Speeches by President

It is a bright and sunny Saturday morning outside. I thank members for sacrificing their time to participate in this debate. I add my voice to those who cong...

At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly and to wish you every success in that...

134. Allow me first, Sir, to express to you on behalf of the Guatemalan delegation, which I have the honour to lead, our warmest congratulations on your electi...

Before all else, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Korea, I wish to convey our deepest condolences and sympathy to the bereaved familie...

2. First of all, Mr. President, permit me to convey to you my sincere congratulations upon your election to the-presidency of the General Assembly which brings ...

First of all, allow me to congratulate Mr. D’Escoto Brockmann on his election to the office of President of the General Assembly and to express the hope that...

Since PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands with the Israeli Prime Minister on the White House lawn, nothing seems impossible any more. The end of the cold war...

It is my pleasure on this occasion to offer my greetings and appreciation to all the Heads of State and delegations that are participating in the seventy-eighth...

It is always an honour for me to address the General Assembly. It is also a responsibility — above all given the serious and worrying situation in the world. I ...

Allow me to begin by offering Mr. Jan Kavan my Government's warm congratulations as he assumes the presidency of the General Assembly. He has served the Czech ...

1. Madam President, I do not wish merely to congratulate you on your election as a matter of form, but rather to recall something of the spirit of hope and vita...

In a complex world, it is smart economics and also smart politics to focus on prevention rather than cure. This holds true whether we address the global econom...

First let me warmly congratulate you, Sir, on your election, which is doubly significant, as few Prime Ministers have held the post of President of the General ...

1. Mr. President, let me join other representatives who have spoken before me in congratulating you warmly on your election to this high and onerous office. In...

In Germany, there was once a mayor of Cologne — at 41, he was a young leader for his times — who held the view that peace in Europe depended on the relations be...

Cyprus, as one of the recently admitted countries to the United Nations, comes into this general debate with all the diffidence of a newcomer. We have no experi...

32. First of all, I should like to convey Paraguay’s congratulations on the spontaneous, enthusiastic and unanimous vote whereby the Assembly elected Mr. Maza a...

Mr. President, on behalf of the Government and the people of New Zealand let me first congratulate you on your election. It has certainly been a momentous year...

It is a source of great satisfaction to be here to represent my people, my homeland, Bolivia, and especially the indigenous movement. After more than 500 yea...

It will always be a source of the deepest satisfaction to us that this forum of world opinion affords us an opportunity to hear the views of all the peoples of ...