Speeches by President

Mr. President, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the important post of President of the thirty-fifth session of the General Assembly and offer our...

152. The opening of each yearly session of the General Assembly is a source of inspiration for the human spirit. It is proof that there is continued hope of...

 Mr. President, I wish at the outset to convey to you the best wishes of the President of the Republic of Kenya, the Honourable Daniel T. Arap Mai, and his hop...

It gives me pleasure at the outset to congratulate you, Madam President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-first sessio...

Andorra will become, through the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) rotation scheme, a member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Na...

 2. The sixteenth session, like the three preceding sessions in which the delegation of the Republic of Guinea has taken part, will once again, and to a ver...

Mr. President, it gives me great pleasure to see you, a son of the Caribbean, presiding over the General Assembly at this forty-eight session with the skill, co...

In speaking for the first time at this session, I should like first of all to express, on behalf of my delegation and in my own name, our sincere congratulatio...

1. On behalf of the delegation of the People's Republic of Albania, I should like to congratulate Mr. Slim on his unanimous election to the office of President...

I extend my warm congratulations to you, Sir, and to Bulgaria on your election to the office of President of the General Assembly. Ireland, as one of the Vice...

Mr. President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our unusual gathering today proves that the ongoing COVID-19 pa...

At the outset, allow me, on behalf of my Government and the people of Solomon Islands, to convey our warmest greetings to the President and the members of the G...

Mr. President, let me begin by congratulating you warmly on your election to this high and responsible office. Your unanimous election is proof of the confidenc...

79. Mr. President, I am delighted to express to you my warmest congratulations on your election to preside over the thirty-second session of the General Assem...

126. Mr. President, may I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your appointment to this very responsible office in this most important assembly of our ...

60. Mr. President, you come to the leadership of the General Assembly at a time when eastern Asia stands in the center of international concern. It is in that ...

51. I hope that the distinguished spokesman for Laos will not misunderstand me if I do not follow and comment on some of the important declarations that he has ...

I would like to begin my statement by congratulating the President and his country, the Republic of Fiji, on his election to preside over the General Assembly a...

At the outset, allow me to join the previous speakers in congratulating Mr. Opertti most sincerely, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its ...

1. We all remember the inauspicious omens which attended the opening of the seventh session of the General Assembly on 14 October 1952. Few, if any, among us ca...