted first to express to you the warm congratulations of my delegation on your brilliant election to the presidency of the twenty-s...

Mankind is increasingly feeling the winds of the twenty-first century. What they bring depends on all of us, on whether or not we succeed in responding collecti...

Allow me to congratulate you, Sir, on behalf of the Government of Chile and in my personal capacity, on your election as President of the fifty-third session of...

The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas warmly congratulates Ambassador Razali on his election to the presidency of this fifty-first session of the G...

Mr. President, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your election, to share the confidence expressed in your leadership, and to pledge the cooperation of t...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly for this session. I have no doubt that, like y...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate Mr. Miroslav Lajčák on his assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session and to...

Mr. King, after congratulating the President upon his election, said that the speeches made by members on the successes and failures of the United Nations had b...

134. My delegation welcomes your election to the presidency as a great honour which is not only a recognition of your five years of work in and for the United ...

This year we have the good fortune to have as President of the General Assembly Mr. Salim, a veteran of multilateral diplomacy who, in this Organization, has t...

We praise Almighty God for making another gathering of world leaders possible. Allow me to warmly congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election as President of ...

 Allow me to begin by warmly congratulating the President on his election to preside over this session of the General Assembly. He brings to his role a wealth ...

 May I begin by congratulating you. Sir, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session. Your wide experience in the Un...