Speeches by President

I am honoured to address the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on behalf of Mr. Tillman J. Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada, and the people of Gre...

I would like first of all to extend sincere congratulations to the President on his unanimous election at this historic fiftieth session of the General Assembly...

1. In addressing the General Assembly a year ago, His Holiness Pope Paul VI said: "...this Organization represents the obligatory road of modern civilizati...

Forty years ago this month, my compatriot Count Police Bernadotte was murdered during his mission as United Nations mediator on Palestine. His name reminds us ...

It is a great honour and privilege to take part in the general debate and to represent my country on this rostrum at a significant juncture in Moldova’s mode...

Allow me at the outset to congratulate Mr. Opertti on his accession to the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. His election is a tribute to his ...

May I begin by warmly congratulating you, Sir, on your election to the presidency of the forty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. I would als...

Humankind faces serious, unprecedented crises. Now is the time for us to stand united beneath the flag of the United Nations to confront those crises togethe...

Let me begin by congratulating the President on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. Let me also express our si...

The Government and people of Botswana salute your elevation to the Presidency of the forty-ninth session of the Assembly. Your election by acclamation is a fitt...

I would like first of all to congratulate Ambassador Razali on his election to the presidency of the Assembly and to wish him every success in his work. It wou...

Allow me, at the outset, to commend Mr. Samuel Insanally for the able manner in which he conducted the work of the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly....

I should like at the outset to express to you, Sir, on behalf of the Kingdom of Morocco, our sincere congratulations on your election to the presidency of the ...

I wish to congratulate Mr. Diogo Freitas do Amaral on his election to the presidency of the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. His experience and proven ...

The fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly is no ordinary one. We are meeting in the aftermath of the despicable terrorist attacks on New York, the seat o...

When I addressed the Assembly on 17 September 1986, as we met in special session to review the question of Namibia, I had the opportunity to congratulate the Pr...

47. The thirtieth session of the General Assembly opens at a time when important events are occurring on the international scene. At the economic level, the il...

1. At this twenty-first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, we are in the midst of a world of rising tension and turbulence. Nevertheless...

Sir, it is a source of particular satisfaction and a great honor for me to start my statement in the general debate in this Assembly by expressing to yoU, on be...

I wish to convey my heartfelt congratulations to the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-eighth session. Mr. Dennis Francis, and to wish him every ...