Speeches by President

17. The Cuban delegation is attending this twenty-third session of the General Assembly in very special circumstances. This year our people as a whole are comme...

Mr. President, please accept my congratulations on your election. Your talents will ensure that the Assembly’s work is conducted in a fair and efficient manner...

Allow me first of all to extend my congratulations to Mr. Amerasinghe, the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka, upon his election to the presidency of the thi...

286. Not so long ago, the United Nations was subjected to criticisms which were as vehement as they were destructive by some forces. Accused of powerlessness, ...

 This General Assembly is meeting at a very auspicious time indeed. While last year we were talking about some improvement in international relations, we have ...

It is with great joy that I have the honor of welcoming Mr. Amerasinghe, through you, Sir, as President of this thirty-first ordinary session of the General Ass...

223. I would like to begin my speech by congratulating Mr Indalecio Lievano on his election as President of the current session of the General Assembly. I woul...

 42. Mr. President, your presidency of the thirty-eighth session of the General Assembly is a matter of the greates...

88. Mr. President, on behalf of the Chairman and the Government of the Supreme Military Council of Ghana I must first of all congratulate you most warmly on y...

1. The Algerian delegation is taking part in the general debate after most of the problems confronting the world today have been dealt with at length by precedi...

It is my honour to speak to the General Assembly for the first time as President of the United States. We meet this year in a moment of great pain intermingled ...

I wish, on behalf of the delegation of Haiti, to convey to Mr. Jaime de Pinies our heartfelt congratulations on his election to the presidency of the fortieth s...

98. I should like first to congratulate you, Sir, on your election to the important office of President of the thirty-sixth session of the General Assembly and ...

175. I have the pleasure, on behalf of the delegation of the Democratic Republic of the Sudan, of extending to Mr. von Wechmar our sincere congratulations on h...

I am very pleased to congratulate you most sincerely. Sir, on your election as President of the forty-first session of the General Assembly. Your well-deserved ...

May I begin my statement by congratulating Mr. Amerasinghe most warmly on his unanimous election to the presidency of the thirty-first session of the General As...

It gives me great pleasure to add the voice of the delegation of Suriname to the voices of many others that have congratulated Mr. Hollai on his unanimous ele...

215. I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your election to an office in which you will represent the Group of African States. Portugal has work...

At the outset of my speech I would like to be allowed to express to the President the sincere congratulations of the delegation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jord...

May I congratulate you, Sir, on your election as President of the forty-fourth session of the General Assembly and express my conviction that under your guidan...