Speeches by President

At the outset, allow me to say how happy we are to note that the representative of a nation with which the Netherlands maintains very cordial relations occupie...

I congratulate the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session. I also take this opportunity to warmly congr...

“I am committed to truth, not to what is established,” said Gandhi. The Millennium Development Goals, which seek between now and 2015 to eradicate extreme po...

Allow me at the outset to take this opportunity to express to Mr. Imre Hollai my warm congratulations, personally and on behalf of the Yemen Arab Republic, on...

At the outset, I should like to express the sense of shock felt in my country at the earthquake in Mexico, a disaster which has resulted in thousands of casualt...

I have great pleasure in extending to Mr. Choudhury of Bangladesh our congratulations on his well-merited election as President of the General Assembly. I am co...

Almost a month ago, Africa and the world learned the sad news of the premature death of President Agostinho Neto, which caused immense pain to the hearts of mi...

My delegation would like to congratulate the distinguished Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea on his election as President of the fifty-sixth session of...

108. The current, twenty -sixth session of the General Assembly launches the second quarter of a century in the existence of the United Nations. With last year...

114. For the first time in years — eight years or more — the General Assembly convenes in an atmosphere marked by a definite undertone of hope for world peace. ...

Allow me to begin by congratulating Mr. Jan Eliasson, upon his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixtieth session. We have full confidence in...

1. Madam President, your election to the Presidency of the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly is a fitting recognition of your exceptional contributi...

1. It is a great pleasure for me to address the Assembly at its yearly meeting, this time at its thirty-eighth session. It is our deep hope that the work of t...

Mr. President, I am happy to extend to you my warm congratulations on your election to the presidency of the twenty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We ...

Allow me to extend to you, Sir, our sincere congratulations on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session. You may rest ass...

On behalf of the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic and on my own behalf, I am pleased at the outset of this statement to extend to Ambassador Choudhury our...

The election at the beginning of our proceedings of Mr. Kittani of Iraq to the high post of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly is a t...

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you on behalf of the Government and people of Malaysia my sincere congratulations on your election as President of the t...

125. Mr. President, on behalf of Sierra Leone, I should like to take this opportunity to congratulate you once again on your election to the high office of ...

I bring warm greetings from the people of Kiribati, on whose behalf I address the Assembly. I wish to join previous speakers in congratulating you, Mr. Presi...