Speeches by President

9387 speeches found

Israel

ISR
1959
Session 14
Mrs. Meir

77. Mr. President, my delegation associates itself warmly with the good wishes extended to you on your election to this high office. During the many years of yo...

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Georgia

GEO
2000
Session 55
Irakli Menagarishvili

At the outset, allow me to extend my warmest congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session. It i...

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Yugoslavia

YUG
1983
Session 38
SPILJAK

76. Mr. President, for me and for my country it is a source of genuine satisfaction to see you, the Vice-President of friendly, non-aligned Panama, with which...

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Pakistan

PAK
1976
Session 31
Mr. Ahmed

Mr. President, I should like to join the distinguished speakers who preceded me in offering Mr. Amerasinghe the sincere felicitations of my delegation on his el...

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Nigeria

NGA
1992
Session 47
Mr. Nwachuckwu

On behalf of the Nigerian delegation, I congratulate you. Sir, on your election as President of the United Nations General Assembly at its forty-seventh session...

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Panama

PAN
1977
Session 32
Illueca

184. "Peace, security, independence and sovereignty for all cannot be secured by dealing only with the problems of some. This also means that peace and securit...

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Eritrea

ERI
2002
Session 57
Ahmed Tahir Baduri

Let me start by congratulating the President on his unanimous election to preside over the fifty-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly. His e...

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Belgium

BEL
1969
Session 24
Mr. HARMEL

92. Madam President, may I mention first the generosity of a life which, for the good of all, culminated and was consummated here during the last session of the...

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Thailand

THA
1981
Session 36
Mr. TINSULANONDA

It is indeed a great personal privilege and honorF for me to be the first Prime Minister of Thailand to address this Assembly. I am here, on behalf of the peopl...

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Botswana

BWA
1999
Session 54
Mompati Merafhe

I take great pleasure in congratulating you most warmly, my dear brother, on your election to the presidency of the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session...

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Comoros

COM
2011
Session 66
Ikililou Dhoinine

It is a great honour and a privilege for me to address this Assembly for the first time since I took office as President of the Union of the Comoros, on 26 M...

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Turkey

TUR
2015
Session 70
Mr. Ahmet Davutoğlu

I bring warm greetings and hope that the seventieth session of the General Assembly will prove most fruitful. I would like to congratulate Mr. Mogen Lykketoft o...

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Ghana

GHA
2011
Session 66
John Evans Atta Mills

Permit me to extend hearty congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of the General Assembly at this session. May I also use this opportunit...

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Bangladesh

BGD
1979
Session 34
Huq

The members of my delegation and I deem it a great privilege to have the opportunity of participating in the deliberations of the thirty-fourth session of the ...

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Venezuela

VEN
2003
Session 58
Roy Chaderton-Matos

I begin this speech with mixed emotions — happiness over the election of our friend Julian Hunte — Minister of our sister country in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia ...

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Vanuatu

VUT
2011
Session 66
Meltek Sato Kilman Livtunvanu

Vanuatu joins other delegations in congratulating you, Mr. President, on your election to preside over the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session. My de...

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Greece

GRC
1982
Session 37
HARALAMBOPOULOS

Your election, Sir, to the presidency of the thirty-seventh session of the General Assembly is a tribute to your outstanding qualities as a diplomat and re...

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Bulgaria

BGR
2011
Session 66
Nickolay Mladenov

Let me begin by praising His Excellency Mr. Nassir Abdelaziz Al-Nasser for his steady stewardship as the President of the sixty-sixth session of the General ...

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Grenada

GRD
1993
Session 48
Mr. ALEXIS

It is with profound pleasure that my delegation conveys greetings and best wishes from the Government and the people of Grenada to the United Nations General As...

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Ukraine

UKR
2021
Session 76
Volodymyr Zelensky

It is time to wake up. That was the appeal made by Secretary- General Antonio Guterres to us all, the world’s leaders, on the eve of the General Assembly’s gene...

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